Project Manager I Payments & Card I Contract

• We are looking for a hands-on delivery professional with proven experience managing card and payments-related projects within a banking or financial services environment. The ideal candidate will be comfortable driving projects from initiation through to implementation while engaging effectively with business, technology and vendor stakeholders.

Key Experience Required

• 5+ years' Project Management experience
• Banking or financial services experience
• Card payments, merchant acquiring, payment acceptance or contactless payments experience
• Experience delivering technology and business change initiatives
• Strong stakeholder, risk and dependency management skills
• Experience working in Agile, Waterfall or hybrid delivery environments

Responsibilities

• Manage projects and initiatives from initiation through execution and close-out.
• Engage with business stakeholders, delivery teams and project sponsors throughout the project lifecycle.
• Assist with defining project objectives, delivery approaches and success measures.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, timelines and dependency trackers.
• Coordinate activities across business and technology teams to support successful project delivery.
• Monitor and manage project risks, issues and dependencies, escalating where required.
• Track project progress and provide regular status updates to stakeholders.
• Facilitate project meetings, workshops and governance forums.
• Support budget tracking, resource planning and delivery reporting.
• Ensure project documentation, handover activities and lessons learned are completed at project closure.

Education

• Matric essential
• PRINCE2 Practitioner and/or PMP certification required
• Degree or Diploma in Business Management, Computer Science, Business Science, or Engineering advantageous
• Agile certifications e.g. Scrum Master, SAFe, SAFe RTE highly advantageous