Execution Manager/ Product Delivery Lead
About The Position
The Execution Manager/ Product Delivery Lead drives end-to-end execution of Huntington’s ISV/COI and Payments initiatives. The role provides delivery leadership and execution oversight for complex, cross-functional initiatives involving Payments, Operations, Fraud, Risk, Servicing, Technology, and external vendor partners. It ensures predictable execution, disciplined dependency management, and clear communication to deliver scalable, high-quality payment solutions on schedule. Acting as a strategic execution partner to Product, Engineering, and operational leaders, the Delivery Lead promotes alignment, transparency, and execution rigor throughout delivery lifecycles, supporting both near-term commitments and long-term strategies.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree.
- At least 10 years of experience in Product Development, Product Owner, Product Management, or Delivery Leadership roles.
Nice To Haves
- Strong understanding of Payments, Merchant, and card processing networks, settlement, and money movement.
- Professional confidence and executive presence, including the ability to represent complex IT work.
- Familiarity with regulated financial environments, including Risk, Compliance, AML, and Fraud.
- Experience evaluating third-party capabilities and organizational fit.
- Demonstrated experience leading complex, cross-functional technical implementations, including external vendor partners.
- Self-starter with adaptability, accountability, and a strong quality mindset.
- Team-oriented approach with effective conflict resolution and stakeholder management skills.
- Proficiency in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, and ability to learn new tools and platforms quickly.
- Passion for results, execution excellence, and innovation.
- Ability to present to senior executives and influence outcomes, with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Responsibilities
- Own day-to-day execution of Payments initiatives across multiple capabilities.
- Provide end-to-end delivery oversight from intake through go-live and stabilization.
- Translate product and business strategy into business requirements, delivery plans, and executable backlogs.
- Drive disciplined execution practices to support predictable, on-time delivery of Payments functionality.
- Identify, manage, and mitigate risks, issues, and dependencies across workstreams.
- Track delivery metrics, including progress, readiness, and risk indicators, and use insights to improve delivery performance.
- Own and prioritize the execution backlog.
- Partner with Engineering teams through grooming, sprint execution, testing, and release.
- Serve as the primary delivery liaison among Payments Product, Technology, Operations, Fraud, Risk, Servicing, Finance, and vendor teams.
- Provide clear, consistent status reporting and delivery updates to senior leaders and stakeholders.
- Align teams on dependencies and ensure they are understood, sequenced, and resolved proactively.
- Build and maintain trust-based relationships with internal and external partners.
- Collaborate with business partners so delivery decisions support scalability, resilience, and future growth.
- Identify opportunities to improve delivery models, execution efficiency, and cross-team collaboration.
- Drive go-live readiness, including operational handoff, runbooks, and post-launch stabilization.
- Support production issue resolution and continuous improvement after launch.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
