Job Title: Senior Project Manager Treasury & Payments

Location: Salt Lake City, UT | Onsite

Employment Type: Contract

Duration: 6-12 months

Pay: $70/hr

About:

VLink, founded in 2006, is a leading global provider of software engineering services with next-gen technologies and best-in-class talent. Our Headquarters are in the U.S, and we have offices in 7+ countries from North America-Europe to APAC, with expansion plans in the Middle East. With over 1,000 employees working globally, VLink has helped SMBs, and large enterprises achieve their business goals, and gained the trust of Fortune-250 companies. VLink is 'Great Place to Work CertifiedTM' and has been a consistent winner as- Best Places to Work in CT. Trust, collaboration, and accountability are the three elements that are at the core of VLink's work culture. We value our professionals, providing comprehensive benefits and the opportunity for growth.

Job Description:

Our client is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager Treasury & Payments to lead complex, cross functional technology and business initiatives within the banking and financial services industry.

In this role, you will take ownership of high visibility initiatives spanning Treasury, Payments, Wires, banking operations, technology modernization, and enterprise integrations. You will lead projects across the full delivery lifecycle from planning and execution through implementation and post production stabilization while coordinating multiple business and technology workstreams.

You will work closely with Program Management, Product, Operations, Technology, Architecture, Risk, Compliance, QA, Finance, and external technology partners to manage dependencies, mitigate risks, resolve issues, and keep critical initiatives moving toward successful implementation.

The ideal candidate is an accomplished Project Manager who can quickly bring structure and momentum to complex initiatives already in progress. You are comfortable navigating ambiguity, managing competing priorities, communicating with senior stakeholders, and driving accountability across internal teams and external partners.

This is an excellent opportunity for a project leader with strong banking and payments domain expertise who enjoys solving complex delivery challenges and leading business critical transformation initiatives.

Your future duties and responsibilities:

• Lead end to end project delivery across initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, implementation, stabilization, and closure for complex Treasury, Payments, Wires, and financial services technology initiatives.

• Take ownership of complex projects already in progress, quickly assessing current status, outstanding deliverables, milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, resource constraints, and critical path activities.

• Develop, maintain, and actively manage comprehensive project plans covering scope, milestones, critical paths, dependencies, resources, budgets, deliverables, risks, and implementation timelines.

• Partner with Program Management, Product, Operations, Technology, Architecture, Risk, Compliance, QA, and other stakeholders to align project execution with business objectives, regulatory requirements, internal controls, and modernization strategies.

• Coordinate complex system integrations, testing, UAT, production readiness, implementation, cutover, and post production activities across multiple platforms and business functions.

• Establish effective project governance and maintain clear accountability for decisions, deliverables, actions, and dependencies.

• Proactively manage RAID items Risks, Assumptions, Issues, and Dependencies driving mitigation plans, issue resolution, escalation, and timely decision making.

• Prepare and deliver concise, executive level project reporting covering overall health, milestones, financials, risks, issues, dependencies, decisions, and upcoming priorities.

• Manage project budgets, forecasts, resource plans, and financial performance while identifying potential delivery or financial risks early.

• Manage relationships with external vendors, technology providers, consultants, and internal delivery teams, ensuring contractual deliverables, dependencies, timelines, and quality expectations are clearly understood and achieved.

• Facilitate project meetings, governance forums, working sessions, and executive discussions to drive alignment, accountability, and decisions.

• Coordinate stakeholder communications and change activities to support successful implementation and adoption.

• Lead delivery across geographically distributed teams, including U.S. based, offshore, and nearshore resources as applicable.

• Apply the appropriate combination of Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid delivery practices based on project complexity, milestones, dependencies, and implementation requirements.

• Identify opportunities to improve delivery processes, project controls, reporting, governance, and overall execution effectiveness.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, Finance, or a related discipline.

• 7 10+ years of project management experience, preferably within banking, financial services, fintech, or another highly regulated enterprise environment.

• Demonstrated experience leading complex, cross functional initiatives involving Treasury, Payments, Wires, Fee Income, banking operations, or financial services technology.

• Proven ownership of the complete project lifecycle, including planning, execution, monitoring, budgeting, resource management, critical path management, dependency management, risk mitigation, implementation, and closure.

• Strong experience developing and maintaining detailed integrated project plans, milestone schedules, dependency plans, and implementation roadmaps.

• Experience managing project budgets, forecasts, resources, and financial performance.

• Strong experience coordinating complex technology integrations and delivery across Product, Operations, Engineering/Technology, Architecture, Risk, Compliance, QA, and other enterprise teams.

• Experience coordinating SIT, UAT, production readiness, implementation/cutover, and post production stabilization activities.

• Proven experience managing external vendors and technology providers, including deliverables, dependencies, issues, contractual commitments, implementation activities, and stakeholder expectations.

• Strong understanding of RAID management, project governance, executive reporting, escalation management, and delivery controls.

• Strong working knowledge of Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid delivery methodologies, particularly for initiatives involving milestone based delivery across multiple technical and business workstreams.

• Hands on experience with project and delivery management tools such as Microsoft Project, Azure DevOps (ADO), ServiceNow, Jira, and Confluence, or comparable platforms.

• Excellent leadership, organizational, facilitation, negotiation, and problem solving skills.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with both technical teams and senior business stakeholders.

• Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities and drive accountability across complex, geographically distributed teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

• PMP, SAFe, CSM, or another recognized project or Agile delivery certification.

• Experience delivering large scale payments modernization, Treasury transformation, wire transfer, or banking platform initiatives.

• Experience working with payment processing platforms, financial networks, banking integrations, or third party financial technology providers.

• Experience managing projects with significant regulatory, compliance, audit, risk, or security requirements.

• Experience joining complex initiatives already underway and successfully establishing delivery structure, governance, and momentum.

• Consulting experience working directly with enterprise clients and senior stakeholders.
  

Employment Practices:

VLink is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive environment where diversity is celebrated. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check.

This job application process may use AI-powered tools to assist in screening and evaluating applications based on objective, job-related qualifications. AI is used solely to support the recruitment process and all final hiring decisions are made exclusively by our human recruitment team.

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