Technical Program Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Brazil.

📋 Description

• Lead the complete outcomes and delivery for significant initiatives within and across Technology Departments.

• Empower teams and partners to strategize, mitigate risks, and implement essential initiatives.

• Provide updates on progress, coordinate with technology teams, and maintain project financial stability.

• Drive ongoing planning and alignment with business objectives across various portfolios.

• Manage technical implementation programs and workstreams that enhance internal tools for WEX employees.

• Develop work breakdown structures, milestones, risk assessments, success metrics, and deliverables.

• Implement multi-quarter roadmaps in collaboration with engineering leadership.

• Track progress, identify execution risks, and facilitate necessary adjustments.

• Collaborate with Technology, Product, Solution Architecture, and other stakeholders to deliver updates and address issues.

• Recognize risks, formulate mitigation plans, monitor program risks, and escalate as needed.

• Identify, document, and manage dependencies across projects, technologies, and teams.

• Ensure the application of standard project management tools and uphold data integrity.

• Support Jira stewardship, transparent reporting, and accurate capitalization.

• Measure program performance against plans and objectives using data and metrics.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in technical/information science or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.

• Extensive experience in technical program management overseeing intricate, high-visibility projects with interrelated work.

• Proven track record in executing complex, cross-functional initiatives and enterprise-wide projects.

• Thorough understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), with hands-on experience in various phases.

• Capability to collaborate with product, engineering, security, database administration, and architecture teams.

• Detailed experience with internal organizational tools such as email, chat, work management, project management, product ideation, CI/CD, and workspace management.

• Strong knowledge of AWS, Azure, or GCP cloud infrastructure technologies and processes.

• Experience in leading highly technical transformation initiatives.

• Proven expertise in at least one Agile methodology, such as Scrum.

• Proactive leadership skills with the ability to inspire cross-functional teams.

• Exceptional verbal and written communication abilities.

• Capacity to foresee and mitigate risks and tackle complex problems.

• Analytical mindset with robust decision-making skills.

• Relevant certifications such as PMP or Agile Certified Practitioner are preferred.

• Previous experience in FinTech or highly regulated environments is preferred.

• Practical familiarity with Jira, Confluence, Google Drive, and similar tools is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive and competitive benefits package.

• Benefits designed to promote personal and professional well-being.

• Equal opportunity employer committed to fostering diversity and inclusion.

• Reasonable accommodations available throughout the application process.

• Drug-free workplace.