Lead, Strategic Program Management & Execution

Lakeview Loan Servicing•Coral Gables, FL

5d•Remote

About The Position

Fastlane Lending Solutions is seeking a Lead, Strategic Program Management & Execution to drive delivery of high-impact initiatives across the business. The role leads complex, cross-functional programs involving partner integrations, product and technology implementations, pricing, operational improvements, and other strategic priorities. The successful candidate turns strategy into executable plans, aligns internal stakeholders and external partners, removes roadblocks, manages risks, and delivers initiatives on time, on budget, and with measurable business impact. This is a fully remote position with a salary range of $140,000–$170,000, plus an annual bonus. Benefits include medical coverage starting on day one and a company-matched 401(k). Compensation may vary based on experience, location, and other job-related factors.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required.
At least 5 years of experience leading strategic programs, business transformation initiatives, product implementations, partner integrations, or large-scale cross-functional projects.
Demonstrated success coordinating initiatives across multiple internal and external stakeholders.
Experience managing technology implementation projects, vendor delivery, partner integrations, or complex operating model changes.
Exceptional organizational and project management capabilities.
Strong executive presence and stakeholder management skills.
Ability to influence without authority and drive accountability across organizations.
Experience developing project plans, governance structures, status reporting, executive updates, and decision documents.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication abilities.
Proficiency with project management tools, collaboration platforms, and structured delivery methodologies.

Nice To Haves

Experience in financial services, fintech, lending, banking, insurance, or another highly regulated industry is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead planning, coordination, and execution of the company’s highest-priority strategic initiatives.
Translate strategic priorities into project plans with milestones, owners, timelines, dependencies, decision points, budgets, and success metrics.
Drive concurrent initiatives from concept through launch, maintaining delivery, accountability, and focus on business outcomes.
Establish governance routines, status reporting, issue tracking, and escalation paths.
Coordinate work across Product, Pricing, Technology, Operations, Compliance, Legal, Finance, Marketing, Executive Leadership, and other internal teams.
Align stakeholders on priorities, scope, timelines, deliverables, and decision rights.
Identify and manage dependencies, conflicts, resource constraints, sequencing issues, and timing risks across workstreams.
Facilitate working sessions, project reviews, and decision meetings, ensuring clear next steps and measurable progress.
Lead execution of initiatives involving bank partners, technology partners, data providers, vendors, and other external stakeholders.
Coordinate integrations, implementation projects, testing, launch readiness, and post-launch stabilization across organizations.
Ensure internal and external parties understand deliverables, deadlines, dependencies, approvals, and ownership expectations.
Escalate and resolve issues threatening schedules, budgets, partner alignment, or project outcomes.
Drive implementation of product enhancements, pricing projects, business process changes, and operational improvements.
Coordinate design, approval, implementation, testing, training, readiness, and launch activities.
Maintain visibility into open decisions, blockers, risks, budget impacts, and required actions.
Support leadership in prioritizing and sequencing initiatives according to strategic impact, resource capacity, and delivery risk.
Identify bottlenecks, unclear ownership, resource constraints, delayed decisions, process breakdowns, and competing priorities.
Lead structured problem solving, diagnose root causes, and develop practical solutions.
Drive timely decisions, clarify trade-offs, and ensure follow-through on commitments.
Escalate critical risks with recommendations, options, and mitigation plans.
Develop and own executive updates, project dashboards, decision documents, meeting materials, and implementation summaries.
Provide leadership visibility into project health, timelines, budgets, risks, dependencies, and required decisions.
Maintain project records, action and issue logs, and milestone tracking.
Tailor communications for executive, operational, technology, partner, and vendor audiences.
Perform other duties as assigned by leadership.