Debit Project Manager

Job Title: Debit Project Manager

Location: Atlanta, GA or Columbus, OH (Onsite)

Duration: 6 Months

Position Summary:

• We are seeking an experienced Project/Program Manager with Debit Product expertise to lead strategic initiatives across Debit Card products, payment processing platforms, and digital banking capabilities.
• The ideal candidate will possess a strong blend of program management, product delivery, stakeholder management, and banking domain expertise, with a proven track record of driving large-scale transformation programs within the financial services industry.
• This role will partner closely with Product Owners, Business Leaders, Technology Teams, Operations, Risk, Compliance, and Vendor partners to successfully deliver business-critical initiatives while ensuring alignment with organizational goals and regulatory requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

Program & Project Leadership:

• Lead end-to-end delivery of complex Debit Card and Payments initiatives across multiple workstreams.
• Develop and manage program roadmaps, project plans, milestones, dependencies, risks, and budgets.
• Establish governance frameworks and drive status reporting, executive communications, and steering committee updates.
• Coordinate delivery across business, technology, operations, risk, compliance, and third-party vendors.

Debit Product Management:

• Partner with Product Owners and Business Stakeholders to define product vision, strategy, and delivery roadmap for Debit Card products.
• Support initiatives related to card issuance, transaction processing, card controls, tokenization, digital wallets, fraud prevention, and customer servicing.
• Translate business requirements into actionable program deliverables and workstreams.
• Drive prioritization of product features and capabilities based on business value and customer impact.

Agile Delivery & Execution:

• Lead Agile delivery teams and coordinate multiple Scrum teams to ensure successful execution.
• Facilitate program increment planning, sprint reviews, backlog refinement, and release planning activities.
• Monitor team performance and delivery metrics to ensure timely execution and quality outcomes.
• Remove delivery impediments and proactively manage program risks and issues.

Key skills: Project Manager, Debit card, Payments, Banking