Project Manager – Payments API Onboarding

Overview

In this role you will lead end-to-end API onboarding efforts for payments, coordinating across Product, Technology, Operations, and Relationship Managers. You’ll manage plans, timelines, risks, and dependencies to ensure on-time delivery and successful go-lives. You’ll serve as the main client contact during onboarding and shepherd governance and testing activities. This role sits within the Global Payment and Trade Clients team in Manchester and connects technology with business outcomes for transformative payment solutions.

Pay / Benefits

• competitive compensation
• wellbeing programs
• flexible global resources
• focus on health and resilience
• paid leaves
• paid volunteer time

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end API onboarding projects from intake through testing and production go-live
• Create and manage project plans, timelines, milestones, risks, issues, and dependencies to ensure on-time delivery
• Act as the main point of contact for clients during onboarding and coordinate across Product, Technology, Operations, and Relationship Managers
• Coordinate API testing, production validation, and early go-live support while ensuring all onboarding steps, approvals, and governance requirements are completed

Key requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
• A number of years project management experience in financial services
• Experience with payments or API onboarding
• Experience working with cross-functional teams and managing multiple projects
• Experience with APIs or digital products, Agile or Scrum methodologies, or PMP or similar certification is preferred

• Cross-functional collaboration
• Stakeholder management
• Effective communication
• APIs or digital products
• API onboarding
• Agile or Scrum methodologies

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