Project Manager

Cloud Analytics Technologies, LLC; Berkeley (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Cloud Analytics Technologies, LLC is seeking a skilled Project Manager Payments to lead end-to-end transformation initiatives for global banks, focusing on payments and trade finance. This functional/delivery PM role drives the project lifecycle, process improvements, and digital transformation while coordinating senior stakeholders across geographies.

The role requires strong experience delivering business/functional transformation in banking, with hands-on trade finance and payments expertise

Qualifications

• Experience leading end-to-end payments/trade-finance transformation in global banks.
• Strong ability to drive change across operating models, processes and policies.
• Proven track record delivering tangible business outcomes, not just artefacts.

Responsibilities

• Own end to end delivery of payments and trade finance transformation projects within global banking environments.
• Plan, track, and manage project scope, timelines, budgets, risks, issues, dependencies, and benefits.
• Lead functional change initiatives (operating model, process, and policy changes).
• Drive digital transformation projects (payments and related domains).
• Conduct change impact assessments and ensure effective communication and stakeholder alignment.
• Work closely with senior business stakeholders across regions; manage expectations, negotiations, and escalations.
• Prepare and present project status reports, steering decks, risk/issue logs, and resourcing plans.
• Champion Agile ways of working; align teams to Agile practices and cadences.
• Ensure projects deliver tangible business outcomes rather than purely consulting artefacts.
• Strong functional project management background in global banks.
• Deep banking domain understanding with global bank exposure (mandatory).
• Handson experience in Trade Finance and Payments (payments transformation, digital payments journeys, process change).
• Proven experience delivering transformation projects (business/functional), not just IT implementation.

Skills

Payments transformation

Trade finance

Stakeholder management

Agile

Digital transformation

Operating model

Process change

Global banks

Risk management

Job description

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We are seeking a skilled and experienced Project Manager Payments to lead complex, business-side transformation initiatives for large global banks, focusing on payments and trade finance. This is a functional/delivery PM role (not pure IT PM), driving end to end project lifecycle, process improvement, and digital transformation, while managing senior stakeholders across geographies.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Own end to end delivery of payments and trade finance transformation projects within global banking environments.
• Plan, track, and manage project scope, timelines, budgets, risks, issues, dependencies, and benefits.
• Lead functional change initiatives (not pure tech PM), including operating model, process, and policy changes.
• Drive digital transformation projects (at least 23 large digital deliveries in banks) in payments and related domains.
• Conduct change impact assessments and ensure effective communication and stakeholder alignment.
• Work closely with senior business stakeholders across regions; manage expectations, negotiations, and escalations.
• Prepare and present project status reports, steering decks, risk/issue logs, and resourcing plans.
• Champion Agile ways of working; align teams to Agile practices and cadences.
• Ensure projects deliver tangible business outcomes rather than purely consulting artefacts.
• Strong functional project management background in global banks.
• Deep banking domain understanding with global bank exposure (mandatory).
• Handson experience in Trade Finance and Payments (payments transformation, digital payments journeys, process change).
• Proven experience delivering transformation projects (business/functional), not just IT implementation.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, citizenship/ immigration status, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.

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