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The role:
SoFi seeks a Senior Staff Technical Program Manager to lead our Bank and Money product development teams. You will manage and deliver complex technical projects that drive our product offerings. This role is ideal for a seasoned technical leader with experience managing large-scale programs, a passion for fintech innovation, and the ability to work across multiple cross-functional teams, including engineering, product, compliance, and security.
What you’ll do:
- Program Leadership:
- Drive the planning, execution, and delivery of complex fintech projects across multiple teams and stakeholders.
- Define program scope, objectives, milestones, and success metrics, ensuring alignment with overall business goals.
- Oversee large-scale initiatives.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration:
- Work closely with product, engineering, and compliance teams to ensure timely, high-quality products and services delivery.
- Partner with senior leadership to communicate progress, risks, and opportunities related to program initiatives.
- Manage dependencies across teams and proactively identify risks and mitigation strategies.
- Technical Expertise:
- Bring deep knowledge of financial technologies, risk management, and digital banking to ensure technical feasibility and scalability of solutions.
- Guide teams through technical challenges, helping them make informed decisions about architecture, tools, and methodologies.
- Ensure that all programs adhere to best practices in software development, security, compliance, and data privacy.
- Stakeholder Management:
- Serve as the primary point of contact for all program-related activities, interfacing with external partners, regulators, and internal executives.
- Manage communication to ensure all stakeholders are aligned and have visibility into program objectives, progress, and outcomes.
- Operational Excellence:
- Continuously improve program management processes to increase efficiency, predictability, and speed of execution.
- Implement metrics and KPIs to monitor program health, team performance, and overall impact.
- Conduct post-mortems and retrospectives to identify learnings and integrate improvements into future programs.
What you’ll need:
- BS Degree in computer science
- 8+ years of technical program management experience
- Proven track record of leading complex, multi-year fintech projects from inception to delivery.
- Strong technical background, with experience in financial technologies, APIs, cloud infrastructure, and regulatory environments.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence without authority.
- Experience working in a high-growth, fast-paced startup or corporate fintech environment