Program Manager – Credit Cards (Atlanta, GA)

Program Manager – Credit Cards

Lewis James Professional is a woman-owned staff augmentation, project consulting and direct hire search and placement firm. We are currently seeking a Program Manager – Credit Cards for a consultant opportunity with a financial services client.

Responsibilities:

• Lead large-scale credit card and debit card operations within a complex banking environment.
• Manage end-to-end program delivery for initiatives such as Visa to Mastercard conversions, Mastercard to Visa conversions, and core processing platform conversions.
• Coordinate and monitor multiple sub-projects and cross-functional workstreams.
• Support enterprise card services initiatives involving large-scale core processor conversions and payment platform migrations for card operations.
• Partner with internal business, technology, operations, compliance, fraud, finance, servicing, and vendor teams to ensure alignment across program objectives.
• Track program dependencies, risks, issues, and escalation items to ensure successful execution and delivery.
• Work closely with third-party processors, card networks, and vendors throughout the conversion lifecycle.
• Ensure initiatives align with regulatory, compliance, audit, and enterprise governance standards.
• Provide strategic program management while operating in a highly matrixed environment.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Finance, Information Technology, Banking, or related field preferred
• 8+ years of Program Management experience within banking or financial services environments.

• Strong experience supporting credit card and debit card programs, preferably within card services or payments organizations.
• Hands-on experience managing Visa and Mastercard conversion initiatives.
• Experience leading core platform or processor migrations within card processing environments.
• Proven ability to oversee large, complex enterprise programs with multiple concurrent workstreams and stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of card operations, payment processing, portfolio migrations, authorization routing, settlement, and operational readiness activities.
• Excellent communication, executive reporting, and organizational skills.
• Familiarity with Agile, Waterfall, SDLC, governance, and enterprise change management methodologies.

For immediate consideration, please click “Apply” and use Job Code BHJOB11837_4406. You may also send a copy of your resume to: resumes@lewisjamesprofessional.com and enter only the following job code in the subject line: BHJOB11837_4406. Lewis James Professional is an Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F/D/V