Magnit Global is a leading, global professional services and technology company and a certified “Great Place to Work”. We have been a leader in contingent workforce management since 1991 and work with leading Fortune 500 companies and other large organizations across numerous verticals including consumer electronics, research and development, pharmaceuticals, health services, and many more! 

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About the Role

As a Payments Program Manager, you are responsible for implementing large-scale programs and projects that drive the strategic goals of the Payments organization. You will work cross-functionally to improve productivity and efficiency, and do so with clear communication, efficient resource usage, and deep focus on overall project execution. You’ll play a critical role in bringing to life the Payments vision to build the world’s most loyal travel community through exceptional service.

What You Will Do

• Support the Payments StratOps and Product teams to execute various strategic initiatives
• Work closely with the Payments Product and engineering teams to deliver on key feature launches - developing the overall project plan, ensuring cross functional collaboration, tracking of success criteria and deliver timely reporting
• Assess and anticipate risks associated with projects, change management, and ensure creative and effective mitigations are available - understanding and communicating the effect of project risks across the organization.
• Deliver clean and effective communication of project status and deliverables to key stakeholders
• Effectively manage change by influencing and communicating with key stakeholders; drive consensus and lead key discussions.
• Prepare presentations and clearly communicate project deliverables to extended leadership within Payments and external stakeholders.  

What You Will Need

• 5–8+ years of experience in program management, preferably in a payments, fintech, e-commerce, or travel tech environment.
• Demonstrated success in managing cross-functional programs, especially involving product and engineering teams.
• Strong command of project planning, resource allocation, risk mitigation, and change management methodologies.
• Experience with Agile, Scrum, or SAFe frameworks.
• Ability to work closely with engineering on feature launches and system integrations.
• Understanding of APIs, transaction flows, and architecture concepts as they relate to payment systems.
• Experience using project management tools like Jira, Confluence, Asana, or Smartsheet.
• Data literacy: ability to interpret dashboards, success criteria, and product performance metrics.
• Familiarity with global payments infrastructure and local payment preferences is a major plus.
• Strong understanding of payment processing, including:
  • Payment gateways (e.g., Stripe, Adyen, PayPal)
  • Card networks and interchange fees
  • Alternative payment methods (e.g., BNPL, crypto, e-wallets)
  • Regulatory concerns (PCI-DSS, PSD2, AML/KYC impacts on payments)

This is the pay range that Magnit reasonably expects to pay for this position: $42.72/hour - $56.96/hour*******

Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K