Project Manager IV

Motion Recruitment; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Motion Recruitment is seeking a Project Manager IV for a 6-month contract in Mountain View, CA. The role is onsite 3 days a week with remote options for CA-based candidates. You will own end-to-end program delivery across fintech domains, coordinating engineering, product, and design partners to meet ambitious goals.

You will drive planning cadences, manage risks and dependencies, and deliver RAID dashboards for leadership. Strong communication to senior leadership is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years in technical program/project management.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end program delivery across a defined portfolio, coordinating engineering, product, and design partners.
• Drive planning cadences and commitments, manage risks and trajectory against goals.
• Identify and mitigate cross-team dependencies before blockers.
• Build and maintain program health reporting (RAID logs, dashboards, status updates) for leadership visibility.
• Facilitate technical and cross-functional discussions to unblock decisions and drive alignment.

Skills

Independent working

Technical fluency

Execution discipline

Leadership communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field

Tools

Jira

Dragonboat

Slack

Betterworks

Job description

Job Title: Project Manager IV

Job Location: Mountain View CA 94043

Job Duration: 6 Months Contract (Possibility of Extension)

Candidates ideally in Mountain View. Onsite 3 days a week. Remote but based in California also considered.

Responsibilities:

• Own end-to-end program delivery across a defined portfolio (e.g., Payments, Bill Pay, Lending, Workforce Solutions), coordinating engineering, product, and design partners
• Drive planning cadences and attain commitments with confidence, risks, and trajectory against committed goals
• Identify and mitigate cross-team dependencies before they become blockers
• Build and maintain program health reporting (RAID logs, dashboards, status updates) for leadership visibility
• Facilitate technical and cross-functional discussions to unblock decisions and drive alignment

Skills:

• Ability to work independently with abiguity and come up to speed quickly
• Strong technical fluency mdash able to engage engineering on architecture and tradeoffs without being the implementer
• Rigorous execution: structured planning risk management and follow-through under ambiguity
• Excellent written and verbal communication comfortable presenting to senior leadership Track record of scaling process or re-usable frameworks
• Experience with tools like Jira Dragonboat Slack and Betterworks or equivalent PPM/collaboration stacks
• Fintech knowledge is a plus

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science Engineering or related technical field or equivalent practical experience 6 years in technical program/project management