Role Title: Delivery Project Manager
Location: Fleet
Duration: 31/12/2026
Days on site: 2-3
Rate £385 Inside IR35
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Delivery Project Manager - Cloud Based Cards Infrastructure Gateway
Role Overview
We are seeking a delivery-driven Project Manager to lead end-to-end implementation and modernization of a cloud-native Cards Infrastructure Gateway—the core switching, routing, and security layer that processes real-time card transactions across issuing and acquiring ecosystems. The role spans delivery governance, cloud infrastructure orchestration, platform engineering, scheme integrations, and partner/vendor coordination. You will drive multi-region deployments, zero downtime releases, PCI compliant architectures, and modern, scalable payment processing built on cloud-native services.
Key Responsibilities
1. Delivery Leadership (Cloud Transformation & BAU Change)
o Own delivery of cloud-native gateway initiatives: migration from on-prem to cloud, infra re-platforming, API gateway modernization, resilience uplift, and regional expansion.
o Shape delivery strategy across Agile/Hybrid models; manage scope, budget, timelines, and resource plans.
o Lead proactive RAID management for distributed cloud infra and multi-system dependencies.
2. Cloud-Native Platform & Technical Coordination
o Drive workstreams across key components of a cloud-native gateway:
+ Microservices, API Gateway (Kong/Apigee/AWS API Gateway/Azure APIM)
+ Event streams (Kafka/Pulsar)
+ Service mesh (Istio/Linkerd)
+ Kubernetes (AKS/EKS/GKE) and containerized workloads
+ Cloud load balancers (ALB/NLB), WAF, NAT, VPC/Virtual Networks
+ Cloud HSM / KMS for cryptographic operations and PIN/token security
o Govern multi-region active-active deployments and ensure traffic distribution, failover, and DR patterns.
o Oversee implementation of NFRs: performance/latency, scalability, 99.99% availability, auto-scaling, observability, and compliance.
3. Cloud Security & Compliance
o Ensure compliance with PCI DSS, data encryption standards, tokenization, and cloud security guardrails.
o Coordinate HSM/KMS integration, cryptographic key ceremonies, and secure API authentication (OAuth2, mTLS).
o Govern cloud access, IAM roles, network isolation, and regulatory audit readiness.
4. Stakeholder, Vendor & Scheme Coordination
o Lead delivery interactions with Visa, Mastercard, Amex, payment processors, and cloud service providers (AWS).
o Manage SoWs, SLAs, and multi-vendor dependencies across platform engineering, networks, SRE, and security.
o Navigate scheme certification cycles, cloud service limits, change windows, and release gates.
5. Governance, Reporting & Financials
o Drive steering committees, architecture forums, and platform governance meetings.
o Provide transparent reporting: milestones, burn-up charts, risk heatmaps, dependency matrices.
o Manage CapEx/OpEx budget for cloud infrastructure, consumption-based costs, and resource optimization.
6. Cloud Testing, Observability & Operational Readiness
o Govern performance testing using cloud-native tools and distributed load strategies.
o Ensure robust observability: logs, metrics, tracing (CloudWatch/Prometheus/Grafana/Splunk/OpenTelemetry).
o Deliver runbooks, operational dashboards, SRE onboarding, and production readiness gates.
7. Cutover, Multi-Region Deployment & Transition
o Own migration and cutover strategy for moving gateway workloads to cloud with minimal user impact.
o Coordinate DR, region failover tests, and resilience validation.
o Ensure smooth handover to SRE/BAU teams with SLAs, OLA documentation, and monitoring frameworks.
Required Skills & Experience
Domain Expertise
* Authorization flows
* ISO 8583, EMV, Tokenization
* Scheme mandates & certifications
* Expertise in cloud-hosted payment routing, scheme connectivity, and secure transaction processing.
Cloud & Infrastructure Skills
* Strong delivery experience in AWS cloud environments.
* Coordination across:
o Kubernetes (AKS/EKS/GKE)
o API Gateway / Service Mesh
o Event streaming (Kafka/Pulsar)
o Cloud HSM (AWS CloudHSM, Azure HSM, GCP Cloud HSM)
o KMS, IAM, security groups, VPC, firewall rules
o IAC (Terraform/CloudFormation/Bicep - exposure preferred)
* Understanding of cloud scalability models, distributed systems, caching layers, and CI/CD pipelines.
* Proven track record managing high-availability, low-latency cloud platforms.
* Large-scale migration experience (on-prem ? cloud) is highly desirable.
* Strong vendor and partner management across schemes, cloud providers, processors, and SI partners.
Soft Skills
* Excellent communication with senior stakeholders, engineering leads, and business heads.
* Strong risk framing, decision-making, and negotiation capability.
* Ability to drive delivery across large matrix enterprises and multi-disciplinary teams.
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