Project Manager Digital Payments (Acquiring, PSP & PCI-DSS)

About the mandate

You work within the Sales Solutions department of a large public transport organisation and join an agile team of around 25 specialists. The department delivers and manages the IT sales solutions that customers use to purchase and use transport tickets. The payment ecosystem is being modernised and the current acquiring contract is coming to an end. You lead two initiatives: the renewal of the acquiring and PSP services, from needs analysis and tendering to implementation and transition, and the PCI-DSS certification of the existing payment ecosystem, including a sustainable approach for the annual recertifications. You coordinate with Purchasing, Finance, Legal, Security and Architecture, and report to management. The assignment runs from 23/10/2026 to 31/12/2026, with possible extension, and can start immediately. Partial remote working is possible.

Responsibilities

• Analyse the current payment system and existing contracts
• Gather, consolidate and critically challenge business, technical, financial and regulatory needs
• Define the target strategy for acquiring and PSP
• Prepare decision files and specifications for the public tender and manage the award procedure
• Lead the impact analysis on sales and payment systems and the target architecture of the payment flows
• Coordinate the transition to the new acquiring and PSP services, including integration, testing and go-live
• Monitor risks, dependencies, budgets and planning
• Chair steering and project committees, report to management and lead the PCI-DSS certification track with a lasting annual approach

Must-haves

• At least 7 to 10 years of experience in complex project management, of which at least 3 years in payments (PSP, acquiring, electronic payments)
• Experience leading PCI-DSS compliance projects or comparable payment initiatives, including multiple stakeholders and remediation plans
• Excellent understanding of the payment ecosystem (acquiring, payment schemes, PSP, financial reconciliation, PCI-DSS)
• Proven experience in drafting specifications and managing large tenders
• Experience with public procurement and supplier management
• Experience in environments with strict regulatory and security requirements

What the employer offers

• Hybrid working arrangement with partial remote working
• Possibility to start immediately
• Assignment with possible extension
• Work in an agile team of around 25 specialists