Project Manager Payments & Remittance

Responsibilities: • Lead end-to-end delivery of payments and remittance projects including new product launches, system upgrades, API integrations, and payment scheme implementations (e.g. SARIE, BUNA, AFAQ, IPS). • Develop and maintain detailed project plans, timelines, RACI matrices, and status reports using tools such as JIRA, CLM, or equivalent. • Gather and review functional requirements, and support the production of Business Requirement Documents (BRDs) in coordination with technology and business teams. • Coordinate across business, technology, compliance, and vendor teams to ensure milestones are met on time and within scope. • Manage UAT cycles: define test cases, coordinate functional, regression, and system testing, review UAT evidence, track defects, and manage resolution with vendors and technical teams. • Monitor post-deployment production performance and escalate issues promptly to ensure business continuity. Requirements: • Bachelor or Master's degree in a relevant field • 6-8 years of experience in project management within the payments, remittance, or financial services sector • Demonstrated experience delivering payments or remittance projects at a bank, fintech, or money transfer operator (MTO) in KSA or the GCC. • Solid understanding of Saudi and GCC payment schemes, including SARIE, BUNA, AFAQ (GCC RTGS), IPS (Instant Payment System), and SAMA regulatory requirements. • Hands-on experience with SWIFT messaging standards MT (Series 1, 2 & 9) and MX/ISO 20022 messages (PACS, PAIN, CAMT) and cross-border payment flows. • Experience with API integration projects, including correspondent bank integrations, identity/KYC APIs, and MTO platform connectivity. • Familiarity with payment system platforms such as OPF (Open Payment Framework), TMS/X, GTX, or similar core payments infrastructure. • Experience managing end-to-end UAT processes including functional, regression, and system testing, and coordinating vendor-side defect resolution. • Proficiency with project management tools such as JIRA, CLM, or equivalent. • Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills able to engage confidently with both technical teams and senior business leaders. • Bachelor or Master's degree in a relevant field • 6-8 years of experience in project management within the payments, remittance, or financial services sector • Demonstrated experience delivering payments or remittance projects at a bank, fintech, or money transfer operator (MTO) in KSA or the GCC. • Solid understanding of Saudi and GCC payment schemes, including SARIE, BUNA, AFAQ (GCC RTGS), IPS (Instant Payment System), and SAMA regulatory requirements. • Hands-on experience with SWIFT messaging standards MT (Series 1, 2 & 9) and MX/ISO 20022 messages (PACS, PAIN, CAMT) and cross-border payment flows. • Experience with API integration projects, including correspondent bank integrations, identity/KYC APIs, and MTO platform connectivity. • Familiarity with payment system platforms such as OPF (Open Payment Framework), TMS/X, GTX, or similar core payments infrastructure. • Experience managing end-to-end UAT processes including functional, regression, and system testing, and coordinating vendor-side defect resolution. • Proficiency with project management tools such as JIRA, CLM, or equivalent. • Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills able to engage confidently with both technical teams and senior business leaders.