Senior Project Manager

Designation/Role: Senior Project Manager

Experience – 10 – 15 years

Location – Berkeley Heights, NJ

Work Mode: Onsite

Job Description

We are looking for a hands-on Senior Project Manager with deep roots in the cards and payments industry to lead delivery of complex, multi-stream programs for our clients. Candidate will own end-to-end delivery, from planning and governance through execution and release, while remaining close to the work, the teams and the client.

Role demands to be at the intersection of client stakeholders and offshore delivery teams, ensuring that engineering rigor, payments domain depth and modern AI-augmented ways of working come together to deliver predictable, high-quality outcomes.

Responsibilities:

• Delivery Management and Execution
• Payments Domain Leadership
• AI Immersion in the SDLC
• Offshore and Global Delivery Management
• Stakeholder Management and Communication
• Governance, Commercials and Quality

Required Qualification:

• ~15 years of overall IT experience, with 8+ years in project or program management roles of increasing responsibility.
• Significant experience in the payment's domain, gained at one or more of the following types of organizations in the US:
• Card networks / payment schemes
• Banks and card issuers
• Payment processors, acquirers or payment technology companies
• Fintech's
• Proven track record of delivering large, complex, multi-vendor payments or financial services programs.
• Prior experience working with offshore IT services or software servicing firms, with a clear understanding of the onshore–offshore delivery model.
• Demonstrated, hands-on exposure to AI adoption within the SDLC, with concrete examples of impact.

Skills

• Strong command of Agile (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe), traditional and hybrid delivery frameworks.
• Strong working knowledge of tools such as Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, MS Project, Smartsheet, Power BI or similar.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with a polished executive presence.
• Outstanding presentation skills, with the ability to simplify complexity for senior audiences.
• Strong stakeholder management, negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
• Analytical mindset, with ownership, accountability and a bias for action.