Project / Product Manager

Summary: The Project/Product Manager role in the banking industry focuses on defining and executing the Partner Integration Strategy for B2B Payments. The position involves leading product integrations with third-party partners and collaborating with cross-functional teams to align on priorities. The role requires strong communication skills to engage stakeholders and maintain visibility on integration progress. This is a hybrid contract position based in Northampton, UK, until December 2025.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define and execute the Partner Integration Strategy for B2B Payments across BCP.
• Lead end-to-end product integrations with third-party partners, from scoping and technical design through to testing, launch, and operational handover.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Product Development, Strategy, and Sales to align on partner priorities and integration roadmap.
• Establish strong working relationships with external partners, aligning technical capabilities and shared objectives.
• Develop and maintain an integration tracker to provide visibility to senior leadership and stakeholders on progress, risks, and outcomes.
• Identify and assess new potential partners for product integration opportunities.
• Represent BCP in partner conversations and act as the single point of accountability for technical integration success.
• Deliver compelling communication to internal and external senior stakeholders, including ExCo, to articulate integration progress and strategic value.

Key Skills:

• Proven experience in product management or partner integration within a commercial or B2B payments environment.
• Deep knowledge of commercial cards and Procure-to-Pay (P2P) processes.
• Confident communicator with the ability to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels - including C-suite and external partners - with or without detailed supporting materials.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to simplify complex technical concepts for a variety of audiences.
• High proficiency in process mapping (value stream and technical workflows).
• Recognized Subject Matter Expert (SME) in accounts payable and B2B payments.
• Experience setting technical specifications and partnering with development teams to build and launch scalable integration solutions.
• Comfortable working in agile, cross-functional teams with a collaborative mindset.

Salary (Rate): £375 per day

City: Northampton

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: Hybrid

IR35 Status: Inside IR35

Seniority Level: Mid-Level

Industry: IT