Staff Technical Program Manager - Remote

PayNearMe Inc.; Santa Clara (CA); Remote; USD 190,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to lead complex initiatives across various teams. This role requires a strategic thinker who thrives in ambiguity and can inspire alignment among stakeholders. You'll manage cross-functional programs, apply agile methodologies, and navigate technical challenges while ensuring timely delivery. Join a dynamic team that values transparency, flexibility, and respect, and contribute to transforming the payment landscape. This is an exciting opportunity to drive impactful change in a high-growth environment.

Benefits

Stock options

Communication expense stipend

WFH setup stipend

Premium medical benefits

Paid parental leave

Flexible Time Off

401k plan

In-person team meet-ups

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience managing complex technical programs.
• Proven track record of delivering cross-functional programs on time.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex, cross-functional programs from inception to launch.
• Drive change management efforts and ensure teams are aligned.

Skills

Change Management

Agile Methodologies

Stakeholder Management

Technical Fluency

Program Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Tools

Jira

Agile Tools

Job description

Staff Technical Program Manager - Remote

• Full-time

PayNearMe develops technology to facilitate the end-to-end customer payment experience, making it easy for businesses to accept, disburse and manage payments. Our modern and reliable platform lowers the total cost of payments by increasing acceptance rates, driving self-service and simplifying exceptions. We future-proof our clients’ payments roadmap by including all payment types and channels through a single contract and integration.

With PayNearMe, businesses can transform the outdated systems holding them back from achieving progress.

PayNearMe has over 200 employees, raised a $45M Series D round in June 2023, and processes billions in payments annually. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, our team is distributed across the U.S. Join us in solving our clients’ biggest payment challenges.

We are looking for a senior-level Technical Program Manager (IC) to drive execution of our most complex and cross-functional initiatives. This role requires a strategic thinker with a builder’s mindset—someone who thrives in ambiguity, brings structure to chaos, and inspires alignment without formal authority. You’ll work across engineering, product, compliance, operations, and customer-facing teams to ensure delivery of high-impact programs that advance our platform and business goals.

This is an individual contributor role for someone who can operate at a senior level—balancing strategic vision, cross-functional coordination, technical fluency, and day-to-day delivery excellence.

This role will report to the Senior Director of Technical Program Management.

What you’ll own and be responsible for:

• Lead complex, cross-functional programs from inception to launch across engineering, product, compliance, and business teams.
• Drive change management efforts and enablement efforts to ensure teams are not just informed, but fully aligned and empowered – driving adoption of new processes, tools, and programs through clear communication, stakeholder engagement, and strategic influence.
• Act as a force multiplier—identifying friction points, aligning stakeholders, and establishing repeatable frameworks to improve execution and delivery velocity.
• Apply agile and scrum methodologies effectively—tailoring practices to fit the program context and driving team accountability.
• System-level thinking – understand the architectural impact of cross-team work and can navigate technical tradeoffs with engineering and product partners.
• Develop and manage comprehensive program plans, roadmaps, and status updates to keep stakeholders aligned and informed.
• Partner with engineering leadership and product teams to translate business needs into executable plans that balance scope, speed, and quality.
• Anticipate risks, manage dependencies, and escalate critical issues with a solutions-oriented mindset.
• Influence decision-making and drive alignment across senior stakeholders—without relying on formal authority.
• Contribute to the evolution of TPM best practices across the organization.
• 10+ years of experience managing complex technical programs, ideally in a high-growth or regulated environment.
• Proven track record of delivering cross-functional programs with many moving parts—on time and with measurable impact.
• Hands-on experience administering or configuring Jira and other Agile tooling for scaling teams.
• Strong change management experience—able to guide teams through ambiguity and align around shifting priorities.
• Comfortable translating between technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Fluency in technical conversations - able to engage in technical discussions, challenge assumptions, and help scope solutions in partnership with engineering and product.
• Deep understanding of agile, scrum, and lean methodologies; comfortable coaching teams and adapting practices as needed.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills—especially with senior engineering, product, and business leaders.
• Comfortable operating independently, managing ambiguity, and taking ownership at both strategic and tactical levels.
• Experience in payments, fintech, or regulated industries is a plus.
• Base salary per year (paid semi-monthly)
• Fast- paced and professional work culture
• Stock options with standard startup vesting - 1 year cliff; 4 years total
• $50 monthly communication expense stipend to go towards your phone/internet bill
• $250 stipend to enhance your WFH setup
• Reimbursement for peripheral equipment: monitor (up to $400), keyboard and mouse (up to $200)
• Premium medical benefits including vision and dental (100% coverage for employees)
• Company-sponsored life and disability insurance
• Paid parental bonding leave
• Paid sick leave, jury duty, bereavement
• 401k plan
• Flexible Time Off (our team members typically take off ~3-4 weeks per year)
• 2x / year in-person team meet-ups

Salary Range:$190,000 - 220,000

PayNearMe strives to create a workplace where all employees thrive. Ourcore values represent who we are today and we take pride in the way we work with each other as well as with our stakeholders.

We’re in thistogethertodo the right thing. We deliverreal resultswe are proud of while remainingrespectful,transparent, andflexible.

PayNearMe is an equal opportunity employer. We are diligently and thoughtfully working towards cultivating a diverse workforce which in turn, enhances our products and services for the communities we serve. Applicants who represent all backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.

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