Payment Program Manager

Tekfortune Inc.

Charlotte, NC
2 days ago

Highlights

The individual will lead complex, enterprise-scale programs involving payment modernization, digital payments, blockchain/DLT platforms, payment APIs, integration, security, regulatory controls, and production implementation. Manage use cases involving areas such as tokenized payments/assets, distributed settlement, digital assets, smart contracts, and blockchain-enabled transaction processing.

Numbers & Facts

Location	Charlotte, NC
Industry	Computer Software
Company Size	20 to 49 employees
Year Founded	2014
Website	http://www.tekfortune.com/

Description

Tekfortune is a fast-growing consulting firm specialized in permanent, contract & project-based staffing services for world s leading organizations in a broad range of industries. In this quickly changing economic landscape, virtual recruiting and remote work are critical for the future of work. To support the active project demands and skills gaps, our staffing experts can help you find the best job for you.

Position: Payment Program Manager
Location: Pennington, NJ & Charlotte, NC

Job Summary
We are seeking a Senior Program Manager with strong Banking and Payments domain expertise and experience delivering Blockchain/DLT-based technology initiatives. The individual will lead complex, enterprise-scale programs involving payment modernization, digital payments, blockchain/DLT platforms, payment APIs, integration, security, regulatory controls, and production implementation.
The role requires strong leadership across Business, Product, Architecture, Engineering, Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Risk, Compliance, Operations, QA, and vendor teams.
The Program Manager will own overall program governance, roadmap execution, dependencies, financials, risks, delivery milestones, executive reporting, and stakeholder alignment.

Blockchain / DLT Program Management

Lead enterprise Blockchain from discovery and proof-of-concept through architecture, implementation, integration, testing, and production adoption.
Coordinate blockchain platform teams with payment systems, APIs, data platforms, identity/security services, and existing banking applications.
Manage use cases involving areas such as tokenized payments/assets, distributed settlement, digital assets, smart contracts, and blockchain-enabled transaction processing.
Drive architectural and business decisions around on-chain vs. off-chain processing, interoperability, scalability, security, privacy, resiliency, and integration with legacy banking systems.
Ensure appropriate governance around smart-contract lifecycle, access controls, transaction validation, operational readiness, and production support.
Coordinate assessment and delivery across blockchain/DLT technologies as applicable to the program, such as Ethereum/EVM-based solutions, Hyperledger Fabric, R3 Corda, or enterprise blockchain platforms.

Key Responsibilities
Program Leadership & Governance

Lead end-to-end delivery of multiple Banking Payments and Blockchain/DLT initiatives.
Establish program roadmap, milestones, governance model, workstreams, dependencies, and success criteria.
Own scope, schedule, budget, resource planning, risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies.
Manage multiple projects/workstreams involving distributed onsite and offshore teams.
Establish and maintain RAID, milestone, dependency, decision, and executive status reporting.
Drive steering committee and executive governance meetings.
Proactively identify delivery risks, technology dependencies, regulatory impacts, and execution blockers and drive them to closure.
Manage Agile/SAFe delivery across multiple teams, including PI planning, release planning, sprint-level dependencies, and program-level milestones.

Banking & Payments

Manage modernization initiatives involving:

ACH
Wire Transfers
Real-Time Payments (RTP)
FedNow
SWIFT
ISO 20022
Commercial/Corporate Banking Payments
Payment initiation, authorization and processing
Clearing and settlement
Reconciliation and exception management

Coordinate cross-system integration across payment applications, payment gateways, APIs, databases, and downstream platforms.
Partner with Operations, Risk, Fraud, Compliance, and Technology organizations throughout the payment lifecycle.

Required Qualifications

12+ years of IT experience with strong Program/Technical Program Management experience.
Strong Banking or Financial Services experience.
Demonstrated delivery experience with large-scale Payments modernization programs.
Working knowledge of ACH, Wire, RTP, FedNow, SWIFT and ISO 20022.
Experience managing Blockchain/DLT or Digital Asset technology programs.
Strong understanding of:

Blockchain/DLT architecture
Smart contracts
Distributed transaction processing
APIs and microservices
Cloud and platform integration
Security and identity
Data privacy and encryption

Experience managing complex enterprise integrations and multiple technology workstreams.
Strong Agile/Scrum/SAFe and SDLC experience.
Excellent executive communication, stakeholder management, risk management, dependency management, and negotiation skills.
Experience managing geographically distributed teams and third-party/vendor relationships.

Preferred Qualifications

PMP, PgMP, SAFe or Scrum certification.
Experience in a Tier-1 bank or large Financial Services organization.
Experience managing highly regulated, high-volume transaction platforms.
Exposure to cloud platforms such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
Understanding of Java/Spring Boot, REST APIs, microservices, databases, CI/CD and enterprise integration patterns.

For more information and other jobs available please contact our recruitment team at

careers@tekfortune.com

. To view all the jobs available in the USA and Asia please visit our website at https://www.tekfortune.com/careers/.

About Company

Tekfortune is a software solutions company providing project development and staff augmentation services to companies in various industries including Healthcare, Banking, Finance, Telecommunication and Aviation.

Tekfortune Inc delivers solutions to a wide variety of organizations of various sizes and industries. Our clients include mid-market to Fortune 1000 companies spanning across industries such as: Insurance, Financial, Pharmaceutical, Manufacturing, Retail and many others.

In Tekfortune Inc, we are offering selection of services and solutions at very reasonable rates. With years of experience in the placement and recruitment Industry and over time we have acquired the knowledge essential to comprehend the exact need and dependence on customers. Therefore we provide the customers the best and also the brightest candidates for vacancies. Moreover, by understanding the working interest of customers who is able to place them within the companies where they are able to get maximum opportunity for professional growth.

Tekfortune Inc has a strong emphasis on quality. Its goal would be to achieve client satisfaction by looking into making deliveries satisfaction of customer's business needs. Our ability to quickly identify and effectively employ proven fundamental principles, techniques and resources yields highly desirable results for our clients.

We understand that each industry and organization share a level of uniqueness that requires a tailored approach in order to deliver specific solutions. Such factors as client culture, industry regulations, organizational maturity, financial health and many more items may impact our approach to delivering client solutions.

Having served a wide variety of clients has provided Tekfortune the ability to build subject matter expertise across numerous industries. Our industry expertise combined with our specialized knowledge of Business Process Improvement, Requirements Management and Program & Project Management provides a powerful combination and a tremendous value to our clients.

We are run by a group of industry experts who have decades of experience in delivering custom solutions to our clients.