Junior Project Manager/Release Manager - Payments

Position Type :

Full time

Type Of Hire :

Experienced (relevant combo of work and education)

Education Desired :

Bachelor of Business Administration

Travel Percentage :

0%

About the role

Responsible for all aspects of assigned technical projects. Projects may be focused on development of new or upgraded products and services, internal information system-specific projects that may involve development or enhancement of internal applications, technology integration and/or infrastructure environment build-out, delivery by service teams for outsourced solutions to external clients or delivery of new or enhanced products and/or services, including quarterly releases of payments projects and scheme compliance projects to a production environment. ie. Release management. 

What you will be doing:

• Plans and coordinates all aspects of technical projects from initiation through delivery
• Develops, defines and executes project plans, project scope, activities, schedules, budgets and deliverables.
• Interacts with product development, sales, client relationship teams, technology solutions, service delivery and/or other cross-functional teams.
• Identifies needed resources for projects, defines and assigns project roles.
• Serves as liaison between technical and non-technical teams, in internal organizations as well as in client and vendor/subcontractor organizations to ensure all project targets and requirements are met.
• Conducts project closure activities to formalize and communicate the project acceptance, handover documentation and ongoing activities to accountable teams and complete a post-implementation review to identify areas of improvement.

What you will have:

• Experience in Project and Software Release Management
• Experience in Infrastructure delivery
• Experience in the Payments or Finance industry, ideally with knowledge in card scheme compliance projects or other POS and ATM projects (highly desirable)
• Skills in understanding and focusing on the client needs
• Skill in analysis, solid decision-making and problem solving
• Ability to deliver results under pressure
• Ability to demonstrate interpersonal and teambuilding skills working with technical and non-technical individuals
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing
• Team skills, including the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships both internally as well as externally

What we offer you

• A multifaceted job with a high degree of responsibility and a broad spectrum of opportunities
• A variety of career development tools, resources and opportunities
• The chance to work on some of the most challenging, relevant issues in financial services & technology