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Affirm · 3 days ago

Senior Manager, Technical Programs

Raleigh, NC

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$178K/yr - $228K/yr

7+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Work closely with leads and partners in Product, Engineering, Design, Infrastructure, Operations, and Analytics to map out strategies and roadmaps, and ensure alignment with company-wide goals.

Develop OKRs, priorities, and operational models, and work alongside the team to reach them. Ensure high-quality program management and ongoing technical skill development for the team.

Establish and execute robust prioritization of programs across the Product and Engineering plans.

Drive employee engagement and a high-performance culture within the team, ensuring effective performance management, coaching, career development of the team, and creating an environment where people can excel through accountability, encouragement, and empowerment.

Take on complex, multi-year, multi-disciplinary, and highly visible technical projects in service of the team’s mission of supporting critical programs that drive company goals.

Partner with Product and Engineering to plan requirements, identify risks, manage project schedules, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company.

Understand technical implementation at the architecture level and propose technical alternatives, ask questions that clarify priorities and push the team to be effective, and develop domain and technical knowledge.

Proactively identify and drive resolution of dependencies, evaluate risks, and communicate status to upper management and program stakeholders.

Qualification

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Technical program managementProgram managementPassion for consumer financeLaunching software productsDriving technology applicationsGeographically distributed systemsProblem-solvingHard-workingOrganizedStrategic stakeholder managementClear communicationAttention to detailTime managementFinTech

Required

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent practical experience

3-5 years of experience managing technical program management teams

7+ years of experience program managing technical implementations

Passion and drive to change consumer finance for the better

Organized and strategic approach to collaborating across multi-disciplinary teams

Strong stakeholder management with Engineering, Product, Design, Analytics, and other cross-functional teams

Track record of successfully launching software products by driving complex large technology applications and geographically distributed backend systems

Clear and compelling written and verbal communication

Obsesses over getting the details right but knows how to ship on time

Preferred

Prior experience in FinTech, Payments or Commerce is a plus

Benefits

Health care coverage - Affirm covers all premiums for all levels of coverage for you and your dependents

Flexible Spending Wallets - generous stipends for spending on Technology, Food, various Lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses

Time off - competitive vacation and holiday schedules allowing you to take time off to rest and recharge

ESPP - An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount

Company

Affirm

Glassdoor

3.8

Affirm is a financial technology services company that offers installment loans to consumers at the point of sale.

Founded in 2012

San Francisco, California, USA

1,001-5,000 employees

https://www.affirm.com

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