Lead Technical Program Manager Payments

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. seeks an experienced Technology Project Manager to drive the Payments Transformation program. You will coordinate with business analysts, product, and operations to clarify scope and maintain a detailed project schedule.

You will manage dependencies, risks, and stakeholder communications across global Graphite technology teams. Ideal candidates bring 10+ years in technology project or program management, experience with cloud technologies, and a proven ability to influence

Qualifications

• Experience with software development best practices and establishing methods, tools, and processes for cross-team initiatives.
• Experience managing software projects across cross-functional teams and coordinating release schedules.
• 10+ years of professional experience in technology project or program management.
• Experience with Cloud Platform or Cloud technologies.
• Influencing skills with collaborative, results-oriented approach.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business analysts, product, and operations to ensure scope is clear and well documented.
• Produce, update, and deliver a comprehensive project schedule with technology and business teams.
• Monitor dependencies and track progress from planning through to completion.
• Manage governance meetings, decisions, and stakeholder communications across the program.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional leadership

Cloud technologies

Stakeholder communication

Risk & issue management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Engineering / Math or related field

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Technology Project Manager to support our Payments Transformation, partnering with business and technology team members to deliver the strategic High-Value wires payments roadmap. Working with our global Graphite technology component teams, partner applications and testing teams, you’ll help to drive the projects forward, ensuring the clarity of the schedule and scope, managing risks and issues, and communicating status to all stakeholders

This role requires a wide range of strengths and capabilities, including the ability to:

• Partner with business analysts, product and operations to ensure that scope is clear and well documented
• Work with technology and business teams (AD, QA, UAT, Ops, Product) to produce, update and deliver on a comprehensive project schedule
• Maintain and monitor list of key project-level dependencies including across application groups and proactively track through to completion.
• Facilitate key project level meetings and meet the relevant information demands for those. Ensure decisions are made within governance and identified governance meetings have clear agenda, quorum members, reports and minutes published. Drive project adherence to the agreed project lifecycle.
• Ensure the project adheres to project risk and issue standards and maintain the project risk and issue log (driving remediation/ resolution activities through to closure). Drive effective escalation management of risks and issues from projects and releases into the program.
• Manage stakeholder communications at all levels across the firm and be responsible for maintaining a project stakeholder and communications plan.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Experience with software development best practices and experience establishing methods, tools, and process improvements for cross-team initiatives
• Experience managing software projects across cross functional teams, building sustainable processes and coordinating release schedules
• 10+ years of professional experience in technology project or program management
• Experience with Cloud Platform or Cloud technologies
• Influencing Skills - a proven ability to operate in a highly collaborative, yet decisive and results-oriented manner

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Experience of software engineering practices for the full software development life cycle, including build processes, testing, and operations
• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts
• Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, Engineering or a related technical field.