Staff Technical Program Manager

Affirm; Hamilton; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care coverage

Flexible Spending Wallets

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Affirm is seeking a Staff Technical Program Manager based in Hamilton, Ontario, to lead high visibility programs and streamline processes for product development. The ideal candidate will have at least 8 years of experience in technical program management and a Bachelor's degree in a related field. Responsibilities include collaborating with engineering and product teams, managing schedules, and resolving dependencies. Affirm offers comprehensive health coverage and various stipends to support employee wellness.

Qualifications

• 8 years of proven experience managing technical programs.
• Experience in FinTech, Payments or Commerce is a plus.
• Ability to track progress and communicate effectively.

Responsibilities

• Drive multi-disciplinary technical programs for product expansion.
• Coordinate across engineering teams and stakeholders.
• Track progress, resolve dependencies, and communicate status.

Skills

Project management

Technical knowledge

Stakeholder management

Collaboration

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent

Job description

Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, giving consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without any hidden fees or compounding interest.

We're looking for an experienced, motivated Staff Technical Program Manager to oversee high visibility programs for our team and streamline our processes for building great customer and merchant products. As our products scale in complexity to meet our accelerating business and expanding product lines, our program management practices need to scale with it. You will help our Product and Engineering teams develop processes and frameworks for building quality software, while evaluating new technology developments to drive potential features and products.

What You'll Do

• Drive complex, multi-disciplinary, and highly visible technical programs in service of our team’s mission 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 across the company.
• Understand technical implementation at the architecture level and propose technical alternatives, ask questions that clarify priorities and push the team to be effective, and develop domain and technical knowledge.
• Partner with Product and Engineering to plan requirements, identify risks, manage program schedules, and communicate clearly with cross‑functional partners across the company.
• Track progress, resolve dependencies, evaluate risks, and communicate status to upper management and program stakeholders, and engage the program teams to achieve goals.

What We Look For

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 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.
• Actively mentors and levels up team members.
• 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 - N

Equity Grade - 5

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).

Benefits

• Health care coverage – Affirmp covers all premiums for all levels of coverage for you and your dependents.
• Flexible Spending Wallets – generous stipends for spending on technology, food, various lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses.
• Time off – competitive vacation and holiday schedules allowing you to take time off to rest and recharge.
• ESPP – An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirmp at a discount.

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