Project Manager

Valiant Technologies LLC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Valiant Technologies LLC in New York seeks a skilled Project Manager for Payments to lead end-to-end transformation initiatives in global banks.

The role focuses on business delivery, operating model changes, and digital payments projects, with strong stakeholder management, agile leadership, and a track record of delivering tangible business outcomes in banking environments.

Qualifications

• Deep banking domain understanding with global bank exposure.
• Hands-on experience in Trade Finance and Payments transformation.
• Proven delivery of business/functional transformation projects.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of payments and trade finance transformation projects.
• Plan, track, and manage scope, timelines, budgets, risks, and benefits.
• Lead functional changes including operating models and processes.
• Drive large-scale digital payment initiatives across regions.
• Communicate with senior stakeholders and provide regular status updates.
• Champion Agile practices and cadences across teams.

Skills

End-to-end delivery

Agile methodologies

Stakeholder management

Change management

Digital transformation

Banking domain knowledge

Trade Finance

Communication

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.

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.