Senior Industry Project Manager

About this role

FirstRand, through FNB, is looking for a Senior Industry Project Manager based in Johannesburg. The role coordinates people and processes to deliver business change through large, complex banking projects, keeping them on track for time, resources, budget and scope.

What you’ll do

• Lead the full life cycle of Visa and Mastercard implementation projects across retail, commercial and corporate banking.
• Build and manage detailed delivery plans, and keep work within scope, budget, quality standards and timelines.
• Identify risks, plan mitigation, resolve issues and manage change control from start to finish.
• Bring together business teams, technical leads, external vendors and subject matter experts so the work moves as one.
• Run steering committees and governance frameworks, and report progress to clients and stakeholders.
• Guide requirements gathering, gap analysis and solution design so projects support business goals.
• Mentor junior project team members and act as a subject matter expert in core banking transformation.

What you need

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Finance or Project Management.
• 8 to 10 years of significant experience running large, strategic projects with a large project team.
• At least 5 years of IT SDLC and BDLC delivery experience, with 8+ years in project management roles.
• At least 10 years in project or programme management in financial services, including one full-cycle project involving a banking licence application or major regulatory change in South Africa.
• Experience in a PMO, PgMO or PfMO overseeing interdependent cross-functional projects.
• Experience working with executive stakeholders and boards.
• Commercial and corporate banking knowledge, including Four-Party Model consulting or payments integration work.
• Knowledge of merchant onboarding, KYC requirements and terminal provisioning.
• Understanding of EMVCo specifications, PCI DSS and PA-DSS security standards.
• Advanced skills in tools such as MS Project, JIRA, Confluence, Asana, Go2PPO, ClickUp and Trello.
• Advantageous: a postgraduate qualification such as an Honours, MBA or Master’s in a relevant field.
• Advantageous: PMP, PRINCE2 or PMI-ACP, CSM or SAFe Agilist, EMV, PCI DSS or card scheme training, and TOGAF, ITIL or systems integration credentials.

Is this job for you?

This role suits an experienced programme leader who has delivered complex payments or banking projects and can work with executives, boards and technical teams. You should be comfortable making data-driven decisions and taking ownership of difficult delivery problems.

Tips before you apply

• Have your degree certificate, ID and proof of your project management certifications ready as PDFs.
• Put your banking project history first on your CV, with the size, budget and team size of each project.
• Show your years of experience clearly, for example with a short list of each large project and your role on it.