About the role
- Lead end-to-end delivery of strategic projects with a focus on scope, timeline, cost, and quality.
- Define project objectives, milestones, deliverables, and success metrics.
- Develop and maintain detailed project plans, resource allocation, and risk management strategies.
- Ensure project management and execution best practices are followed.
- Manage multiple concurrent projects in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Product, Engineering, Risk, Compliance, Legal, etc.).
- Act as the main point of contact between internal teams and external vendors/partners.
- Regularly communicate status updates, roadblocks, and critical decisions to executives and stakeholders.
- Facilitate meetings, demos, retrospectives, and workshops to ensure alignment and transparency.
- Identify, assess, and mitigate risks, especially those related to financial regulations (e.g., KYC, AML, PCI-DSS).
- Partner with Legal and Compliance to ensure adherence to industry standards and policies.
- Drive a culture of continuous improvement by identifying inefficiencies and proposing process enhancements across project delivery workflows.
- Conduct post-project reviews (retrospectives) to capture lessons learned and apply insights to future initiatives.
- Collaborate with peers and cross-functional teams to standardize project management practices and promote knowledge sharing.
- Recommend improvements to tools, templates, and methodologies to increase team efficiency and project transparency.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (MBA or PMP is a plus, but not required).
- 7+ years of project management experience, with at least 3 in Fintech or Financial Services.
- Proven track record managing large-scale operations or infrastructure projects.
- Strong understanding of financial services technology such as payment processing, APIs, digital wallets, lending platforms, etc.
- Experience working with project teams in Waterfall, Hybrid, and agile environments.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and organizational skills.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities.
- Proficiency in project management tools (JIRA, Confluence, Google Workspace, Asana, Trello, or similar).
- Ability to manage competing priorities and adapt to rapidly changing business environments.
- Flexible work arrangements
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
project managementrisk managementscope managementcost managementquality managementfinancial regulationspayment processingAPIsdigital walletslending platforms
Soft skills
communicationnegotiationorganizational skillsproblem-solvinganalytical abilitiescollaborationleadershipadaptabilitycontinuous improvementstakeholder management
Certifications
Bachelor's degreeMBAPMP