Senior Director Strategic Program Management

Early Warning Services

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
New York, NYChicago, ILSan Francisco, CAScottsdale, AZ
Salary
$188,000–$235,000 / yr
Posted
4 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Similar $217k
This role $212k
$165k most similar roles pay here $274k

This role pays less than 54% of similar roles. Most pay $177,250–$256,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $212k versus about $217k for comparable roles.

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About Early Warning Services

Early Warning Services is a fintech company that operates the Zelle person-to-person payments network, the Paze digital checkout wallet, and Certos fraud prevention and identity risk solutions for financial institutions.

Early Warning Services currently has 52 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $138,500–$175,500 across 50 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Director Strategic Program Management

Senior Director - Strategic Program Management The Senior Director - Strategic Program Management leads and ensures effective strategic program execution aligned with core deliverables. This role involves creating and implementing policies, procedures, and processes to ensure successful project outcomes while managing a high-performance team in a matrixed environment. The individual will drive technology-intensive products, monitor performance against targets, manage interrelated workstreams, and oversee the full product lifecycle from ideation to market realization. Key responsibilities include risk mitigation, resource modeling, and communicating progress to executive leadership. The role requires expertise in Agile and Waterfall methodologies, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) tools, and B2B SaaS software development. This position operates within a regulated financial industry context, focusing on the technical coordination of large-scale product launches and complex systems build and run phases to ensure operational readiness and security.

What you'll do

  • Manage the execution of technology-intensive products to ensure they stay on time and within budget.
  • Develop and implement policies, procedures, and tools to improve program effectiveness and business outcomes.
  • Lead, mentor, and manage a high-performing team of project managers in a matrixed environment.
  • Monitor project performance against targets and proactively identify and resolve emerging risks or blockers.
  • Coordinate multiple interrelated workstreams to ensure alignment with strategic business objectives.
  • Create detailed project plans, resource models, and status reports for all phases of the product lifecycle.
  • Communicate program progress, metrics, and results to executive leadership and cross-functional leads.
  • Manage external partner relationships to integrate dependencies and constraints into overall project planning.

What we're looking for

  • Must possess eligibility to work in the United States for any employer at the date of hire.
  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Program Management, Computer Science, or a related field.
  • Program/project management experience and proven people leadership in matrixed environments.
  • Experience in financial institutions, regulated industries, or software development processes including systems build and run phases.
  • Prior experience with product launches or large-scale technical product coordination.
  • Demonstrated experience with Agile and Waterfall methodologies and all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
  • Proven experience with modern B2B SaaS software development and product launch motions.
  • Ability to pass a background check and drug screen.

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