Remittance Business/Project Manager📣 Job Ad

About the Role

PayTech Group is seeking a Remittance Business/Project Manager for a contract position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This role involves full-time secondment to a leading bank in the Kingdom, embedded within its Cards & Payments department. The Project Manager will be responsible for the end-to-end delivery of payments and remittance projects, while also supporting daily operational flows within the remittance and payments function.

Project Delivery Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of payments and remittance projects, including new product launches, system upgrades, API integrations, and payment scheme implementations (*, SARIE, BUNA, AFAQ, IPS).
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, timelines, RACI matrices, and status reports using tools such as JIRA, CLM, or equivalent.
• Gather and review functional requirements, supporting the production of Business Requirement Documents (BRDs) in coordination with technology and business teams.
• Coordinate across business, technology, compliance, and vendor teams to ensure milestones are met on time and within scope.
• Manage UAT cycles, including defining test cases, coordinating functional, regression, and system testing, reviewing UAT evidence, tracking defects, and managing resolution with vendors and technical teams.
• Monitor post-deployment production performance and escalate issues promptly to ensure business continuity.

Payments & Remittance Operations Support

• Support the operational management of inbound and outbound payment and remittance flows, including SWIFT, local transfers, bulk payments, and API-based transactions.
• Assist with monitoring remittance flows via portals, FTP, and API tools, and support settlement activities including nostro/vostro account reconciliation and correspondent bank charge management.
• Help identify and implement process improvements and automation opportunities within existing operational workflows.
• Act as a point of escalation for operational incidents, coordinating with technology teams to drive timely resolution.
• Support compliance with SAMA regulations and relevant scheme rules across all project and operational activities.

Stakeholder and Vendor Management

• Build and maintain strong working relationships with internal client stakeholders across operations, technology, compliance, and business.
• Manage day-to-day interactions with external vendors, MTOs, correspondent banking partners, and scheme operators.
• Prepare and present project updates, steering committee materials, and risk/issue logs to senior stakeholders.

Qualifications and Experience

• 5-10 years of experience in project management within payments and remittance.
• Demonstrated ability to operate independently on-site and drive project outcomes with minimal supervision.
• Strong coordination skills across internal bank teams, third-party vendors, technology partners, and scheme operators.

Work Environment

This is a hands-on, client-facing contract role requiring the Project Manager to be seconded full-time at a leading bank in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The successful candidate will represent the engagement professionally and work within the Cards & Payments department.