Senior Program Manager, Data Insights

Laddu Systems; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Laddu Systems seeks a Senior Program Manager to lead a high-visibility Data Insights Program for a major payments client. This remote role requires 10+ years of PM experience and a strong data background to drive roadmaps, governance, and cross-functional delivery across data engineering and analytics teams.

You will manage multi-disciplinary teams, align stakeholders, and report progress to executives while ensuring regulatory compliance and financial oversight.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of program management experience leading complex, cross-functional programs.
• Strong background in data products, analytics/platforms, data architecture, and data engineering.
• Active PMP certification and a Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• Proven ability to establish roadmaps, governance, and control structures in evolving scopes.
• Experience managing large enterprise portfolios, budgets, risks, and vendor management.
• Proficient in Waterfall, Agile, and SAFe with PI planning and release planning.
• Excellent written and spoken English; availability to work hours overlapping US Eastern Time.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex cross-functional data programs from scoping through implementation and go-live.
• Define roadmaps, governance structures, priorities, and delivery plans; align stakeholders.
• Coordinate data product, analytics, and data engineering teams; translate business requirements into deliverables.
• Manage large enterprise portfolios worth $10M+ including budgets, risks, and change management.
• Own program vision, strategy, and roadmaps; drive delivery using multiple methodologies.
• Establish PMO governance, RAID, dependency tracking, and executive reporting patterns.
• Prepare weekly/monthly senior-management status reports and dashboards using Excel and PowerPoint.

Skills

Program management

Data products

Analytics platforms

Data architecture

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder management

PMO discipline

Waterfall/Agile/SAFe

Education

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

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Clarity PPM

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Senior Program Manager to lead a high-visibility Data Insights Program for a large payments client. The ideal candidate will have 10+ years of program management experience, a strong background in data products, analytics platforms, data architecture, and data engineering, and the ability to establish program roadmaps and governance structures in a fast-moving environment.

This is a data-focused program leadership role requiring strong stakeholder management, enterprise delivery, regulatory compliance, and financial management capabilities.

Experience: 10+ years

Work Mode: Remote

Working Hours: Must overlap with US Eastern Time

Certification: Active PMP certification is mandatory

Key Responsibilities

1. Data Program Leadership

• Lead complex, cross-functional data programs from initial scoping through implementation and go-live.
• Define program roadmaps, governance structures, priorities, and delivery plans.
• Coordinate data product, analytics and insights platform, data architecture, and engineering teams.
• Translate business requirements into actionable data and insights deliverables.
• Align business and technology stakeholders on program objectives and expected outcomes.

2. Program Management and Delivery

• Manage large-scale enterprise portfolios worth $10M+ across scope, schedule, budget, forecasting, risks, and change management.
• Own program vision, strategy, and roadmaps.
• Translate business, regulatory, and compliance requirements into API-first, cloud-native, and data-driven solutions.
• Drive delivery using Waterfall, Agile, and SAFe methodologies.
• Coordinate engineering, data, AI/ML, UX, and DevOps teams.
• Define and monitor OKRs and KPIs and validate business value after go-live.
• Manage vendors, contracts, Statements of Work (SOWs), and onshore/offshore delivery teams.

3. Program Governance and PMO

• Maintain project plans, RAID logs, action trackers, and dependency trackers across multiple workstreams.
• Conduct governance meetings, steering committee reviews, and leadership discussions.
• Establish program reporting standards and governance best practices.
• Manage change-control processes, Change Advisory Board activities, and intake workflows.
• Monitor risks and issues, conduct risk-register reviews, and elevate critical concerns with mitigation options.

4. Executive Reporting and Stakeholder Management

• Prepare weekly, monthly, and senior-management status reports, executive presentations, and program dashboards.
• Use Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint for reporting and performance tracking.
• Work closely with senior business leaders, technology leadership, C-suite stakeholders, risk, legal, and compliance teams.
• Maintain accountability for program delivery and business outcomes.

5. Risk, Compliance, and Data Governance

• Deliver audit-ready solutions in regulated environments.
• Support compliance with applicable regulatory and control frameworks, including OCC, Federal Reserve supervisory expectations, SOX, SOC 1/SOC 2, and PCI-DSS.
• Lead data governance initiatives, including data-domain identification, lineage tracking, data-quality controls, and data-gap remediation.
• Monitor controls, conduct risk reviews and quarterly attestations, and manage remediation of control deficiencies.
• Apply knowledge of relevant financial regulations, including Dodd-Frank, ECOA, BSA/AML, KYC, GDPR, and CCPA.

6. Resource and Financial Management

• Manage resource planning, capacity, budget tracking, and program financials.
• Monitor expenditure and program health against agreed targets and milestones.
• Maintain portfolio data and program information using PPM tools such as Clarity PPM.

Mandatory Requirements

• 10+ years of program management experience leading complex, cross-functional programs from initiation through delivery.
• Strong hands-on experience in data products, analytics and insights platforms, data architecture, and data engineering.
• Proven ability to establish roadmaps, governance, and structure when program scope is still evolving.
• Experience managing large enterprise portfolios, budgets, risks, schedules, and multiple vendors.
• Hands-on knowledge of Waterfall, Agile, and SAFe delivery methodologies, including PI planning and release planning.
• Strong PMO discipline, including project plans, RAID logs, dependency tracking, governance forums, and executive reporting.
• Active PMP certification.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Working knowledge of financial regulations, data privacy, and compliance controls.
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Availability to work hours that overlap with US Eastern Time.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in payments, merchant services, banking, or financial services.
• Direct experience leading data governance or data-controls programs under regulatory oversight.
• Experience with cloud migrations involving Azure, Google Cloud, or AWS.
• Exposure to Identity and Access Management (IAM) programs.
• Experience with AI/ML, analytics, and generative AI use cases in financial services.
• Experience managing merger or integration programs, hyper-care, and major-incident frameworks.
• Additional certifications such as PSM I, CSM, PSPO I, SAFe PO/PM, SAFe Scrum Master, ITIL Foundation, Azure AZ-900/DP-900, or Google Cloud Foundations.

Tools and Technologies

JIRA, Confluence, Clarity PPM, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Agile, Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, Waterfall, data governance, analytics platforms, cloud technologies, and data engineering.