Technical Program Manager
Ascendion
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Job summary
Ascendion is seeking a Technical Program Manager / Technical Program Lead to drive the StoneCastle Integration Program from Berkeley Heights, NJ on site. You will lead end-to-end delivery across multiple workstreams, establish governance, and coordinate with Product, Engineering, Operations, and vendor teams to ensure successful integration and post-launch support.
The role requires 8+ years in large-scale tech programmes, 5+ years in financial services/fintech, and experience with core banking
Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience delivering large-scale technology programmes.
- 5+ years of experience managing complex financial services, banking, fintech, or payments initiatives.
- Experience leading enterprise platform modernization or acquisition integration programmes.
- Experience with cash management, digital assets, and stablecoin initiatives.
- Demonstrated success managing cross-functional delivery teams.
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end delivery of StoneCastle integration initiatives across multiple business and technology workstreams.
- Establish programme governance, delivery plans, RAID logs, dependency management, and executive reporting.
- Coordinate delivery activities across Product, Engineering, Operations, Architecture, Security, Compliance, and vendor teams.
- Drive programme execution from initiation through production deployment and post-launch support.
- Partner with engineering teams to design and deliver integrations involving core banking platforms, customer portals and APIs, trust systems, deposit network services, merchant and payment platforms, and external banking partners and service providers.
- Manage API, data, cloud, and operational integration workstreams.
- Facilitate technical design reviews and architecture discussions.
- Identify and remove delivery blockers across teams.
- Act as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams.
- Communicate programmer status, risks, decisions, and milestones to leadership.
- Drive consensus across competing priorities and stakeholders.
- Support integration activities involving acquired businesses and strategic partnerships.
- Ensure delivery aligns with security, regulatory, and operational requirements.
- Partner with Risk, Compliance, and Information Security teams throughout programmer execution.
- Drive solutions tracking, operational readiness, support models, business controls, and production governance.
- Develop and maintain integrated project plans, resource schedules, allocation tracking, resource forecasting, and executive dashboards.
- Manage dependencies across multiple programmes and vendor organizations.
- Drive issue resolution and escalation management.
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Job description
Ascendion is an AI-native software engineering disruptor helping businesses innovate faster, smarter, and with greater impact. We partner with enterprise clients across North America, the UK, Europe, and APAC to solve complex challenges in data, experience design, software product engineering, and workforce transformation. Powered by expert engineers, thousands of AI agents, and our Engineering to the Power of AI (EngineeringAI) method, we deliver measurable outcomes that build trust, unlock value, and accelerate growth.
Learn more at https://ascendion.com/.
Engineering to the Power of AI™, AAVA™, Engineering AI , Engineering to Elevate Life™, Enterprise Platforms AI , Data & Insights AI , Experience AI , GCC AI , Operations AI , Platform Engineering AI , Product AI , and Quality Engineering AI are trademarks or service marks of Ascendion ® . AAVA™ is pending registration. Unauthorized use is strictly prohibited.
Ascendion | Engineering to elevate life
Ascendion is an AI-native software engineering disruptor helping businesses innovate faster, smarter, and with greater impact. We partner with enterprise clients across North America, the UK, Europe, and APAC to solve complex challenges in data, experience design, software product engineering, and workforce transformation. Powered by expert engineers, thousands of AI agents, and our Engineering to the Power of AI (EngineeringAI) method, we deliver measurable outcomes that build trust, unlock value, and accelerate growth.
Learn more at https://ascendion.com/.
Engineering to the Power of AI™, AAVA™, Engineering AI , Engineering to Elevate Life™, Enterprise Platforms AI , Data & Insights AI , Experience AI , GCC AI , Operations AI , Platform Engineering AI , Product AI , and Quality Engineering AI are trademarks or service marks of Ascendion ® . AAVA™ is pending registration. Unauthorized use is strictly prohibited.
We have a culture built on opportunity, inclusion, and a spirit of partnership. Come, change the world with us:
- Build the coolest tech for the world's leading brands
- Solve complex problems - and learn new skills
- Experience the power of transforming digital engineering for Fortune 500 clients
- Master your craft with leading training programs and hands-on experience
Experience a community of change makers!
Join a culture of high-performing innovators with endless ideas and a passion for tech. Our culture is the fabric of our company, and it is what makes us unique and diverse. The way we share ideas, learning, experiences, successes, and joy allows everyone to be their best at Ascendion.
- Job Title:Technical Program Manager / Technical Program Lead
- StoneCastle Integration Program
- Location:Berkeley Heights, NJ (Onsite - 5 days) - no exceptions
- Program Leadership
- Lead end-to-end delivery of StoneCastle integration initiatives across multiple business and technology workstreams.
- Establish programme governance, delivery plans, RAID logs, dependency management, and executive reporting.
- Coordinate delivery activities across Product, Engineering, Operations, Architecture, Security, Compliance, and vendor teams.
- Drive programme execution from initiation through production deployment and post-launch support.
- Technical Delivery Management
- Partner with engineering teams to design and deliver integrations involving core banking platforms, customer portals and APIs, trust systems, deposit network services, merchant and payment platforms, and external banking partners and service providers.
- Manage API, data, cloud, and operational integration workstreams.
- Facilitate technical design reviews and architecture discussions.
- Identify and remove delivery blockers across teams.
- Stakeholder Management
- Act as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams.
- Communicate programmer status, risks, decisions, and milestones to leadership.
- Drive consensus across competing priorities and stakeholders.
- Support integration activities involving acquired businesses and strategic partnerships.
- Risk & Compliance Management
- Ensure delivery aligns with security, regulatory, and operational requirements.
- Partner with Risk, Compliance, and Information Security teams throughout programmer execution.
- Drive solutions tracking, operational readiness, support models, business controls, and production governance.
- Planning & Execution
- Develop and maintain integrated project plans, resource schedules, allocation tracking, resource forecasting, and executive dashboards.
- Manage dependencies across multiple programmes and vendor organizations.
- Drive issue resolution and escalation management.
- 8+ years of experience delivering large-scale technology programmes.
- 5+ years of experience managing complex financial services, banking, fintech, or payments initiatives.
- Experience leading enterprise platform modernization or acquisition integration programmes.
- Experience with cash management, digital assets, and stablecoin initiatives.
- Demonstrated success managing cross-functional delivery teams.
- API-based integrations
- Cloud-native architecture (AWS preferred)
- Microservices and distributed systems
- Core banking or financial platforms
- Payment processing and money movement
- Data integration and reconciliation processes
- Security and regulatory requirements in financial services
- PMP, PgMP, Agile, Scrum, or SAFe certifications.
- Prior experience with:
- Banking products
- Deposits and treasury management
- Payment networks
- Digital assets
- Financial education businesses
- M&A integration programme experience.
- Experience working with sponsor banking cores
Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922
The annual [salary/hourly rate]for this position is between $52 to $75/per hour. Factors which may affect pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.
The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: [medical insurance] [dental insurance] [vision insurance] [401(k) retirement plan] [long-term disability insurance] [short-term disability insurance] [5 personal days accrued each calendar year. The Paid time off benefits meet the paid sick and safe time laws that pertains to the City/ State] [10-15 days of paid vacation time] [6 paid holidays and 1 floating holiday per calendar year] [Ascendion Learning Management System]
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