Technical Project Manager: Digital Payments

kunai; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Professional development opportunities

Flexible work arrangements

Job summary

Kunai builds full-stack technology solutions for banks, credit and payment networks, infrastructure providers, and their customers. Together, we are changing the world's relationship with financial services.

At Kunai, we help our clients modernize, capitalize on emerging trends, and evolve their business for the coming decades by remaining tech-agnostic and human-centered. You'll own a workstream inside a larger, mid-stream program, picking up a system that already has an MVP in flight and

Qualifications

• Must have 5+ years managing a workstream or project within a multi-team program.
• Experience in financial services, with exposure to payments, credit, debit, or ACH systems.
• Background in software engineering, with tactical or technical analysis.
• Comfort in MVP-live environments, with rollout and next-phase definition focus.
• Experience scaling a team and onboarding engineers.

Responsibilities

• Own the day-to-day management of a workstream within the broader program.
• Coordinate across teams to keep the MVP rollout on track toward production.
• Drive definition and scoping for V2 with stakeholders.
• Perform tactical analysis to understand technical details beyond schedule.
• Track progress, dependencies, and timelines for the workstream.
• Surface risks and blockers and collaborate with tech leads to resolve them.
• Keep stakeholders aligned on status, decisions, and tradeoffs during rollout and V2 planning.
• Report progress clearly to program leadership and client.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Technical communication

Team growth

MVP rollout experience

Software engineering background

AWS familiarity

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

AWS

Job description

Kunai builds full-stack technology solutions for banks, credit and payment networks, infrastructure providers, and their customers. Together, we are changing the world's relationship with financial services. At Kunai, we help our clients modernize, capitalize on emerging trends, and evolve their business for the coming decades by remaining tech-agnostic and human-centered.

You'll own a workstream inside a larger, mid-stream program, picking up a system that already has an MVP in flight and driving it through rollout and V2 definition.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Own the day-to-day management of a workstream within the broader program
• Coordinate across teams to keep the MVP rollout on track and moving toward production
• Drive definition and scoping for V2, working with stakeholders to nail down requirements
• Apply tactical analysis to understand the technical details of the work, not just the schedule
• Track progress, dependencies, and timelines for a workstream operating inside a larger program
• Surface risks and blockers early and work with technical leads to resolve them
• Keep stakeholders aligned on status, decisions, and tradeoffs throughout rollout and V2 planning
• Report progress clearly to program leadership and the client

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• 5+ years experience managing a workstream or project within a larger, multi-team program
• Background in financial services, with exposure to payments, credit, debit, or ACH systems
• Background in software engineering, tactical or technical analysis
• Comfort working in environments where an MVP is live and the focus is shifting to rollout and next-phase definition
• Experience scaling a team, including planning for and onboarding new engineers
• Familiarity with AWS
• Strong stakeholder management skills, including the ability to translate technical detail for non-technical audiences
• A clear communicator who can coordinate across technical and business teams without losing precision

Our success over the past 20 years is rooted in our exceptional team, which thrives in a culture of collaboration, creativity, and continuous learning.

We are proud to offer our employees a range of benefits, including competitive compensation, professional development opportunities, and flexible work arrangements, all designed to help them thrive. As we continue to expand, we remain committed to cultivating an environment where people feel valued, have a voice, and are given the tools to grow-both personally and professionally-while pushing the boundaries of innovation in the fintech industry.

Minimum Degree Required:

Bachelor's Degree, in lieu of a degree, demonstrating in addition to the minimum years of experience required for the role, three years of specialized training and/or progressively responsible work experience in technology for each missing year of college is required