Payments Project Manager

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I’m Abhay from Inceptra solutions llc. I came across your profile and felt it could be a good match for a current opportunity we’re working on.

Payments Project Manager

Location: Charlotte, North Carolina, United States (USA)
Work Arrangement: Onsite
Employment Type: Contract
Experience: 8+ years overall IT experience; 7–10 years relevant experience
Visa: All visa types accepted except H1B and CPT
Relocation: Open to relocation

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Payments Project Manager with 8+ years of overall IT experience and strong Project/Program Management experience in Banking and Payments. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience managing Payments technology programs/projects, strong knowledge of the payment-processing lifecycle, and experience delivering initiatives in a high-volume Commercial Banking Payments environment.

The candidate should be comfortable managing cross-functional technology teams, driving Agile delivery, coordinating dependencies and risks, and communicating project status and escalations to senior stakeholders.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of Payments technology initiatives, from planning and requirements through implementation and production rollout.
• Manage project scope, schedule, dependencies, risks, issues, resources, and delivery milestones.
• Coordinate across Business, Product, Architecture, Development, QA, Infrastructure, Operations, and vendor teams.
• Drive governance meetings, status reporting, RAID management, dependency tracking, and executive/client communications.
• Partner with Business Analysts and Product teams to ensure business requirements and payment-processing needs are translated into executable delivery plans.
• Coordinate application, integration, testing, certification, deployment, and production-readiness activities.
• Identify delivery risks and blockers proactively and drive them to closure.
• Manage Agile ceremonies, release planning, deliverables, and cross-team dependencies.
• Provide concise project health, milestone, risk, and escalation reporting to senior stakeholders.
• Manage distributed onsite/offshore technology teams and ensure effective coordination across delivery functions.
• Support payment modernization and transformation initiatives within a complex enterprise technology environment.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 8+ years of overall IT experience.
• 7–10 years of Project/Program Management experience, preferably within Banking or Financial Services.
• Strong hands-on experience managing Payments programs/projects.
• Strong knowledge of the payment-processing lifecycle and payment systems.
• Proven experience with Agile/Scrum delivery and project governance.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, risk management, dependency management, and executive reporting skills.
• Experience managing distributed onsite/offshore technology teams.
• Good understanding of enterprise applications, APIs, integrations, databases, and production environments.
• Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.

Preferred Payments Domain Knowledge

• ISO 20022
• ACH / Wire / Real-Time Payments
• SWIFT and payment messaging
• Commercial Banking Payments
• Payment processing, reconciliation, exceptions, and settlement
• Payment modernization/transformation programs

Technical Environment

Experience or understanding of the following is highly relevant:

• Java / Spring Boot
• Oracle / Databases
• APIs and enterprise integrations
• Infrastructure and production environments
• Payment processing systems

Commercial Banking Payments Context

The role supports a Commercial Banking Payments environment involving high-volume payment processing. Experience working with complex payment ecosystems and coordinating across application development, databases, infrastructure, testing, deployment, and production teams will be highly valuable.

Work Location & Logistics

• Charlotte, NC – Onsite
• Relocation candidates are welcome
• Contract opportunity
• All visa types accepted except H1B and CPT
• 8+ years overall IT experience required
• 7–10 years relevant experience preferred

Please share your updated resume and a good time for a quick conversation.

Looking forward to your response.

Thanks & Regards

Abhay Kumar Jain

Senior Technical Recruiter

INCEPTRA SOLUTIONS LLC

1520 Creekside Dr, Hoffman Estates, IL 60169

Phone Number: +1 ext. 115

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