Project Manager Lead

Job Description

Every transaction tells a story. Every innovation creates new possibilities. At FIS, we build the technology that helps businesses and communities thrive. Join us and be part of a team that embraces curiosity, values diverse perspectives and turns ideas into action.

About the role

As a Project Manager Lead within Technology Development Enablement, you will provide strategic direction and delivery leadership for large, multifaceted technology initiatives. You will guide cross-functional teams through planning, execution, monitoring and closeout while aligning scope, schedules, costs, resources, risks and dependencies with organizational objectives. This role requires strong autonomy, sound judgment and the ability to turn complex information into clear decisions, commitments and executive-level communication.

Your key responsibilities

Lead large-scale technology enablement programs, data migrations, and projects from initiation through closeout, establishing clear outcomes, scope, governance, plans, milestones, resources and success measures.

Develop and maintain integrated delivery plans that coordinate schedules, costs, dependencies, risks, issues, assumptions and decisions across multiple workstreams and stakeholder groups.

Direct execution, monitor performance and implement corrective actions to keep deliverables aligned with agreed timelines, financial parameters, quality standards and business objectives.

Analyze complex technical project information and data to identify trends, constraints and delivery risks, then provide actionable recommendations that support timely leadership decisions.

Facilitate cross-functional alignment among business, product, engineering, operations, finance, risk, security, vendors and other partners, resolving trade-offs and escalating decisions when needed.

Build implementation readiness through stakeholder engagement, communications, training, adoption planning and transition-to-operations activities, with measurable follow-through after launch.

Establish fit-for-purpose governance, reporting and quality-control mechanisms that provide transparent status, decision logs and evidence of delivery performance.

Provide expert guidance, mentoring and practical support to project team members, strengthening project-management practices and the team’s ability to deliver complex work.

What you bring

• Required qualifications
• Extensive project or program management experience leading large-scale, cross-functional technology initiatives with significant organizational impact.
• Demonstrated skill integrating scope, schedule, cost, resources, risks, dependencies, quality and stakeholder commitments into an executable delivery plan.
• Experience leading projects in financial technology, banking, payments, capital markets or another highly regulated and operationally complex environment.
• Strong analytical and decision-support skills, including the ability to navigate complex data, assess feasibility and recommend actions that improve delivery outcomes.
• Excellent executive communication, facilitation and stakeholder-management skills, with experience gaining cooperation across internal teams, clients, vendors and external partners.
• Ability to operate with a high degree of autonomy, determine appropriate methods for new assignments and lead teams through ambiguous or challenging situations.
• A university degree in business, technology, project management or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education, training and relevant experience.

Preferred qualifications

• Project management certification such as Project Management Professional (PMP), Program Management Professional (PgMP) or an agile delivery credential.
• Experience with enterprise delivery and portfolio tools such as Jira, Aha! or Planview; and executive status reporting, RAID management and dependency tracking.
• Experience leading enterprise tooling, process-governance, reporting, data, controls or technology-adoption initiatives.
• The impact you’ll make
• As a Project Manager Lead, you will create the structure and alignment needed to move strategic technology initiatives from intent to measurable outcomes. Your leadership will make scope, dependencies, risks and decisions visible, help teams coordinate effectively and strengthen delivery reliability. Through disciplined planning, transparent governance and strong stakeholder partnerships, you will help Technology Development Enablement scale platforms, processes and ways of working across the enterprise.

What we offer you

When you join FIS, you become part of a team that's shaping how the world pays, banks and invests. We’re committed to helping you thrive, both professionally and personally. At FIS, we offer you:

• Internal career growth opportunities
• A voice in the future of fintech
• Always-on learning and development
• Collaborative work environment
• Opportunities to give back
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EEOC Statement

For positions located in the US, the following conditions apply. If you are made a conditional offer of employment, you will be required to undergo a drug test. ADA Disclaimer: In developing this job description care was taken to include all competencies needed to successfully perform in this position. However, for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) purposes, the essential functions of the job may or may not have been described for purposes of ADA reasonable accommodation.

All reasonable accommodation requests will be reviewed and evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

Sourcing Model

Recruitment at FIS works primarily on a direct sourcing model; a relatively small portion of our hiring is through recruitment agencies. FIS does not accept resumes from recruitment agencies which are not on the preferred supplier list and is not responsible for any related fees for resumes submitted to job postings, our employees, or any other part of our company.

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