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Card Payment Methods Project Manager (Banking)

Remote from Spain·Added 4 months ago (last checked 13 Oct)

Tecdata Engineering

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Overview

Work mode: Remote from Spain
Experience: 5+ years

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Skills

Nice to have

This job advert was originally written in Spanish.

Requirements

What we're looking for

Demonstrable experience is required in projects related to:

Card issuance.
Acquiring.
Transaction processing.
Authorization and switching.
Transaction routing.
Settlement and reconciliation.
Backup and contingency systems.
National and international payment networks.
PSP (Payment Service Providers).
Physical commerce and eCommerce operations.
Integration with payment processors.
Full flow of a card operation.
Transaction lifecycle.
Merchants and large retailers.
Issuing and acquiring entities.
Sector regulations and standards.

Nice to have

Physical and virtual POS terminals.
Automated Teller Machines (ATM).
Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay, and other xPays.
Visa.
Mastercard.
UnionPay.
Discover.
American Express.
DCC (Dynamic Currency Conversion).
PSD2.
Open Banking.
Tokenization and payment security.
Mainframe knowledge.
REST APIs and service-oriented architectures.
Cloud architectures (AWS, Azure).
Integrations between financial platforms.
Knowledge of complex banking ecosystems.

The role

🏦 Sector: Banking / Payment Methods
📍 Modality: Remote
📅 Experience: +5 years
💼 Role: Project Manager / Business Project Manager / IT Project Manager

We are looking for a Project Manager specializing in Card Payment Methods to lead strategic initiatives within the banking sector, acting as a link between business, technology, architecture, and external providers.

The ideal candidate must bring solid functional experience in the card payment ecosystem, participating in issuance, acquiring, and transactional processing projects, in addition to having experience in project management and the coordination of multidisciplinary teams.

What you'll do

Lead transformation and evolution projects for payment methods platforms.
Coordinate business, architecture, development, infrastructure, provider, and operations teams.
Manage the full project lifecycle: definition, analysis, planning, execution, monitoring, and production deployment.
Capture and validate functional and technical requirements together with the business areas.
Prepare functional documentation, impact analysis, and scope definition.
Manage dependencies between teams and ensure the fulfillment of milestones and deliverables.
Coordinate functional testing, certifications, and deployments.
Identify operational, regulatory, and technological risks associated with the projects.
Participate in monitoring committees and executive reporting.
Guarantee alignment between business needs and the organization's technological strategy.

Management and Methodologies

IT project management.
Functional analysis and requirements gathering.
Stakeholder management.
PMBOK.
Scrum.
Kanban.
Risk management.
Budget monitoring and planning.

About Tecdata Engineering

Tecdata Engineering (TECDATA ENGINEERING) is a technology consulting and services provider specialized in global technology projects, with a portfolio covering custom software development, legacy modernization, managed services, cloud infrastructure, Salesforce, cybersecurity (including SOC, pentesting and NIS2 compliance), and data & AI services, alongside IT talent services such as headhunting and staff augmentation. The company reports being founded in 2012 with around 500 employees ("Compañeros 500") and 5M in billing, and forms part of a broader technology consulting group with more than 550 consultants across 5 countries. It states it is present in major economic sectors including banking, telecommunications, and insurance.

In Spain, Tecdata Engineering hires across multiple locations including Madrid, Barcelona, and Bilbao, with a significant share of openings marked "Completamente remoto" (fully remote) or hybrid. Its careers portal organizes vacancies into departments such as Desarrollo y QA, Ciberseguridad, Cloud, DevOps, Sistemas y Producción, Gestión de Proyectos, Comercial, and RRHH, and current openings range from COBOL and mainframe-adjacent banking roles to data engineering, Salesforce, SAP, cybersecurity, and air traffic management QA. For international professionals considering a move to Spain, the volume of remote-eligible roles across the country is notable, though the company's careers and website content is published in Spanish.

Industry: IT Services
Founded: 2012
Employees: 500
Website: tecdata.es

Good to know if you are moving

Many openings are advertised as fully remote within Spain, e.g. "Senior Data Scientist – GCP Madrid · Completamente remoto" and "ML ENGINEER Madrid · Completamente remoto".
Hiring activity in Spain includes Madrid, Barcelona, and Bilbao, with hybrid and on-site arrangements depending on the role.
The company reports around 500 employees ("Compañeros 500") and was founded in 2012.
It is part of a technology consulting group with more than 550 consultants operating in 5 countries.
Its client sectors include banking, telecommunications, and insurance, so many roles involve regulated, enterprise-grade environments.

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