About the client:
Our client is a major enterprise driving large-scale data platform and integration projects for the banking sector. This role is pivotal in leading complex, multi-stream programs and delivering business-critical solutions in a dynamic, high-impact environment.
About the role:
We are seeking an experienced Payments Project Manager to join a high-performing team responsible for building and supporting big data platforms and system integration solutions. You’ll play a key role in end-to-end program delivery, stakeholder management, and ensuring alignment between business objectives and Agile development teams.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead complex end-to-end program delivery, managing multiple project streams and securing successful production releases.
- Manage integrated project plans, budgets, schedules, and staffing requirements, including internal staff, client employees, and third-party vendors.
- Oversee project performance, ensuring scope, cost, schedule, and contractual deliverables are met.
- Act as a bridge between key client business stakeholders and Agile development teams.
- Ensure value delivery by Agile teams aligns with the client’s overall service strategy.
- Understand and manage the product’s business and technology stakeholders, balancing quality, benefits, risk, budget, time to market, and user experience.
- Translate requirements into epics, features, and stories, and maintain non-functional requirements (NFRs) to ensure system quality.
- Support the team and work closely with the Scrum Master to remove impediments and lead by example.
- Mentor junior consultants and contribute to practice development.
- Minimum 10+ years’ experience as a project manager, iteration manager, or scrum master in IT consulting or technology business units.
- At least 3+ years’ project management experience in data initiatives (modernisation, migration, governance, reporting, analytics, data science).
- Practical experience with project delivery frameworks such as Scaled Agile, Distributed Agile, Agile Sprints, Kanban, and Waterfall.
- Skills in project planning, budgeting, performance management, scheduling, staffing, scope management, contractual deliverables, change control, and risk management.
- Solid understanding of data professional roles and responsibilities.
- Experience delivering projects on cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP, IBM) and modern data platforms.
- Understanding of containerisation, virtualisation, infrastructure, networking, and software development life cycle.
- Experience presenting to and influencing stakeholders and senior managers.
- Experience in banking is required.
- Team leadership and people management experience.
- Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related engineering field.
- One or more industry-recognised technology or project delivery certifications.
- Experience with business-critical design, high availability, fault-tolerance, automatic fail-over, and geographical redundancy.
- Experience mentoring and developing junior consultants.
This is a contract role based in Sydney, with immediate start available. You’ll play a key role in delivering robust, secure, and innovative payments and data solutions in a dynamic, high-impact banking environment.
How to Apply
Please upload your CV to apply. For direct enquiries about the role, contact Farbar Siddiq at farbars@whizdom.com.au.
Suitable candidates will be contacted with next steps. You may be required to complete selection criteria as part of the application process.
