Technical Project Manager Payments / Capital Markets Location: Toronto, ON downtown Work Model: Hybrid 12 days onsite per week Contract: 12 months, with expectation to extend Hours: 37.5 hours/week Approx. 8:30 a.m. 5:00 p.m. EST Experience: 10+ years Interview Process: 12 interview rounds Lead Complex Payments Technology in a Global Capital Markets Workplace Are you a senior Technical Project Manager who understands that successful payment technology delivery takes more than managing timelines and status reports? Were looking for an experienced project leader with a strong background in banking, payments and capital markets to lead complex technology initiatives within a global markets environment.

This is an opportunity to take ownership of projects from planning and design through testing, implementation, stabilization and transition to business-as-usual, working with stakeholders across technology, business, operations, risk, compliance and external vendors.

Location Requirement Candidates must be located within the Greater Toronto Area and able to work onsite in Toronto 12 days per week.

Advantages Global Team Environment Youll collaborate with teams across Canada, the UK, India, China, the United States, Mexico - making strong communication, organization and stakeholder management critical to success.

The position has a Canadian reporting relationship with functional collaboration across the global organization.

Occasional flexibility outside standard working hours may be required to support global meetings, testing and implementation activities.

Responsibilities What Youll Do Own end-to-end project delivery, including scope, milestones, dependencies, resources, risks and budgets Lead complex payments technology and ISO 20022 initiatives Establish strong project governance, reporting and decision-making processes Manage risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies and change control Coordinate delivery across technology, business, operations, architecture, testing, security and control teams Work with architects and engineering teams to understand system interfaces, integrations and technical dependencies Coordinate payment technology changes involving platforms, APIs, messaging, reconciliation and third-party providers Lead testing strategy and execution, including integration, end-to-end, performance, resilience,



security and UAT Coordinate test environments, payment data, defects and business sign-off Lead implementation, cutover, rollback, contingency and communications planning Drive post-implementation activities, hypercare and transition into BAU support Manage vendor relationships, deliverables, milestones, risks and dependencies Translate complex technical information into clear business impacts, options and recommendations Coordinate global teams and stakeholders across multiple regions and time zones Qualifications Payments & Capital Markets Expertise This role requires meaningful payments and financial services experience.

You should be comfortable discussing payment flows, messaging, clearing, settlement and the technology supporting capital markets transactions.

Experience with the following is highly valuable: ISO 20022 SWIFT messaging MT message types, including MT103, MT202 and MT9 series Payment processing Clearing and settlement Payment testing and implementation Payment transformation or modernization Capital markets applications Foreign exchange (FX) Equities Derivatives Reconciliation Payment investigations, exceptions, returns and repairs Domestic and/or cross-border payments Youll be working within a complex enterprise environment supporting an internally developed application that consolidates payments from front-office capital markets applications and interacts with major technology and payment providers.

What You Bring 10+ years of project management experience Strong technical project management background Significant experience within banking, financial services, payments and/or capital markets Proven experience delivering complex technology implementations Strong understanding of project governance, risks, issues and dependencies Experience coordinating cross-functional teams without direct reporting authority Strong stakeholder and vendor management skills Experience managing testing,



implementation and post-production stabilization Excellent communication skills and the ability to engage both technical and business stakeholders Ability to manage multiple workstreams across global teams and time zones Strong understanding of ISO 20022 and/or SWIFT messaging Comfortable working with complex payment technology and capital markets applications Summary Youre more than a project manager you understand the business and technology of payments.

You can walk into a conversation with developers and architects and understand the technical dependencies, then turn around and explain the business impact to senior stakeholders.

You know how payment messages, clearing, settlement, testing and operational readiness fit together, and youre comfortable driving delivery across teams that dont report directly to you.

If you have a strong combination of Technical Project Management + Banking + Payments + Capital Markets experience, wed like to hear from you.

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📌 Payments Technical Project Manager (Toronto)
🏢 randstad canada
📍 Toronto