Senior Technical Program Manager

Exciting contract Senior Technical Program Manager opportunity with an established firm. This is a hybrid role local to San Francisco, CA.

We are hiring a Technical Program Manager, Technology Operations & IT Portfolio to join the client’s Enterprise Program Management Function. The Technical Program Manager will be a key member of the enterprise PMO team and will be responsible for leading the execution of business-critical technology initiatives.

This individual will be responsible for the execution of specific initiatives and will develop project plans and timelines to ensure execution of projects is on-time and on-budget. To be successful, this person must work effectively and collaborate cross functionally across multiple technology and business functions within the client and be able to pivot between delivery of new products and incremental features and functionality to support our members.

Contract Duration: 6-Months

Required Skills & Experience

• 7 yrs of technical program management experience and a bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, or a related field of study; or equivalent work experience
• SAFe or Scrum certification (preferred)
• Proven Technical Program Management experience handling complex projects, program implementation, or change management experience
• Fanatical drive and ability to get things done to deliver value to the business
• Outstanding organizational, communication, interpersonal, relationship building skills conducive to collaboration; able to work well in a cross-functional, matrix management environment consisting of technology, product management and business functions
• Attentive to details and highly organized
• Ability to execute on multiple strategic initiatives while interacting with various internal stakeholders across multiple projects
• Able to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced, environment where you must take on multiple responsibilities and do what it takes to get things done
• Attentive to details and highly organized, with strong independent planning and process management skills
• Fintech, Financial Services or Technology experience required

Desired Skills & Experience

• PMP certification preferred
• Deep experience with Agile and Waterfall technology approaches a plus
• Previous experience of driving large technical operations, IT or platform transformational projects a plus
• Previous experience working with risk management and audit functions as part of project delivery/implementation a plus

What You Will Be Doing

Daily Responsibilities

• Lead a portfolio of initiatives through ideation, strategy, planning, delivery, and launch
• Lead the intake process for all new initiatives and issues, working collaboratively across teams to assess feasibility, prioritize requests, and onboard programs into the portfolio
• Manage the delivery of specific initiatives, for each, create and maintain a project schedule for each project by identifying and monitoring: overall project timeline/milestones, tasks, resources, task dependencies, and critical paths
• Partner with Technology Leaders, the second line and third line teams to ensure effective management of technology issues identified
• Consult with business partners to clarify and define complex project requirements and business cases to align with strategic objectives
• Create dashboards and reporting to track project progress supported by metrics.
• Take full responsibility for generating and maintaining accurate weekly status reports, synthesizing progress, key decisions, and next steps
• Coordinate meetings, as needed, to initiate working sessions, resolve project issues, manage and resolve escalations
• Collaborate closely with technology leaders to ensure proper alignment of resources to current and future programs based on priorities and capacity
• Manage all activities in a project life cycle (initiation planning, executing/controlling, and closing) associated with high visibility projects that are long-term, across one or more lines of business and have a substantial impact to the business
• Maintain thorough and organized management of all project artifacts, including plans, documentation, and decision logs, ensuring traceability and compliance
• Collaborate with technical teams to accurately scope programs, define deliverables, identify dependencies, and establish realistic schedules
• Responsible for managing all activities and ceremonies in SAFe (Scaled Agile)
• Coordinate with Product Management on requirements, planning and prioritization
• Aggressively manage dependencies and impact, coordinate with other groups, and remove obstacles that stand between our team and business & customer success
• Formulate project presentations for executive leadership on project status and decisions
• Provide transparency and communication across the program team and amongst

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