Project Manager/Business Analyst

Role - Project Manager/Business Analyst

Location - Glasgow (Onsite)

Type - Contract (Inside IR35)

Key Responsibilities

• Work with business stakeholders to elicit, analyze, and document requirements (BRD, FRD, use cases, process flows).
• Conduct GAP analysis, impact assessment, and feasibility studies for card-related systems (e.g., issuing, acquiring, clearing, fraud monitoring).
• Drive end-to-end project execution using Agile or Waterfall methodologies.
• Define project scope, objectives, timeline, and resource planning in collaboration with stakeholders.
• Maintain project plans, track milestones, manage risks, issues, and change control.
• Prepare and present regular status reports to leadership and stakeholders.
• Manage relationships with vendors, third-party platforms (e.g., Visa, Mastercard), and internal teams.

Must-Have Skills

• 10+ years of experience as a BA/PM in the Banking and Cards domain.
• Strong knowledge of card payments ecosystem – issuing, acquiring, interchange, settlement, fraud detection, EMV, and PCI-DSS compliance.
• Experience in end-to-end delivery of projects involving credit/debit card systems, mobile wallets, POS, e-commerce transactions.
• Familiarity with systems such as VisionPLUS, TSYS, FIS, Base24, or similar.
• Proven track record of stakeholder management and cross-functional team coordination.
• Proficient in tools such as JIRA, Confluence, MS Project, Visio, Excel, PowerPoint.