Skills

Stakeholder Management Change Management Training Architecture Risk Mitigation

Job Specifications

Project Manager - Payment Processing Migration
part time (3 Days per Week) | London City
Our client, a leading professional institution, is undertaking a large scale payment processing platform migration. We're seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead this business critical transformation on a part time basis (3 days per week).
This is a high profile, strategic project involving the migration of payment payment processing infrastructure across multiple geographies and products, requiring expert governance and coordination across complex technical and operational workstreams.
Key Responsibilities:
Take full accountability for the delivery and upkeep of the end-to-end migration roadmap
Drive programme governance, including dependency coordination across workstreams, integrated planning, and proactive risk and issue management
Oversee delivery across all migration streams, including Product, QA & Testing, Data Migration and Cutover, Architecture & Solution Design, Fraud, Cyber Security, Risk & Operations, and Training and Change initiatives
Serve as the central point of contact between internal stakeholders and third-party processing partners
Partner with cross-functional teams to shape project scope, define delivery milestones, and agree measurable success outcomes
Lead executive-level reporting and governance forums, providing clear status updates to senior stakeholders and steering groups
Coordinate and direct cutover execution and post-migration hypercare/stabilisation phases
Own project-level change management processes, including dependency tracking, risk mitigation, and issue resolution
Essential Requirements
Strong background in financial services
Previous experience in processing migration
Proven track record of leading large-scale, complex migration projects in regulated environments
Deep understanding of project governance frameworks and methodologies
Excellent stakeholder management skills at Senior Executive level
Strong experience managing third-party supplier relationships
Demonstrated ability to coordinate multiple concurrent workstreams with complex dependencies
Working Arrangements:
part time: 3 days per week
Initially higher on-site presence required during project ramp-up (London City location)
Flexibility to work more remotely as project matures
Long-term engagement
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of race, sex, disability, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or age.

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