About the job Tech PM for BNPL

Job Title: Tech PM for BNPL

Term: 12 months

Location: West Bay, Doha, Qatar

Division: Cards & Payments

Reports to: Head of Product- Cards

Relevant experience: 10+ years (preferably in project management within traditional banking environments)

Mandatory requirements:

1. Strong payments technology. Project Management background with business orientation (Cards)
2. Professional proficiency in English
3. Experience in cards domain (debit, credit, prepaid) and BNPL solutions
4. Knowledge of UAE/GCC regulatory frameworks for digital onboarding
5. Immediately available

PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT

The Techno-Functional Project Manager will act as the interface between the Cards Product team and Technology team, ensuring seamless delivery of strategic initiatives such as BNPL card launch, One-Credential implementation, digital onboarding, and loyalty migration. This role demands a strong technology background combined with business acumen to drive projects to completion within aggressive timelines.

Key Activities

Core Responsibilities and Accountabilities

• Project Leadership: Manage end-to-end delivery of BNPL card and One-Credential projects, ensuring alignment with business objectives and technical feasibility. Oversee digital onboarding initiatives to enable instant credit card issuance
• Drive loyalty platform migration and ensure operational readiness.
• Stakeholder Management: Serve as the primary liaison between product, technology, compliance, and operations teams. Facilitate workshops to define requirements and solution design.
• Technical & Business Integration: Translate business requirements into technical specifications and ensure smooth integration with card issuance platforms, APIs, and fraud engines. Monitor compliance with KYC/AML and regulatory standards.
• Execution & Governance: Develop and maintain project plans, risk registers, and governance documentation. Track milestones, manage dependencies, and escalate issues proactively.
• Testing & Quality Assurance: Oversee SIT, UAT, and certification testing for new features and platforms.
• Ensure robust performance monitoring post-launch.

KPIs

• Authorization rate uplift
• Digital onboarding time
• Loyalty migration success rate
• SLA adherence
• Incident mean-time-to-recovery
• Time-to-certification/launch

Knowledge and Experience

• Strong technology background with proven ability to manage complex integrations.
• Expertise in card issuance systems, BNPL solutions, tokenization, and digital onboarding.
• Familiarity with loyalty platforms and migration strategies.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• PMP or equivalent certification preferred.
• Tokenization and network tokens.
• 3DS risk flows and fraud management.
• GCC regulatory familiarity with cards and BNPL.
• Full cards lifecycle knowledge (authorization clearing/settlement).
• EMV certification and scheme compliance basics.
• Digital onboarding processes and API integration.
• Disputes/chargebacks lifecycle.

Mandatory Skills**

• Strong Payments technology Project Management background with business orientation (Cards)
• Professional proficiency in English.
• Experience in cards domain (Debit, Credit, Prepaid) and BNPL solutions.
• Knowledge of UAE/GCC regulatory frameworks for digital onboarding
• Immediately Available