Sr. Program Manager
Role description
The Sr. Program Manager will be developing and delivering new payment types or processes in line with industry developments, competitor developments. The ideal person has experience overseeing domestic US instant payment capabilities that include The Clearing House Real Time Payments system (RTP) and the Federal Reserve's FedNow system in addition to covering cross-border instant payments solutions, such as IXB, as/when these gather industry momentum. The Sr. PM will also be responsible for providing direction and guidance for activities associated with planning and management to ensure projects are completed on time, within budget and to client specifications. The Sr. Program Manager will drive execution of key deliverables calendar from information gathering, multiple management reviews, approvals and ongoing improvements within digital transformation initiatives.
Job Duties:
- Execute payment strategies in conjunction with the Head of Transaction Banking Product Management, payments partners in the CBB/Digital, Commercial and CIB Lines of Business, as well as functional partners including IT, Operations, Marketing, Risk, Compliance and strategic third party providers (such as PagoNxt).
- Develop product specifications and business requirements for new products to deliver the strategic product roadmap, with initial focus on real-time payments (RTP).
- Manage the implementation and launch of RTP and FedNow to support US market clients.
- Understand and actively manage the risks associated with instant payments products.
- Actively manage the P&L of instant payments products, ensuring full visibility to costs and ROI.
- Understand deeply how end users/customers use individual products, and how products deliver value for them in addition to the capabilities of our bank and non-bank competitors, and deliver product strategies that position us favorably in the market.
- Work with Marketing partners to build effective market launch / go-to-market programs.
- Build strong relationships with client-facing teams to ensure they fully understand the value of our payments products and how to position them with client.
- Leverage data analysis and market intelligence to bring new ideas forward and align closely with Client Service & Onboarding to build and maintain a strong client experience.
- Explore other emerging payments opportunities, including services leveraging blockchain and/or digital assets and near-term, innovative approaches as interim solutions.
Education & Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree is required
- 6+ years' formal program management experience within payments technology (e.g. online channels, Transaction Banking/Payments, mobile payments, etc.)
- Experience working on teams in a hybrid Agile/Waterfall delivery approach
- Solid understanding of Project Management Office governance procedures within IT and technical project environments (systems integrations, digitalization, automation and/or cloud computing)
- Must understand Real-time Payments (RTP) and FedNow requirements, operating rules, and format specifications
Plus:
- Bilingual in English and Spanish is a plus
- Previous experience with blockchain technologies is a plus
- PMP, Scrum Master (CSM) and/or SAFe certifications are highly desirable