Program Manager, Payments

Lightspeed; Montreal; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech company in Montreal is looking for a Program Manager to support its program management team. This role involves collaborating with stakeholders to execute cross-functional initiatives that drive the company's Go-To-Market strategy. The ideal candidate should have 3-5 years of program/project management experience, a knack for building relationships, and the ability to manage complex projects while navigating ambiguity. Strong communication skills and fluency in English are essential.

Benefits

Flexible paid time off

Equity options

Pension contributions

Training opportunities

Health and wellness credits

Time off for volunteering

Employee-led networks

Computer purchase program

Enhanced parental leave

Qualifications

• 3–5 years experience in program/project management or similar role.
• Background in facilitating collaborations across multiple teams.
• Experience articulating financial outcomes in a commercial environment.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity within a large organization.
• Strong proficiency in creating and maintaining program artefacts.
• Proactive at monitoring program progress and identifying risks.
• Experience in a high-growth environment, ideally SaaS.
• Fluency in English required.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leaders to support execution of programs.
• Oversee planning and delivery of key GTM initiatives.
• Build cross-functional relationships as primary liaison.
• Monitor progress against OKRs and KPIs.
• Track and communicate progress through dashboards.

Skills

Program/project management

Stakeholder relationship building

Data analysis

Risk identification and mitigation

Clear communication

Tools

Program management software

Job description

Hi there! Thanks for stopping by 👋

Are you actively looking for a new opportunity? Or just checking the market? Well… you might just be in the right place!

We’re looking for a Program Manager to join our program management team in Montreal, Canada. In this role, you will support Lightspeed payments program portfolio, with the execution of cross‑functional initiatives that drive Lightspeed’s Go‑To‑Market (GTM) strategy forward and improve business performance. Working within the CRO’s office, you will collaborate with stakeholders across GTM and the wider Lightspeed organization to ensure structured, transparent, and results‑driven execution of key programs.

As a Program Manager, you will act as a Program Management Business Partner to departmental leaders, helping align their goals with broader company objectives, and supporting their execution with rigor and accountability. This role requires the ability to manage complex, fast‑moving projects, facilitate collaboration, drive clarity in execution, and contribute to Lightspeed’s overall operating model.

What you’ll be responsible for:

• Partnering with departmental leaders to understand their strategies and support the execution of programs that deliver measurable business outcomes.
• Oversight of the planning, coordination, and delivery of key GTM initiatives, ensuring alignment with broader company priorities.
• Building strong cross‑functional relationships and acting as the primary liaison between business teams and central stakeholders (e.g., Finance, Systems, Data).
• Monitoring progress against OKRs and KPIs; surface risks early and facilitate timely decision‑making.
• Tracking and communicating progress through dashboards, status reports, and stakeholder updates.
• Applying program management discipline across planning, governance, execution, and post‑mortem activities.
• Leveraging change management principles to ensure programs remain aligned despite evolving priorities.
• Supporting the adoption of best practices and standardized processes across the PMO and GTM teams.
• Contributing to operational excellence by identifying gaps, streamlining workflows, and scaling repeatable practices.
• Being flexible and willing to take on new challenges as GTM and company needs evolve.

And a little bit of…

• Contributing as part of the wider team to achieve organizational objectives even if this means doing things that aren’t strictly within the scope of your role!

What you’ll be bringing to the team:

• 3–5 years experience in program/project management or a similar role in a fast‑paced environment.
• Background in facilitating, and working across multiple teams building stakeholder relationships, collaboratively, for outstanding business and individual outcomes.
• Experience working with data, insight and financial outcomes and objectives; clearly articulating outcomes within a commercial environment.
• Comfort in operating in ambiguity across a large, growing, complex, global organisation and seeking cross‑organisational alignment – ability to act with calm.
• Strong proficiency in the creation and maintenance of program artefacts such as a Program charter, program plan, RAID logs/project plans and status updates.
• Adept and proactive at monitoring and tracking program progress, identifying risks, and implementing mitigation strategies.
• Great communicator (at all levels/across multiple stakeholders) with a focus on initiative progress and outcomes, clear decision‑making and data‑driven actions and outcomes.
• Ideally experience in a high‑growth environment, ideally SaaS.
• Ideally experience in a global organization.
• As a global company with employees and clients outside of Quebec, fluency in English as a working language is required for this position.

Be a changemaker

You’ll enjoy:

• A flexible work environment that empowers you to do your best work.
• A culture that celebrates performance.
• The chance to make an impact in a team that’s big enough for career growth, but lean enough to make your voice heard.
• Career‑defining opportunities.

Plus benefits designed to keep you happy, healthy and fulfilled.

• Flexible paid time off and remote work policies.
• Equity options, because this is your company too.
• Contributions to your pension plan. Your future matters.
• Training opportunities to grow your skills and career.
• Health and wellness credit so you feel your best.
• Time off to volunteer and give back to your community.
• Interest groups, employee‑led networks, social committees to sponsored sports teams.
• Computer purchase program to get your personal Macbook.
• Enhanced parental leave to support growing families.

Fuel your growth. Find your people.

At Lightspeed, your growth is our priority. We invest in you with continuous learning opportunities, global mobility and benefits designed to support you—all within a driven, diverse and inclusive team that’s passionate about empowering our communities.

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Lightspeed is a proud equal opportunity employer and we are committed to creating an inclusive and barrier‑free workplace. Lightspeed welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of this selection process.

Where to from here?

Obviously, this has to be mutually beneficial: we want you to step into a role you love, and we want to offer you a place you’re proud to come to every day. For a glimpse into our world check out our career page here.

Lightspeed is building communities through commerce, and we need people from all backgrounds and lived experiences to do that. We were founded in 2005, in Montreal’s gay village and our original members were all part of the LGBTQ+ community. The ethos of our business has been about inclusion from the very beginning, and we strive to provide a workplace where everyone belongs.

Who we are:

Powering the businesses that are the backbone of the global economy, Lightspeed’s one‑stop commerce platform helps merchants innovate to simplify, scale, and provide exceptional customer experiences. Our cloud commerce solution transforms and unifies online and physical operations, multichannel sales, expansion to new locations, global payments, financial solutions, and connection to supplier networks.

Founded in Montréal, Canada in 2005, Lightspeed is dual‑listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: LSPD) and Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: LSPD). With teams across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific, the company serves retail, hospitality, and golf businesses in over 100 countries.

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