Senior Technical Program Manager

Affirm; Canada; Remote; CAD 125,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading FinTech company is seeking an experienced Technical Program Manager to drive complex, multi-disciplinary programs. This role requires 5 years of experience, a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering, and strong stakeholder management. The company emphasizes a remote-working culture and offers a competitive compensation package including excellent health benefits and an employee stock purchase plan.

Benefits

Health care coverage

Flexible Spending Wallets

Time off

Employee stock purchase plan

Qualifications

• 5 years of proven experience managing technical programs.
• Prior experience in FinTech, Payments or Commerce is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Drive complex, multi-disciplinary, and highly visible technical programs.
• Coordinate across engineering teams and stakeholders through the full program lifecycle.
• Track progress, resolve dependencies, evaluate risks, and communicate status.

Skills

Managing technical programs

Stakeholder management

Strategic planning

Technical understanding

Collaboration with cross-functional teams

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering

Job description

What You’ll Do:

• Drive complex, multi-disciplinary, and highly visible technical programs in service of expanding our consumer product suite and platform capabilities.
• Coordinate across engineering teams and non-engineering stakeholders through the full program lifecycle to plan requirements, identify risks, manage program schedules, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners.
• Understand technical implementation at the architecture level and propose technical alternatives, ask questions that clarify priorities, and develop domain and technical knowledge.
• Partner with Product and Engineering to plan requirements, identify risks, manage program schedules, and drive alignment with cross-functional partners across the company.
• Track progress, resolve dependencies, evaluate risks, and communicate status to upper management and project stakeholders, and engage the project teams to achieve goals.

What We Look For:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• 5 years of proven experience managing technical programs
• Passion and drive to change consumer finance for the better
• Organized and strategic approach to collaborating across multi-disciplinary teams
• Obsesses over getting the details right but knows how to ship on time
• Working and driving strategic programs and building a remote friendly culture
• Track record of successfully driving complex large technology applications and geographically distributed backend systems
• Track record of strong stakeholder management with Engineering, Product, Design, Analytics, and other cross-functional teams
• Prior experience in FinTech, Payments or Commerce is a plus

Pay Grade - L

Equity Grade - 4

Employees new to Affirm typically come in at the start of the pay range. Affirm focuses on providing a simple and transparent pay structure which is based on a variety of factors, including location, experience and job-related skills.

Base pay is part of a total compensation package that may include equity rewards, monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents).

CAN base pay range per year: $125,000 - $175,000

Benefits

• Health care coverage - Affirm covers all premiums for all levels of coverage for you and your dependents
• Flexible Spending Wallets - stipends for spending on Technology, Food, Lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses
• Time off - vacation and holiday schedules to rest and recharge
• ESPP - Employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares at a discount

Affirm is remote-first. The majority of roles are remote and you can work almost anywhere within the country of employment. Some roles may require occasional office presence.

We’re committed to an inclusive interview experience and provide reasonable accommodations to candidates in need of support during the hiring process.

[For U.S. positions that could be performed in Los Angeles or San Francisco] Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, Affirm will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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