Card Migration PMO – Senior Delivery Role

About the role

We are placing an experienced Card Migration PMO with a leading global payments network, embedded with a client in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The role leads planning, governance and execution of a complex card migration programme, requiring senior PMO rigour and deep technical knowledge of card migrations.

Key responsibilities

• Lead end‑to‑end card migration planning, readiness tracking, cut‑over coordination and post‑migration stabilisation.
• Manage PMO governance including workstreams, milestones, RAID logs, decision forums, status reporting and escalation paths.
• Coordinate technical delivery across the client, processors, card‑management system vendors and personalization bureaus.
• Translate business requirements into actionable technical work‑plans with defined dependencies.
• Facilitate workshops, stand‑ups and decision meetings with senior stakeholders and delivery teams.
• Support migration testing cycles, defect tracking, UAT and production readiness reviews.

Required profile

• Proven experience leading complex card migration, card platform transformation or scheme conversion programmes.
• Strong understanding of card issuing, acquiring, card‑management systems, processor integrations and payment‑scheme requirements.
• Demonstrated PMO leadership including governance setup, programme reporting, dependency management and executive stakeholder coordination.
• Technical project management experience managing technology teams, vendors, testing cycles and cut‑over plans.
• Fluent French language proficiency for confident engagement with French‑speaking stakeholders.

Required skills

• Card migration and card‑management system integration.
• Payment scheme integration and card‑payments operations.
• PMO governance, RAID management and executive reporting.
• Project Management (PMP/PRINCE2/Agile) methodologies.