Project Manager - Rapid Payments

Penta Consulting Ltd; Johannesburg; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Penta Consulting Ltd. is seeking an experienced Project Manager for a hybrid role in Rosebank, Johannesburg, focusing on rapid payments initiatives and ecosystem readiness within a major financial institution.

The role requires 8+ years in project management of complex transformations in the payments space, with strong governance, budgeting and vendor management capabilities. You will work across executive stakeholders to deliver customer-centric outcomes in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of project management experience, including complex transformation initiatives in financial services/payments.
• Strong executive stakeholder engagement and management skills.
• Proven ability to plan, govern, manage RAID, dependencies and budgets with executive reporting.

Responsibilities

• Drive PayShap adoption and ensure participant consistency and customer experience.
• Strengthen fraud resilience and ecosystem readiness as part of a bank-wide initiative.
• Collaborate with senior leaders to deliver transformational outcomes on time and within budget.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Governance

Budget management

Vendor management

Executive reporting

Transformation initiatives

Job description

# Project Manager - Rapid PaymentsJob Reference No.CR/030770Job Type: ContractLocation: Johannesburg, South AfricaJob Reference No.: CR/030770We are currently looking for a Project Manager to work in a hybrid role in Rosebank, Johannesburg with one of our esteemed financial clients.In this role, you will drive PayShap adoption, participant consistency, customer experience and fraud resilience and overall ecosystem readiness as part of an organisation-wide initiative.The right candidate for this role will have:**Minimum Requirements:*** 8+ years of experience in project management, involving complex transformation initiatives, preferably in the financial services/payments industry* Strong executive stakeholder engagement and management skills* Strong integrated planning, governance, RAID, dependency, budget, vendor and executive reporting capabilityIf you have the above skills/experience and are looking for an opportunity to collaborate with one of South Africa's largest financial institutions, then this could be the right role for you!