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You will be the client’s main point of contact throughout onboarding - running kickoff and progress meetings, guiding them through card program setup and API integration, coordinating internally across engineering, product, compliance, and support, and keeping the documentation trail that audits depend on. Card issuing knowledge is a core requirement for this role: you will be expected to hold credible conversations with clients about BINs, card programs, authorization flows, and card lifecycle from day one.\nKey Responsibilities:\nManage client card issuing implementations end to end - from planning and kickoff through launch and formal project closure.\nBuild and maintain project plans, timelines, milestones, dependency maps, and risk and issue trackers.\nAct as the client’s main point of contact, providing regular, clear progress updates to both client teams and internal leadership.\nRun kickoff meetings, progress check-ins, and post-launch reviews, and build strong working relationships with client stakeholders.\nCoordinate across engineering, product, compliance, risk, and support to keep delivery on track and unblock issues early.\nGuide clients through card program setup - BIN ranges and structures, product codes and card profiles, limits, fee configuration, and authorization parameters.\nGuide clients through technical setup - issuing API integration, environment and system configuration, credentials, webhooks, and user access.\nCoordinate issuing dependencies across BIN sponsors, schemes, card bureaux, and third-party vendors, including certification, personalisation, and card production and fulfilment timelines.\nSupport client user acceptance testing: prepare test plans covering card lifecycle and transaction scenarios, coordinate test card provisioning, track defects to resolution, and confirm results before go-live.\nPlan and coordinate go-live - cutover steps, readiness checks, go/no-go criteria, and hypercare immediately after launch.\nEnsure implementations meet applicable regulatory and scheme requirements (PCI DSS, SCA/PSD2, Visa and Mastercard rules), working with Compliance where needed.\nHand over documentation, configuration detail, and known issues to Support at project closure.\nMaintain clear and complete records - project plans, status reports, meeting notes, decisions, and sign-offs - to meet audit and compliance requirements.\nSkills & Experience:\nExperience: 3+ years in implementation, project management, or client delivery within fintech, banking, or payments.\nWorking knowledge of card issuing - card programs and BIN structures, card lifecycle (issuance, activation, replacement, closure), authorization flows, and issuer processing concepts.\nUnderstanding of how card issuing platforms are configured and integrated, and of the dependencies involved in bringing a card program to market.\nWorking knowledge of REST APIs and technical client onboarding.\nStrong organisational skills, with the ability to run multiple client implementations in parallel without losing detail.\nStrong written and spoken English, with the ability to communicate clearly with both technical teams and executive stakeholders.\nConfident running client-facing meetings and managing expectations across competing priorities.\nStructured problem-solving skills, including the ability to investigate issues through to root cause.\nDetail-oriented, with a high standard for documentation, record-keeping, and compliance.\nCollaborative, and comfortable working across departments and functions.\nCurious about technology and interested in how financial services platforms, integrations, and digital products work.\nMotivated by ownership and accountability, taking pride in seeing projects through from concept to successful delivery.\nPractical use of AI tools and LLMs to support the delivery workflow - drafting plans and status updates, summarising meetings, and preparing documentation - with the judgement to validate their output.\nComfortable working in a remote, distributed team across time zones.\nPreferred Qualifications:\nHands-on experience implementing or onboarding clients onto a card issuing or issuer processing platform.\nExperience at an issuer, BIN sponsor, processor, program manager, or fintech running its own card programs.\nExposure to multiple card product types - debit, credit, prepaid, commercial, or virtual.\nFamiliarity with scheme certification processes and BIN registration.\nAwareness of digital wallet provisioning (Apple Pay, Google Pay) and network tokenization.\nFamiliarity with settlement, reconciliation, disputes, and chargeback processes.\nExperience with project and collaboration tooling (Jira, Confluence, Asana, Smartsheet, or equivalent).\nExperience in a consultancy or professional-services environment working across multiple clients.\nProject management certification (CSM, PRINCE2 Foundation, CAPM, or equivalent).\nWhat we value?\nTechnical excellence - 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We help clients deliver high-quality, scalable technology solutions in an evolving global financial landscape.\nEqual Opportunity Statement\nPayforge is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. 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