Card Migration PMO -Congo

Card Migration PMO – Democratic Republic of Congo (onsite)

Client is seeking an experienced Card Migration PMO to support the planning, governance, and execution of a complex card migration programme. The resource will coordinate across the client, Mastercard, processors, technology vendors, and internal stakeholders to ensure successful migration readiness, technical delivery, and go-live execution.

Key Responsibilities

• Support end-to-end card migration planning, execution, readiness tracking, cutover coordination, and post-migration stabilization.

• Manage the PMO governance structure, including workstreams, milestones, RAID logs, decision forums, status reporting, and escalation paths.

• Coordinate technical delivery across the client, Mastercard, processors, card management system vendors, personalization bureaus, and other third parties.

• Develop and maintain detailed migration plans covering data mapping, portfolio segmentation, BIN/product configuration, testing, certification, operational readiness, and go-live activities.

• Drive issue resolution across functional, technical, operational, compliance, and scheme-related workstreams.

• Prepare executive-level status updates, steering committee materials, dependency trackers, and management reports.

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong card migration experience, including issuing, acquiring, or card management platform migrations.

• Proven PMO leadership capability, including governance, planning, RAID management, reporting, steering committee support, and executive escalation.

• Technical Project Management capability with experience coordinating technology teams, processors, vendors, testing, certification, and migration cutover.

• Strong knowledge of card payments, payment schemes, card operations, reconciliation, settlement, chargebacks, billing, and operational readiness.

• French language proficiency required, with ability to engage confidently with French-speaking stakeholders.