Technical Program Manager

Harvey Nash USA is hiring a Senior Technical Program Manager to support a global leader in the payments technology industry. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Technical Program Manager with a strong software engineering background to lead large-scale cloud-native platform initiatives, drive Agile delivery, and partner with engineering teams to build scalable, secure, and high-performance payment technology solutions.

Job Title: Senior Technical Program Manager

Location: Hybrid – O'Fallon, MO (hybrid)

Duration: 12 Month Contract (Strong possibility of extension)

Technical Program Manager

We are seeking an experienced Technical Program Manager to drive complex, high-impact engineering programs across multiple teams. This role is ideal for a technically strong program leader who can operate independently, engage deeply with engineering and architecture teams, and translate complex technical initiatives into clear, achievable execution plans.

Day-to-Day

• Lead multiple technical programs across engineering teams using Agile delivery models.
• Break complex initiatives into actionable workstreams, milestones, and sprint plans.
• Partner with engineers, architects, product managers, and business stakeholders on technical strategy and delivery.
• Drive programs involving cloud-native platforms, APIs, microservices, integrations, and distributed systems.
• Manage cross-team dependencies, risks, issues, milestones, and delivery commitments.
• Develop execution plans covering architecture, development, testing, deployment, and production readiness.
• Facilitate technical discussions and challenge delivery strategies, tradeoffs, and assumptions.
• Track program health using data, metrics, and continuous improvement practices.
• Communicate program status, risks, decisions, and dependencies to senior leadership and executive stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities to leverage existing platforms, capabilities, and infrastructure to accelerate delivery.
• Drive alignment across dependent teams and influence outcomes without direct authority.

Must-Have Skills & Experience

• Strong experience in Technical Program Management / Engineering Program Management.
• Experience delivering cloud-native software products or platforms at scale.
• Strong understanding of cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Experience with microservices, APIs, distributed systems, and platform architecture.
• Hands-on understanding of software development and testing.
• Experience with CI/CD, DevOps, and modern software delivery practices.
• Strong experience with Agile, Scrum, Kanban, sprint planning, and iterative delivery.
• Proven ability to manage complex programs spanning multiple engineering teams and dependencies.
• Ability to engage deeply with engineers and architects and understand technical tradeoffs.
• Strong analytical and data-driven decision-making skills.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence engineers, peers, business leaders, and executives.
• Demonstrated ability to operate independently and drive outcomes with minimal direction.

Nice-to-Have

• Experience in payments, fintech, financial services, or transaction processing.
• Experience with IaaS, PaaS, or serverless technologies.
• Knowledge of NoSQL databases.
• Experience with Kubernetes / containers and cloud infrastructure.
• Experience with event-driven or highly distributed architectures.
• Experience with large-scale platform engineering or infrastructure programs.
• Experience with observability, reliability, SRE, or distributed systems operations.
• Experience driving continuous improvement across multiple engineering organizations.

Education Requirement

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical discipline.
• Equivalent technical education and relevant professional experience may be considered.

Ideal Background

Candidates with a background as a Technical Program Manager, Senior Technical Program Manager, Principal TPM, Engineering Program Manager, or Platform/Cloud Program Manager are encouraged to apply.

Strong candidates often come from engineering-heavy environments involving cloud platforms, payments, financial technology, large-scale consumer technology, infrastructure, or distributed systems.

A reasonable, good faith estimate of the hourly range for this position is $70–$75/hour on W2.

About us:

Harvey Nash is a national, full-service talent management firm specializing in technology positions. Our company was founded with a mission to serve as the talent partner of choice for the information technology industry.