Michael Halisch
Global Programme Delivery Manager Senior Project Manager Lead Project Manager @Mastercard
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WORK HISTORY
Global Programme Delivery Manager Senior Project Manager Lead Project Manager @Mastercard
Delivered complex, large-scale financial infrastructure programmes across UK and international markets, including real-time payments, regulatory upgrades, and operational resilience initiatives.Area of focus:• Led the business transformation of VocaLink’s legacy reporting systems, delivering £0.5M–£2.5M in annual savings.• Managed migration of FPS, Bacs, ICS, LINK to align with Bank of England’s new RTGS core ledger and ISO 20022 standards.• Delivered IPS-X, Mastercard’s cloud-native real-time payment switch, increasing transaction throughput tenfold and supporting expansion into multiple markets.• Led SWIFT infrastructure upgrades (7.2–7.7), ensuring uninterrupted settlement and full regulatory compliance.• Drove Operational Resilience Framework (ORF) in response to Bank of England mandates, achieving full regulatory compliance on time.Recognised for people-centred leadership, analytical rigour, and strong stakeholder alignment across regulators, central banks, and internal executives.
EDUCATION
HTWK Leipzig
MSc, Computer Science, Applied Artificial Intelligence, Project Management
University of Stirling
Project Management
Stanford University
Stanford Advanced Project Management (SAPM) Certification
ABOUT MICHAEL HALISCH
Senior Programme Manager with over 20 years’ experience delivering large-scale digital transformation and payment infrastructure programmes across financial services, government, and technology. My career spanned Mastercard, IBM, and VocaLink, where I managed global, cross-functional teams, multimillion-pound budgets, and regulatory change initiatives under Bank of England oversight.I focused on complex system migrations, real-time payments, and operational resilience — ensuring that technical delivery aligned with business objectives and compliance standards.Key achievements: Managed a multimillion-pound programme at Mastercard/VocaLink to deliver a cloud-native real-time payments switch (IPS-X), achieving a tenfold increase in processing throughput. Led the business transformation of VocaLink’s legacy reporting systems, delivering £0.5M–£2.5M in annual savings. Oversaw the migration of FPS, Bacs, LINK, and ICS to the Bank of England’s new RTGS and ISO 20022 standards, strengthening resilience and settlement accuracy across national payment systems.My approach combined structured programme management (PRINCE2, PMP, ITIL) with pragmatic stakeholder engagement — balancing delivery discipline with transparent communication. I worked directly with regulators, vendors, and C-suite executives to deliver outcomes on time and within budget in highly regulated, time-critical environments.
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