Senior Fintech Program Manager: End-to-End Launch Leader

Samsung Electronics America; New York (NY); On-site; USD 166,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance

401(k)

Employee Purchase Program

Tuition Assistance

Paid Time Off

Student Loan Program

Wellness Incentives

Job summary

Samsung Electronics America is seeking an experienced Senior Technical Program Manager to lead end‑to‑end fintech product programs from scope through launch and stabilization. You will partner with Product, Engineering, QA, and external partners to translate roadmaps into executable plans, manage dependencies, and drive release readiness.

This role emphasizes risk management, testing strategy, and executive communication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, Engineering, Information Systems, Business, or related field or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of experience in technical program management, or related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex, cross-functional technology programs from requirements through production launch.
• Strong experience working with software engineering, QA, and product management teams.
• Experience managing programs involving multiple systems, technical dependencies, APIs, integrations, or external technology partners.
• Understanding of the software development lifecycle, including requirements, development, testing, release management, and production operations.
• Proven ability to drive QA, UAT, defect management, release readiness, and production launch processes.
• Ability to translate technical architecture into program dependencies, risks, decisions, and execution plans.
• Proven ability to influence and align cross-functional teams without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end technical program management for fintech products from requirements and planning through development, QA, launch, and post-launch stabilization.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, and QA to translate roadmaps into executable program plans, milestones, and release schedules.
• Drive execution across multiple engineering teams, managing dependencies and critical-path activities.
• Establish and lead program cadences, including planning sessions, reviews, defect triage, and executive status updates.
• Identify risks early, develop mitigation plans, and drive blockers to resolution.
• Coordinate testing strategies and end-to-end partner testing with QA and Engineering.
• Drive production readiness and launch execution, including go/no-go processes and post-launch stabilization.
• Coordinate with external financial institutions, payment networks, and other partners.
• Maintain integrated project plans, RAID logs, dependency tracking, decision logs, and executive reporting.
• Communicate status, risks, tradeoffs, and decisions to leadership clearly.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder management

Technical fluency

Jira

Confluence

APIs

Release management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Smartsheet

Asana

Job description

Samsung Electronics America is seeking an experienced Senior Technical Program Manager to lead end‑to‑end fintech product programs from scope through launch and stabilization. You will partner with Product, Engineering, QA, and external partners to translate roadmaps into executable plans, manage dependencies, and drive release readiness.

This role emphasizes risk management, testing strategy, and executive communication.