Senior Data Program Manager

Bizquad Consultants Private Limited; India; Remote; INR 1,440,000 - 1,760,000; Full time

Job summary

BizQuad seeks a Senior Data Program Manager to lead a high-visibility data insights program for a large payments client. This remote role requires coordinating data product, analytics, and engineering teams while engaging with senior business and technology leaders.

The role overlaps US Eastern Time and demands over 10 years of PM experience, governance setup, and delivering end-to-end programs with strong focus on regulatory and data privacy considerations.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of program management experience leading large cross-functional programs.
• Strong data background across data products, analytics and insights platforms, and data architecture/engineering teams.
• Comfortable shaping roadmaps, setting up governance, and bringing structure quickly.
• Able to collaborate with senior business and technology leaders.
• Payments/financial services experience is a strong plus.
• Strong English, written and spoken.
• US Eastern Time overlap required.
• Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering; master's a plus; PMP certification (active).

Responsibilities

• Lead large cross-functional data programs from start through delivery, from early scoping to go-live.
• Shape the roadmap while scope is still forming, setting up governance and bringing structure quickly.
• Coordinate data product, analytics and insights platform, and data architecture and engineering teams toward shared outcomes.
• Translate business questions into data and insights deliverables, and prioritize them with senior business and technology leaders.
• Direct $10M+ enterprise portfolios end to end, including scope, schedule, budget, forecasting, risk, and change management.
• Own program vision, strategy, and roadmaps, translating requirements into API-first, cloud-native solutions for web and mobile.
• Lead delivery using Waterfall, Agile, and SAFe, including PI planning, release planning, and platform modernization.
• Partner with engineering, data, AI/ML, UX, and DevOps teams to deliver capabilities like credit decisioning, personalization, fraud/risk controls, and automation.
• Define and track OKRs and KPIs, and confirm value realization after go-live.
• Manage vendors and onshore/offshore resources, including contracts, SOWs, and delivery performance.
• Maintain project plans, RAID logs, action trackers, and dependency trackers across multiple concurrent workstreams.
• Facilitate governance forums, steering committees, working sessions, and leadership reviews, documenting decisions and actions.
• Set governance standards, reporting requirements, and program management best practices across the portfolio.
• Run change-control and delivery governance, including a Change Advisory Board and intake workflow.
• Track risks and issues through weekly risk-register reviews and escalation to leadership.
• Author weekly, monthly, and senior-management status reports and executive decks.
• Partner with C-suite, risk, legal, compliance, and business stakeholders as the single point of accountability.

Skills

Program management

Data programs

Governance

Stakeholder engagement

PMP certification

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Master's degree (MCA) a plus

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Clarity PPM

MS Project

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Azure

Google Cloud

AWS

IAM

AI/ML

Generative AI

Job description

Senior Data Program Manager

MNC

remote

Full Time

Experience Required

10+ Years

Salary Range

1,600,000 INR

Openings

1 Position(s)

Application Deadline

No Deadline

Job Description

We are seeking a Senior Data Program Manager to lead a new, high-visibility data insights program for a large payments client. This critical role involves quickly shaping the roadmap and establishing governance from day one for a dynamic program.The ideal candidate will have extensive experience running complex data programs across data products, analytics and insights platforms, and data architecture and engineering teams. The role requires the ability to effectively engage with senior business and technology leaders.This is a remote position that necessitates a strong overlap with US Eastern Time working hours. Candidates must possess over 10 years of program management experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead large cross-functional data programs from start through delivery, from early scoping to go-live.
• Shape the roadmap while scope is still forming, setting up governance and bringing structure quickly.
• Coordinate data product, analytics and insights platform, and data architecture and engineering teams toward shared outcomes.
• Translate business questions into data and insights deliverables, and prioritize them with senior business and technology leaders.
• Direct $10M+ enterprise portfolios end to end, including scope, schedule, budget, forecasting, risk, and change management across multi-vendor programs.
• Own program vision, strategy, and roadmaps, translating business, regulatory, and compliance requirements into API-first, cloud-native, and data-driven solutions for web and mobile platforms.
• Lead delivery using Waterfall, Agile, and SAFe, including PI planning, release planning, and platform modernization.
• Partner with engineering, data, AI/ML, UX, and DevOps teams to deliver capabilities such as credit decisioning, personalization, fraud and risk controls, and operational automation.
• Define and track OKRs and KPIs, and confirm value realization after go-live.
• Manage vendors and onshore/offshore resources, including contracts, SOWs, and delivery performance.
• Maintain project plans, RAID logs, action trackers, and dependency trackers across multiple concurrent workstreams.
• Facilitate governance forums, steering committees, working sessions, and leadership reviews, documenting minutes, decisions, and action items.
• Set and enforce governance standards, reporting requirements, and program management best practices across the portfolio.
• Run change-control and delivery governance, including a Change Advisory Board and intake review workflow.
• Track risks and issues through weekly risk-register reviews and escalat to leadership with clear options.
• Author weekly, monthly, and senior-management status reports (WSR, MSR, SMR), executive decks, and program dashboards.
• Partner with C-suite, risk, legal, compliance, and business stakeholders as a single point of accountability for program outcomes.
• Deliver audit-ready solutions in regulated environments, aligned to OCC and Federal Reserve supervisory expectations, SOX, SOC 1/SOC 2, and PCI-DSS.
• Support data governance initiatives: data domain identification, lineage tracking, data-gap remediation, and data-quality controls.
• Run control monitoring, annual risk reviews, quarterly attestations, and remediation of control deficiencies.
• Lead resource planning, budget tracking, and capacity management, keeping spend variance within target while meeting milestones.
• Monitor program health and manage portfolio data in a PPM tool such as Clarity PPM.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of program management, leading large cross-functional programs from start through delivery.
• Strong data background across data products, analytics and insights platforms, and data architecture and engineering teams.
• Comfortable while scope is still forming: shaping the roadmap, setting up governance, and bringing structure quickly.
• Able to hold their own with senior business and technology leaders.
• Payments, merchant services, or financial services experience is a strong plus.
• Strong English, written and spoken.
• Working hours must overlap with US Eastern Time.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; a master's degree (such as MCA) is a plus.
• Working knowledge of financial regulations and controls: Dodd-Frank, ECOA, BSA/AML, KYC, SOX, and data privacy laws such as GDPR and CCPA.
• PMP certification (active).

Skills Required

Data Products Analytics Platforms Insights Platforms Data Architecture Data Engineering Waterfall Agile SAFe JIRA Confluence Clarity PPM MS Project Microsoft Excel PowerPoint Azure Google Cloud AWS IAM AI/ML Generative AI