Project Manager

Position Key Goal

We're looking for a Project Manager to lead the development and delivery of our Payment Orchestration Platform. In this role you will lead the development team day-to-day, own the end-to-end product delivery lifecycle, and be accountable for aligned sub-projects across Legal, Compliance, Business, and Marketing. You will coordinate cross-functional teams, manage complex fintech delivery, and ensure the successful, compliant, and timely launch of orchestration capabilities including payment execution, banking partners integrations, and transaction monitoring.

Job Functions

Project & Product Delivery

• Own the end-to-end delivery of the Payment Orchestration Platform, from requirements gathering through production launch.

• Define project scope, milestones, timelines, risks, and dependencies.

• Coordinate delivery across Development, QA, Product, Compliance, Risk, Legal, Business, and Marketing.

• Monitor project execution and proactively resolve blockers.

• Drive successful feature releases while maintaining delivery quality and timelines.

• Maintain project documentation, implementation plans, and executive reporting.

Development Team Leadership

• Lead the development team day-to-day: sprint planning, backlog prioritization, capacity planning, and delivery cadence.

• Own technical delivery quality and code-release governance.

• Provide direction, unblock the team, and be accountable for development output and velocity.

• Balance technical debt, platform reliability, and new-feature delivery.

Cross-Departmental Sub-Project Accountability

Be accountable (RACI: Responsible/Accountable) for the coordination and successful delivery of sub-projects owned jointly with other departments. Maintain a clear RACI map and drive each workstream to closure ahead of platform go-live:

• Legal: drive Terms & Conditions and contractual documentation development in step with feature releases.

• Compliance: deliver KYB/KYC/KYT process tooling and monitoring dashboards; ensure regulatory readiness before each go-live.

• Business: align platform capabilities with commercial pricing, client commitments, and strategic objectives.

• Marketing: coordinate launch readiness, product positioning, and go-to-market timing.

• Run steering syncs and provide consolidated status reporting across all stakeholder workstreams.

Orchestration & Payments Implementation

• Coordinate API integrations with third-party providers.

• Coordinate implementation and API integrations of new payment rails and banking integrations.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Translate business and regulatory requirements into actionable delivery plans.

• Coordinate the development team throughout development and release cycles.

• Collaborate with Compliance and Legal to ensure regulatory readiness.

• Support Operations during production rollouts and incident resolution.

• Align delivery priorities with commercial and strategic objectives.

Process Improvement

• Improve project management methodologies and delivery processes.

• Identify opportunities to increase implementation efficiency.

• Develop best practices for project governance and cross-functional collaboration.

• Track KPIs related to project delivery, implementation success, and platform performance.

Requirements

• 3+ years of Project Management experience in fintech, payments, banking, or financial infrastructure.

• Experience with B2B products/ B2B SaaS/ financial technology products.

• Knowledge of payment infrastructure and cross-border payments.

• Understanding of wallet ledger architecture and transaction lifecycle.

• Experience with SEPA, SWIFT, Faster Payments, ACH, or local payment schemes.

• Familiarity with EMIs, banking infrastructure, safeguarding, and settlement processes.

• Understanding of treasury operations and liquidity management.

• Experience coordinating API integrations.

• Knowledge of AML/KYC onboarding processes.

• Strong understanding of software development lifecycle, Agile methodologies, and technical savvy.

• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

• Strong analytical and organizational abilities.

• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

• Professional English and Russian languages (B2+ or higher).

Key indicators of success for this role include

• Deliver projects on time and within scope.

• Successfully launch new wallet capabilities and payment integrations.

• Ensure smooth onboarding of enterprise clients.

• Coordinate effective collaboration across technical and business teams.

• Identify and mitigate delivery risks before they impact clients.

• Continuously improve project execution and implementation processes.

• Contribute to the scalability and reliability of APS's B2B Wallet product.