Program Manager - Payments

📍 Sydney | Contract Opportunity

Are you an experienced Cards & Payments Program Manager who thrives in complex environments and enjoys rolling up your sleeves to drive delivery? We are seeking a hands-on leader to join a major transformation program, coordinating multiple workstreams across payments, cards, testing, migration and technology teams.

This is a highly visible role where you'll work across a large and complex application landscape, ensuring successful delivery through effective stakeholder engagement, planning, governance and execution.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate delivery across a large-scale Cards & Payments transformation program.

• Manage and oversee testing activities, including SIT, UAT and related environments.

• Coordinate migration and implementation activities across multiple business and technology teams.

• Drive delivery across key domains including payments, cards and accounts.

• Manage dependencies and risks across a complex ecosystem.

• Support governance processes, financial reporting and program tracking.

• Work closely with Product Owners, business stakeholders and technology teams to ensure successful outcomes.

• Identify and resolve delivery challenges, ensuring milestones are achieved.

About You

• Proven experience delivering large-scale payments and/or cards programs within banking or financial services.

• Strong understanding of payments operations, payment routing, cards, accounts and related technology platforms.

• Experience leading complex testing, migration and implementation activities.

• Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills.

• Comfortable working across both business and technology teams.

• A proactive, delivery-focused mindset with the ability to get into the detail when required.

• Resilient, adaptable and able to navigate fast-paced transformation environments.

What You'll Bring

✅ Deep Payments & Cards expertise
✅ Strong Program Delivery experience
✅ Excellent stakeholder engagement skills
✅ Hands-on approach with a willingness to get stuck in and solve problems

Please apply below to find out more!