Wholesale Early Careers Program Manager – Payments Program

Jobtailor; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in the United States seeks a leader to own the Payments early career program, aligning with Treasury Sales, product, digital solutions, and strategy teams. You will design a cohesive curriculum, connect content to client needs, and build a strong talent pipeline for sales, product, and client-facing roles.

The role requires collaboration with senior leaders, a data-driven approach, and a focus on governance, dashboards, and program outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Five+ years of management experience with a financial services firm.
• 2–3 years of campus recruiting and talent development experience.
• Ability to develop strong relationships with teammates at all levels.
• Ability to work under pressure and interact with senior leaders.
• Excellent communication skills and strong team orientation.
• English language fluency required.
• Preferred: Direct experience supporting Payments, Treasury Management, product, sales, digital solutions, strategy, or client coverage businesses.
• Preferred: Knowledge of Payments products, economics, platforms, client needs, risk considerations, or sales processes.
• Preferred: Experience managing an internship, analyst, rotational, product, sales, or talent pipeline program.

Responsibilities

• Own the Payments early career program as a single-cohort experience aligned to Treasury Sales, product, Innovation and Digital Solutions, Strategy and Execution, and client coverage teams.
• Build a cohesive curriculum covering Payments foundations, products and economics, credit, risk, platform capabilities, sales, pitching, and an applied capstone.
• Partner with product, sales, strategy, risk, and business leaders to keep content current and connected to client needs and commercial priorities.
• Create business exposure connecting products, platforms, client challenges, sales execution, and risk management.
• Develop a talent pipeline for sales, product, platform, strategy, and client-facing Payments roles.
• Develop understanding of aligned Wholesale businesses, including strategy, clients, products, revenue drivers, market context, risk environment, operating model, workforce needs, and technical capability requirements.
• Own program strategy, design, delivery, outcomes, annual planning, participant experience, development approach, and success measures.
• Serve as primary contact and trusted advisor to senior leaders, managers, Recruiting, and program stakeholders.
• Lead program reviews and decision discussions with recommendations, tradeoffs, risks, ownership, and required actions.
• Influence across levels and functions, reconcile competing priorities, and drive decisions and execution.
• Own end-to-end execution across recruiting alignment, onboarding, training, rotations, performance milestones, conversion, placement, promotion readiness, and ongoing development.
• Define technical knowledge, business judgment, client capabilities, and performance expectations for each role.
• Establish measures and analyze data covering execution, outcomes, readiness, conversion, retention, stakeholder experience, and business impact.
• Develop executive-ready dashboards and business reviews.
• Identify barriers, resolve issues, strengthen processes, and continuously improve the program while maintaining governance and controls.

Skills

Program management

Relationship building

Communication

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Data analysis

English fluency

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Executive dashboards

Job description

• Own the Payments early career program as a single-cohort experience aligned to Treasury Sales, product, Innovation and Digital Solutions, Strategy and Execution, and client coverage teams
• Build a cohesive curriculum covering Payments foundations, products and economics, credit, risk, platform capabilities, sales, pitching, and an applied capstone
• Partner with product, sales, strategy, risk, and business leaders to keep content current and connected to client needs and commercial priorities
• Create business exposure connecting products, platforms, client challenges, sales execution, and risk management
• Develop a talent pipeline for sales, product, platform, strategy, and client-facing Payments roles
• Develop understanding of aligned Wholesale businesses, including strategy, clients, products, revenue drivers, market context, risk environment, operating model, workforce needs, and technical capability requirements
• Own program strategy, design, delivery, outcomes, annual planning, participant experience, development approach, and success measures
• Serve as primary contact and trusted advisor to senior leaders, managers, Recruiting, and program stakeholders
• Lead program reviews and decision discussions with recommendations, tradeoffs, risks, ownership, and required actions
• Influence across levels and functions, reconcile competing priorities, and drive decisions and execution
• Own end-to-end execution across recruiting alignment, onboarding, training, rotations, performance milestones, conversion, placement, promotion readiness, and ongoing development
• Define technical knowledge, business judgment, client capabilities, and performance expectations for each role
• Establish measures and analyze data covering execution, outcomes, readiness, conversion, retention, stakeholder experience, and business impact
• Develop executive-ready dashboards and business reviews
• Identify barriers, resolve issues, strengthen processes, and continuously improve the program while maintaining governance and controls

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• Five or more years of management experience with a financial services firm
• At least two to three years of campus recruiting and talent development experience
• Ability to develop strong relationships with teammates at all levels
• Ability to work under pressure and interact with senior leaders
• Excellent communication skills and strong team orientation
• English language fluency required
• Preferred: Direct experience supporting Payments, Treasury Management, product, sales, digital solutions, strategy, or client coverage businesses
• Preferred: Knowledge of Payments products, economics, platforms, client needs, risk considerations, or sales processes
• Preferred: Experience managing an internship, analyst, rotational, product, sales, or talent pipeline program
• Preferred: Experience developing business-relevant curricula, capstones, dashboards, and executive decision materials

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in managing Payments programs, including curriculum development, talent pipeline creation, and stakeholder engagement. Proficient in analyzing data to measure program success and improve processes while maintaining governance and controls.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Payments Program Management
• Curriculum Development
• Talent Development
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Data Analysis

Hard Skills

• Payments Products
• Treasury Management
• Sales Processes
• Risk Management
• Business Curriculum Development

Soft Skills

• Excellent Communication
• Team Orientation
• Relationship Building
• Pressure Management

Industry Keywords

• Financial Services
• Campus Recruiting
• Talent Pipeline
• Client Coverage
• Digital Solutions

Tools & Technologies

• Executive Dashboards