Job Description
On behalf of our public-sector client, Affinity is seeking Project Manager with experience leading technology and business initiatives involving payment processing, financial systems, or transaction-based platforms, including credit/debit card processing, payment gateways, POS systems, or financial integrations. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 3 years of project management experience within the last 7 years, preferably in the banking, payments, or credit card industry, along with a PMP certification and an undergraduate degree. This role requires strong stakeholder management, delivery leadership, and the ability to manage complex projects in regulated, transaction-driven environments.
Responsibilities
Project Kickoff & Governance
- Establish project governance structures, project resources, and stakeholder engagement models.
- Develop and maintain detailed project plans, timelines, milestones, and project schedules.
- Create and execute stakeholder communication and engagement plans across business, technical, vendor, and partner groups.
- Coordinate implementation activities across multiple internal and external stakeholders.
- Identify, assess, mitigate, and manage project risks through ongoing risk management processes.
- Deliver governance frameworks, communication plans, stakeholder management plans, and risk registers.
Merchant & Financial Setup
- Coordinate the setup of merchant account structures, location IDs, and financial coding configurations.
- Support integration and configuration of payment processing interfaces with enterprise financial and operational systems.
- Establish revenue, chargeback, retrieval, and transaction reporting processes.
- Maintain merchant account inventories and reporting configurations.
Payment Hardware Migration
- Lead the migration and deployment of payment processing hardware across multiple locations.
- Coordinate implementation activities with business, technical, and vendor teams.
- Ensure payment processing solutions are integrated within project timelines and business requirements.
- Oversee testing, certification, and successful deployment of payment terminals and related infrastructure.
E-Commerce Migration
- Plan and coordinate the migration of online payment channels and payment gateway integrations.
- Manage transitions for internally developed and third-party web applications.
- Coordinate testing, certification, validation, and production cutover activities.
- Ensure successful migration of web applications and validation of integrated payment solutions.
Operations & Access Management
- Coordinate user access provisioning for payment and financial systems.
- Develop and deliver training plans, user documentation, and knowledge transfer materials.
- Monitor and support chargeback, retrieval, and exception management processes.
- Establish and document operational reporting, support procedures, and process controls.
- Ensure operational readiness for business and technical teams.
PCI Compliance & Risk Management
- Incorporate PCI compliance requirements into project planning and execution activities.
- Coordinate with compliance and security stakeholders to ensure audit readiness.
- Ensure PCI-related controls, documentation, and processes are implemented and maintained.
- Develop and maintain compliance plans aligned with project timelines and regulatory requirements.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
- Minimum 3 years of Project Management experience within the last 7 years in one or more of the following areas:
- Project Integration Management
- Scope Management
- Schedule/Time Management
- Cost Management
- Quality Management
- Resource Management
- Communications Management
- Risk Management
- Procurement Management
- Undergraduate degree in Business, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field. Professional designations such as CA, CMC, CMA, CGA, or CFA may be considered equivalent.
- PMP certification preferred.
- Proficiency with project management and productivity tools, including Microsoft Project.
Project Management Experience
- Demonstrated experience delivering at least 3 projects of 8+ months duration.
- Proven ability to lead diverse stakeholder groups and build consensus on project scope, objectives, priorities, and responsibilities.
- Experience managing relationships with senior business stakeholders, leadership teams, and external partners.
- Minimum 3 years of experience leading multidisciplinary teams, including business users, technical resources, managers, and third-party vendors.
- Experience developing feasibility studies, business cases, and executive-level project documentation.
- Proven experience creating project charters, project plans, risk assessments, and risk mitigation strategies.
- Experience coordinating internal resources and external vendors to achieve project objectives.
- Experience managing change requests and budget requests, including:
- Cost estimates
- Project schedules
- Resource planning
- Deliverable management
- Cross-project dependencies
Preferred Project Environment Experience
- Experience managing projects of medium complexity and sensitivity.
- Experience working with multiple stakeholder groups across business, technical, and external organizations.
- Experience managing projects with budgets up to $5M and timelines generally under 12 months.
- Experience delivering initiatives with broad organizational, public-sector, or customer-facing impacts.
Leadership & Communication Skills
- Experience leading project teams, steering committees, working groups, and vendor meetings.
- Strong meeting facilitation and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Comfortable facilitating virtual meetings and video conferences.
- Ability to manage discussions involving multiple participants with competing priorities and viewpoints.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong documentation, meeting minute preparation, and action item tracking capabilities.
- Experience creating, editing, and delivering presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint.
- Advanced reporting, analysis, and presentation skills using Microsoft Excel.
- Demonstrated ability to facilitate issue resolution while balancing stakeholder expectations with project scope, budget, and schedule constraints.
Preferred Industry Experience
- Experience delivering projects within the banking, payments, financial services, merchant acquiring, payment processing, or credit card industries.
- Experience with payment gateways, POS solutions, transaction processing systems, merchant services, or financial system integrations is highly desirable.
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About Affinity
Affinity Group is a technology and business consulting and services company. We believe in creating long term relationships between clients and consultants that foster a mutually beneficial partnership. Affinity is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.
For more information on Affinity, please visit www.affinity-group.ca
Job Number: 14034
