Agile Project Manager / Real Time Payments

Outstanding long-term contract opportunity! A well-known Financial Services Company is looking for a Sr. Agile Project Manager with Real Time Payments, regulatory experience in Charlotte, NC (Hybrid).

Work with the brightest minds at one of the largest financial institutions in the world. This is a long-term contract opportunity that includes a competitive benefit package! Our client has been around for over 150 years and is continuously innovating in today's digital age. If you want to work for a company that is not only a household name, but also truly cares about satisfying customers' financial needs and helping people succeed financially, apply today.

Contract Duration: 12+ Months

Required Skills & Experience

• 8+ years of project management experience
• Hands-on experience with Agile/Scrum delivery models in enterprise environments
• Experience serving as an Agile coach or transformation lead
• Familiarity with payments processing, operations, or financial services transformation initiatives
• Experience supporting regulatory or industry-driven programs (e.g., ISO20022)

Desired Skills & Experience

• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Inquisitive and a fast learner of the business concepts, processes, and details
• Proven experience in consulting and leading discussions with partners on planning and executing highly complex business problems
• Experience in developing and managing great working relationships with business and technology partners
• Strong organizational and change management skills
• Ability to work independently with minimal direction
• Experience working in a fast paced environment managing multiple simultaneous complex initiatives

What You Will Be Doing

• Lead end-to-end project management across one or more critical Payment Operations programs
• Drive execution of key deliverables including:
• Project plans, milestones, and dependency management
• Defect tracking, issue resolution, and risk mitigation
• Operational Readiness Reviews (ORR) and governance checkpoints
• Ensure alignment to enterprise change management and control standards
• Provide status reporting and executive-level communications (SteerCo, OC, leadership forums)
• Drive timely completion of control deliverables and remediation activities
• Maintain strong risk visibility and proactive escalation of delivery issues
• Improve delivery predictability, transparency, and speed through agile methodologies
• Act as an Agile coach and change agent across the portfolio
• Coach program teams, product partners, and stakeholders on:
• Agile principles and best practices
• Roles and responsibilities (PO, Scrum Master, delivery leads)
• Effective ceremonies and governance in an agile context
• Identify and remove impediments to agile adoption
• Support development of a scalable agile delivery model within Payments Operations