Payments Programme PMO

Are you a Programme Manager who thrives on driving complex, high-stakes programmes to delivery? Do you have the stakeholder gravitas to hold third parties and internal teams accountable in a fast-moving payments environment? If so, we want to hear from you.

About the Role:

We are looking for a PMO Programme Manager to lead the delivery of critical initiatives across the payments landscape, working alongside major third-party partners, processors and internal teams.

You will own the end-to-end oversight of programme delivery, making sure every party meets its commitments on time, within scope, and to the standards a regulated payments environment demands. This is a role for someone who combines strong PMO discipline with the confidence to steer senior stakeholders and keep momentum where dependencies are many and timelines are tight.

Key Responsibilities include:

1. Drive and govern programme delivery across multiple workstreams and third parties
2. Manage and track dependencies across external vendors, payment partners and internal teams
3. Hold third parties accountable for agreed milestones, commitments and quality
4. Identify, escalate and actively manage delays, risks and issues before they impact delivery
5. Provide clear, structured reporting and insight to senior stakeholders and sponsors
6. Establish and maintain robust governance, controls, and progress tracking across the programme

Requirements include:

1. Proven Programme Manager or senior PMO experience, ideally within payments, fintech or financial services
2. Track record of delivering large-scale, complex programmes with significant third-party dependencies
3. Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the presence to push partners and vendors to deliver
4. Highly organised, proactive and commercially aware
5. Strong reporting and governance skills across tools such as Excel, PowerPoint, Jira or similar