Senior Payments Project Manager

We are looking for professionals who provide:

• More than 8 years of experience in banking projects.

• More than 5 years leading Payments projects.

• Demonstrable experience in payment platform transformation.

• Participation in high-transaction volume migrations.

• Ability to interface with business and technical areas.

• Experience coordinating international teams and vendors.

• Implementation of instant payments.

• International banking transformation projects.

• Integration with SWIFT and SEPA networks.

• Experience with Appian.

• Payment platform consolidation programs.

• Transformation of legacy environments towards modern architectures.

We are looking for a Senior Project Manager specializing in Payments Banking to lead strategic transformation, modernization, and implementation initiatives for payment platforms within a multinational banking environment.

The selected person will be responsible for managing complex projects related to domestic and international payments, SEPA transfers, instant payments, debits, direct debits, cash management, and SWIFT financial messaging, participating in technological transformation programs and the migration of legacy platforms toward modern service-oriented architectures.

• Lead end-to-end domestic and international payment projects.

• Manage transformation and modernization programs for payment platforms.

• Define scope, planning, risks, budget, and milestone tracking.

• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams across business, architecture, development, QA, operations, and vendors.

• Manage dependencies between areas and ensure the fulfillment of business objectives.

• Coordinate international initiatives with different entities and geographies.

• Implementation and evolution of solutions:

  • SEPA Credit Transfer (SCT).

  • SEPA Direct Debit (SDD).

  • SEPA Instant Payments.

  • Domestic and international transfers.

  • Cross-border payments.

  • Cash Management.

  • Corporate treasury.

• Lead migrations of legacy systems based on:

  • COBOL.

  • CICS.

  • DB2.

  • IBM z/OS Mainframe.

• Define technological modernization strategies and platform rationalization.

• Coordinate the implementation of international financial messaging.

• Integration with banking infrastructures and clearing systems.

• Design of interfaces with:

  • Core banking.

  • Digital channels.

  • Treasury platforms.

  • External payment systems.

• Participate in projects based on:

  • SWIFT MT/MX.

  • ISO 20022.

  • SEPA.

  • TARGET Services.

  • Correspondent Banking.

• Analyze and optimize end-to-end payment processes.

• Model processes using BPMN 2.0.

• Automate operational and exception processes.

• Participate in Appian implementations and BPM solutions.

• Design approval, validation, and transaction monitoring flows.

• Domestic payments.

• Transfers.

• Transfers (Traspasos).

• Standing orders.

• Bulk payments.

• SCT.

• SCT Instant.

• SDD Core.

• SDD B2B.

• Mandate management.

• Direct debits.

• SWIFT.

• Correspondent Banking.

• Multi-currency payments.

• OUR / SHA / BEN fees.

• Cross-border operations.

• Corporate treasury.

• Liquidity management.

• Reconciliation and transaction monitoring.

• Banking payment architectures.

• REST and SOAP APIs.

• Microservices.

• SOA.

• Integration middleware.

• COBOL.

• CICS.

• DB2.

• IBM z/OS.

• Technological migration strategies.

• SWIFT Alliance.

• ISO 20022.

• Financial XML.

• IBM MQ.

• Kafka.

• Appian.

• BPMN 2.0.

• Workflow.

• Process automation.

Experience working in regulated environments under:

• PSD2.

• SEPA Regulation.

• AML.

• KYC.

• FATF.

• Financial fraud prevention.

• Data protection and banking security.

📍 Location: Madrid (Hybrid model)
🏠 Remote work: Yes, with occasional office attendance
💰 Salary: Up to €45,000 SBA
🏦 Sector: Banking / Payment Methods / Cash Management