IT Project Manager - Card and Payment-PCI DSS, ePayments, digital wallets

Role Overview

IT Project Manager - Card and Payment for VAM Systems Qatar operations. The role requires an experienced IT Project Manager with strong expertise in banking technology, card domain knowledge, and complex project delivery within financial services.

Role Purpose

Support successful delivery of complex IT projects within banking and financial services, particularly across card products, payments, and regulatory initiatives. Coordinate across business stakeholders, IT teams, vendors, card schemes, and compliance functions to ensure projects meet scope, timeline, budget, quality, and governance standards.

Key Responsibilities

Project Delivery

• Manage end-to-end IT project delivery including planning, execution, monitoring, risk management, stakeholder coordination, vendor management, and project closure.
• Lead projects across Credit Cards, Debit Cards, Prepaid Cards, ePayments, and related regulatory and scheme-driven initiatives.
• Monitor project performance against agreed scope, timelines, budget, quality, and governance standards.

Stakeholder & Vendor Management

• Coordinate closely with business stakeholders, IT teams, vendors, card schemes, compliance teams, and internal stakeholders.
• Communicate effectively with senior management, business stakeholders, technology teams, and external partners.
• Manage vendor coordination and relationships.

Governance & Compliance

• Work within structured governance environments with strong documentation, reporting, escalation, and change control practices.
• Manage project risks, issues, dependencies, change requests, and escalations.

Planning & Analysis

• Develop strong analytical, planning, and documentation capabilities for project delivery.
• Deliver comprehensive reporting and project closure documentation.
• Apply problem-solving skills with a structured and proactive delivery approach.

Qualifications & Experience

• 8–10 years of experience in IT Project Management, preferably within banking, financial services, cards, payments, or digital banking environments.
• PMP certification is required or strongly preferred.
• Proven experience managing end-to-end IT project delivery in banking or financial services industry.
• Experience working in structured governance environments with strong documentation, reporting, escalation, and change control practices.

Skills & Competencies

• Good understanding of tokenization, PCI DSS, ePayments, digital wallets, and payment processing flows.
• Knowledge of card schemes, certifications, mandates, and compliance requirements.
• Strong stakeholder management and vendor coordination abilities.
• Strong analytical, planning, documentation, and reporting capabilities.
• Ability to work with cross-functional teams in banking IT environments.
• Strong problem-solving skills with structured and proactive delivery approach.

Additional Information

• Joining timeframe: 2 weeks (maximum 1 month).