Project Lead

ACE Money Transfer

Date: 10 hours ago

City: Lahore

Contract type: Full time

About The Role

As Project Lead, you will plan and deliver cross-functional projects end to end, from mobile app features and payment partner integrations to new-market launches. You will own scope, schedule, cost, risk and quality from initiation to closure, and keep teams and stakeholders aligned throughout.

Reports to: Group PMO

Time Zone: USA (GMT-6)

What you'll do

Initiation and planning

Define project scope, objectives, deliverables and success criteria with sponsors
Build detailed plans: work breakdown structure, schedule, milestones, resource plan, budget and RACI
Identify stakeholders and dependencies, and set up the communication plan
Coordinate requirements (BRDs, FSDs) and design sign-off with Product, Business and IT

Execution

Lead cross-functional teams across IT, Product, Compliance, Payments, Operations and Finance
Run delivery using Agile (Scrum), Waterfall or hybrid methods as each project needs; manage tasks and backlogs in Jira
Manage payment partners, banks and vendors to agreed timelines
Plan and coordinate UAT, go-live readiness, cutover and hypercare

Monitoring and control

Track progress against the baseline plan and take corrective action early
Manage scope changes through formal change control
Maintain the RAID log (risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies) and escalate blockers with options
Monitor budget and resource use
Make sure regulatory and compliance requirements are built in and signed off before launch

Reporting and communication

Publish weekly status reports covering RAG status, milestones, risks and decisions
Run steering and team meetings, recording minutes, decisions and actions

Closure

Secure formal sign-off and hand over to business-as-usual teams
Run lessons-learned sessions and post-implementation reviews against the business case

What you'll bring

Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering or a related field
4–6 years of project management experience, including at least 2-3 years leading cross-functional projects end to end
A track record of delivering software, digital product or system integration projects
Solid grounding in project management methods (PMBOK, Waterfall, Agile/Scrum and hybrid)
Strong skills in scope, schedule, cost, risk and change management
Hands-on use of Jira, Generative AI, MS Project or Planner, and Excel
Clear written and spoken English, with confidence presenting to senior leaders
Strong stakeholder management, attention to detail and an ownership mindset

Nice to have

PMP or PRINCE2 certification
Experience in fintech, payments, remittance or banking
Delivery of multi-country launches or payment partner API integrations
Working knowledge of AML/KYC and regulatory requirements in financial services
Reporting with Power BI; an MBA or Master's in Project Management

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