Senior Program Manager

the Client•New York, NY

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

This 12-month contract engagement supports a US Banking Technology organization undertaking strategic technology transformation. Two Senior Program Manager roles are available, focused on complementary workstreams. One role develops a workforce strategy for the organization’s three-year plan, including how roles will be allocated to India, how software engineering roles may shift toward AI, and how the overall talent model will evolve. The other role focuses on integrated planning, building a cohesive roadmap and coordinating cross-functional delivery for a senior executive audience. Both roles span business initiatives, including growing deposits, and technology initiatives, including modernizing core banking platforms. The work involves complex dependencies and a focus on incremental value delivery. The ideal candidate has a Technical Program Management background at a major technology organization and has led modernization or transformational projects such as cloud-native transitions, replatforming, or adoption of AI-native technology stacks. Financial services experience is preferred but secondary to technical program management experience.

Requirements

Exceptional communication skills and the ability to influence senior stakeholders.
Strong judgment and the ability to manage up to executives.
Experience managing other Program Managers.
Deep understanding of sequencing and dependency management across complex programs.
Proven ability to drive incremental value in environments with substantial business and technology interdependencies.
Background as a Technical Program Manager at a major technology organization such as Amazon, Google, Meta, or an equivalent organization.
Experience leading modernization or transformational projects, including moving to cloud-native architectures, replatforming, or transitioning to an AI-native technology stack.
Ability to create and maintain integrated roadmaps and influence cross-functional teams.
Authorization to work for any employer in the United States; sponsorship or transfer of employment visa sponsorship is not available.

Nice To Haves

Financial services industry experience.

Responsibilities

For the workforce strategy role, develop a workforce strategy aligned with the three-year strategy for the US Banking Technology organization.
For the workforce strategy role, define which roles will be executed in India and which software engineering roles will shift toward AI.
For the workforce strategy role, determine how the overall workforce model will evolve over the planning horizon.
For the integrated planning role, create a strategic view of delivery; budgeting is not in scope.
For the integrated planning role, build and maintain an integrated roadmap across business and technology initiatives.
For the integrated planning role, orchestrate delivery in a sequenced, dependency-aware manner for a senior executive audience.
For the integrated planning role, work with cross-functional teams to drive the strategic roadmap.
Across both roles, develop an integrated understanding of how to drive outcomes across the work.
Manage and navigate business and technology initiatives with interdependencies, including deposit growth and core banking platform modernization.
Drive incremental value across a complex portfolio of initiatives.
Understand and manage sequencing and dependencies across programs.
Manage up to senior stakeholders and manage other Program Managers.