Project Manager

MACHINE LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES LLC; Berkeley Heights (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

MACHINE LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES LLC in Berkeley Heights is seeking a seasoned Project Manager Payments to lead complex transformations for large global banks, focusing on payments and trade finance. This role is delivery-focused, guiding end-to-end lifecycle, governance, and stakeholder alignment across geographies.

You will champion agile practices, drive cross-functional change, and ensure tangible business outcomes, not just consulting artefacts, while coordinating with senior stakeholders

Qualifications

• Experience leading payments and trade finance transformation in global banks.
• Strong ability to manage end-to-end delivery, budgets, risks and stakeholders.
• Proven track record delivering functional/business transformations, not only IT.

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 including operating model, process, and policy changes.
• Drive digital transformation projects with significant delivery in payments and related domains.
• Conduct change impact assessments and ensure effective communication and stakeholder alignment.
• Work with senior business stakeholders across regions; manage expectations and escalations.
• Prepare and present project status reports, steering decks, risk/issue logs, and resourcing plans.
• Champion Agile ways of working and align teams to Agile cadences.
• Ensure projects deliver tangible business outcomes, not just artefacts.

Job description

Job Overview

Job ID:J53725

Job Title: Project Manager

Location: Berkeley Heights, NY

Duration: 12 Months + Extension

Domain Exposure: Oil & Gas

Work Authorization: US Citizen,Green Card,OPT-EAD,CPT,H-1B,H4-EAD,L2-EAD,GC-EAD

Client: To Be Discussed Later

Employment Type: W-2, 1099, C2C

Job Description

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.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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.