PayPal · 1 week ago
Sr Manager, Technical Programs
San Jose, California, United States of America
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$176K/yr - $262K/yr
8+ years expPayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for over 25 years, empowering consumers and businesses in approximately 200 markets. The Sr Manager, Technical Programs is responsible for overseeing the development, implementation, and evaluation of complex engineering operational programs, ensuring program success through effective management of engineering, technical, and procurement activities.
E-Commerce PlatformsFinTechMobile PaymentsTransaction Processing
Responsibilities
Scope: The project & program responsibilities are focused on the delivery of a product or computer-based system from design to release for customers
Plan and manage a portfolio of engineering operational programs
Provide technical guidance and support to program teams
Establish and maintain program management processes and standards
Monitor program progress and performance against objectives
Communicate program status and issues to senior leadership
Manage program budgets and resources
Foster a culture of continuous improvement and innovation
Collaborating cross functionally in defining the Checkout merchant and consumer experiences across the consumer journey, and define best in class experiences for PayPal consumers globally
Evangelize, Communicate and Influence, by driving alignment on vision, roadmap, investment needs, risks and opportunities with large cross functional teams, leaders, including C-level executives
Execute with excellence in a cross-functional setting, building strong relationships with key stakeholders (data engineers, software engineers, product analytics, merchant tech and other business teams)
Monitor health of program. Track program-level status, risks, issues and dependencies. Proactively address delivery team impediments. Resolve program-level roadblocks to enable successful program execution
Manage program-level communications ensuring stakeholders are informed of roadmap changes, release plans and delivery status. Lead program-level reviews with delivery teams, stakeholders and executive management as required
Drive the integration and adoption of agile delivery practices across delivery teams. Facilitate program retrospectives to identify improvement opportunities. Evangelize and integrate desired changes in order to enable continuous improvement
Deliver results. Own business outcomes and be responsible for hitting experience and revenue targets
Qualification
Required
8+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience
Experience with program management methodologies and tools within an engineering environment
Preferred
Self-starting leader and very familiar / knowledgeable about best practices surrounding product development lifecycle, product release practices, and go-to-market, ideally in payments / fintech
Adept at instituting new processes and building ways of working that bring teams together to work more efficiently
Ability to connect with teams across the organization at all levels
Ability to differentiate between loose ends that will work themselves out from critical path issues that need to be escalated and addressed with an executive audience
Detail-oriented, great at execution, and a strong project manager
Positive and effective communicator at all levels
Experience aligning and mobilizing all levels of the organization with your product vision, data centric thinking and customer/developer passion
Comfortable in navigating with ambiguity and establishing an iterative roadmap and experimentation culture
Defining the product and customer experience with high quality business requirements and user stories while managing scope of each product release and refining the technology architecture and scalability for the use case
Helping the teams move forward swiftly with rigor, speed and transparency in decision-making
Removing roadblocks, setting a consolidated vision, and collaborating with excellence across all functions
Benefits
Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
Parental and family leave
401(k) savings plan
Paid time off
Flexible work environment
Employee shares options
Health and life insurance
Company
PayPal
PayPal is a financial service company that provides online payment solutions to its users worldwide.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$12.17BKey Investors
Kohlberg Kravis RobertsBlueRun Ventures
2025-11-17Post Ipo Debt· $6.95B
2023-06-07Post Ipo Debt· $5B
2015-07-20IPO
Leadership Team
Simon Bladon
PayPal UK CEO
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President & CEO
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