What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Technical Program Manager - Payments: 26-01070 position at Akraya, Inc.?
Primary Skills: Project Management (Expert), Stakeholder Engagement (Advanced), Risk Analysis (Expert), Agile Methodologies (Advanced), Technical Documentation (Advanced)
Contract Type: W2
Duration: 5 Months with possible extension
Location: Remote
Pay Range: $70 - $80 per hour on W2
Job Summary:
We are seeking a Technical Program Manager to join our Payments Engineering team, tasked with supporting and enhancing decision-making processes across multiple areas. The ideal candidate will possess a strong technical background, demonstrate an analytical approach to problem-solving, and exhibit a mission-driven attitude to improve organizational capabilities. This role requires partnering closely with Payments engineering, operations, and product teams to strategize and execute processes, while keeping a keen eye on increasing productivity and quality across cross-functional teams.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain a comprehensive view of Payments programs, ensuring technical feasibility and driving projects from end to end.
- Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of large cross-functional initiatives to enhance productivity within technical teams.
- Facilitate communication across leadership and teams to manage timeline, status, and risk accountability effectively.
- Define success criteria with stakeholders and regularly assess and mitigate risks.
- Collaborate with leadership to implement best practices and prioritize actions across Payments, ensuring alignment on project success.
- Proven ability to navigate ambiguity and drive initiatives to completion.
- Strong analytical skills combined with the capability to influence others and adapt to varying team cadences.
- Familiarity with task management tools like Asana or Jira, and excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Previous experience in the Payments domain is highly beneficial.
- A minimum of 10 years in the software development industry, with at least 7 of those years in a technical project management role.
- B.S. in Computer Science, or the equivalent in related technical experience.
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