Senior Director, PDLC Governance

Early Warning Services

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
New York, NYChicago, ILSan Francisco, CAScottsdale, AZ
Salary
$226,000–$282,000 / yr
Posted
15 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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This role $254k
$172k most similar roles pay here $300k

This role pays more than 59% of similar roles. Most pay $200,375–$280,125 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $254k versus about $240k 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 64 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $143,500–$183,000 across 60 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Director, PDLC Governance

Sr. Director, PDLC Governance serves as the enterprise product owner for the Product Development Life Cycle framework, driving strategic direction and maturity across product, technology, and business teams. The role is responsible for establishing governance standards, managing risk and control requirements, and ensuring that all initiatives are audit-ready and aligned with regulatory expectations. Day-to-day responsibilities include defining the PDLC roadmap, overseeing stage gates, monitoring performance metrics like OKRs and KPIs, and leading cross-functional change management to improve execution. The ideal candidate will utilize expertise in SDLC frameworks, Agile or Waterfall methodologies, and tools such as Jira, Confluence, and MS 365. This role addresses the critical challenge of balancing product agility with rigorous control requirements within a highly regulated financial services environment to ensure consistent, scalable delivery across multiple lines of business.

What you'll do

  • Serve as the enterprise product owner for the Product Development Life Cycle (PDLC) framework.
  • Establish and maintain PDLC standards, procedures, controls, operating models, and governance forums.
  • Monitor OKRs, KPIs, and lifecycle health measures to identify and resolve execution or control gaps.
  • Act as a senior escalation point for lifecycle interpretation, stage-gate decisions, and policy exceptions.
  • Lead cross-functional change management to improve enterprise-wide adoption of PDLC requirements.
  • Define the PDLC product vision, roadmap, and prioritized backlog based on business and regulatory needs.
  • Govern stage gates, evidence requirements, and exit criteria while ensuring first-line accountability.
  • Partner with Risk, Compliance, and Audit teams to ensure all systems are audit-ready and compliant.

What we're looking for

  • Candidates must independently possess eligibility to work in the United States at the date of hire.
  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Project Management, Computer Science, or a related field.
  • 15 years of experience in project/program management, product governance, enterprise transformation, or related leadership.
  • Proven leadership experience managing teams and leading complex, cross-functional initiatives through scalable operating practices.
  • Demonstrated P&L experience at both the department and project levels.
  • Comprehensive knowledge of PDLC and SDLC frameworks, lifecycle governance, and enterprise operating models.
  • Strong knowledge of risk and control practices, including audit readiness and evidence requirements.
  • Proficiency in MS 365 (PPT, Word, Excel, Project) and experience with Jira/Confluence or automation tools (preferred).

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