Project Manager, Payments
Description
The Payments group is looking for an experienced Project Manager to serve as a critical bridge between Product leadership, Development teams, and stakeholders. This role requires both strategic oversight and hands-on project management to drive complex, cross-team initiatives forward. The successful candidate will proactively identify issues, facilitate solutions, and enhance collaboration across multiple teams. The project manager would also be responsible for providing leadership updates, stakeholder project communications, and managing accountability.
Responsibilities
- Partner closely with Product Managers and Product Owners to clarify stakeholder needs, priorities, and engagement strategies.
- Lead cross-functional teams through planning, execution, monitoring, and delivery of key software initiatives and projects.
- Proactively identify risks and impediments and swiftly implement solutions to ensure successful outcomes.
- Facilitate alignment across multiple teams and departments, ensuring clear communication, shared goals, and streamlined workflows.
- Regularly report project status, key metrics, and strategic insights to leadership.
- Act as a primary point-of-contact for problem-solving across diverse projects, challenges and stakeholder concerns.
Qualifications
- 3+ years of experience managing software projects or programs, ideally in agile environments.
- Proven experience in stakeholder engagement, effectively communicating with varied audiences including executives, technical teams, and customers.
- Exceptional ability to diagnose complex project issues and quickly drive practical solutions.
- Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
- Familiarity with software development life cycles, product management practices, and agile methodologies.
- Comfortable working independently and taking ownership in a dynamic, rapidly evolving environment.