Responsibilities:
Lead and manage technical programs related to branded card products (e.g., new product launches, new features, enhancements, digital wallets like Apple Pay).
Drive projects from initiation to completion, ensuring on-time delivery and adherence to budget.
Work closely with cross-functional teams, including engineering, QA, Prof team, Risk and compliance to ensure clear deliverables, coordination
Coordinate with various stakeholders from the engineering, compliance, and design teams to ensure deliverables
Develop and maintain project roadmaps, timelines, and dependency trackers.
Manage risks and issues, escalating as needed to ensure timely resolution.
Facilitate communication and alignment across multiple teams.
Track and report project progress to stakeholders.
Identify and implement process improvements to enhance team efficiency and productivity.
Create dashboards with JIRA and other tools to track dependencies and ensure project milestones are kept in view
Effectively and quickly solve any issues that arise, using your technical expertise to work with various departments.
Promote transparency and visualization of project progress to ensure alignment across teams.
Required Skills and Experience:
Proven experience (10+ years) in IT as a Technical Program Manager.
Strong technical background with an understanding of software development principles and technologies.
Experience with project management methodologies, particularly Agile.
Excellent communication, interpersonal, and stakeholder management skills.
Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment.
Experience managing projects involving multiple teams and complex dependencies.
Proven ability to analyze data, identify trends, and make data-driven decisions.
Familiarity with JIRA for dash board and process tracking.
Excellent skills working with databases and creating queries
Experience in the pay domain is a big plus
Experience in financial domain or with banking product is a plus.
Proficiency in using project management tools (e.g., Confluence, Jira).
Experience with Cloud-based solutions (AWS or others)
Experience or strong understanding of microservices architecture.
Compensation, Benefits and Duration
Minimum Compensation: USD 35,000
Maximum Compensation: USD 125,000
Compensation is based on actual experience and qualifications of the candidate. The above is a reasonable and a good faith estimate for the role.
Medical, vision, and dental benefits, 401k retirement plan, variable pay/incentives, paid time off, and paid holidays are available for full time employees.
This position is not available for independent contractors
No applications will be considered if received more than 120 days after the date of this post
Skills Required
- 10+ years of IT experience as a Technical Program Manager
- Strong technical background and understanding of software development principles and technologies
- Experience with Agile project management methodologies
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment
- Experience managing projects involving multiple teams and complex dependencies
- Ability to analyze data, identify trends, and make data-driven decisions
- Familiarity with Jira for dashboards and process tracking
- Strong database and query-writing skills
- Proficiency with project management tools such as Confluence and Jira
- Experience with cloud-based solutions such as AWS
- Experience or strong understanding of microservices architecture
- Experience in the payments domain
- Experience in the financial domain or with banking products
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