Affirm
FinTech
StaffTechnicalProgramManager
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“Staff Technical Program Manager at Affirm. Skills: Technical Program Management, Cross-functional Collaboration, Risk Management, Schedule Management, Stakeholder Communication. Drive complex, multi-disciplinary, and highly visible technical programs in service of our team’s mission of expanding our consumer product suite and platform capabilities. Coordinate across engineering teams and non-engineering stakeholders through the full program lifecycle to plan requirements, identify risks, manage ”
What You'll Achieve.
streamline our processes for building great customer and merchant products; develop processes and frameworks for building quality software; achieve goals
Industry & Context.
propose technical alternatives; asking questions that clarify priorities; resolving dependencies; evaluate risks
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent practical experience, 8 years of proven experience managing technical programs, Organized and strategic approach to collaborating across multi-disciplinary teams, Obsesses over getting the details right but knows how to ship on time, Working and driving strategic programs and building a remote friendly culture, Track record of successfully driving complex large technology applications and geographically distributed backend systems, Track record of stakeholder management with Engineering, Product, Design, Analytics, and other cross-functional teams
Nice to Have
Prior experience in FinTech, Payments or Commerce is a plus
What You'll Do.
and highly visible technical programs in service of our team’s mission of expanding our consumer product suite and platform capabilities
Coordinate across engineering teams and non-engineering stakeholders through the full program lifecycle to plan requirements
manage program 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
Partner with Product and Engineering to plan requirements
manage program schedules
and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company
and communicate status to upper management and program stakeholders
and engage the program teams to achieve goals
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Coordinate across engineering teams and non-engineering stakeholders; Communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company; Partner with Product and Engineering; Track record of stakeholder management with Engineering, Product, Design, Analytics, and other cross-functional teams
Communication Scope
communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company; communicate status to upper management and program stakeholders
Process & Methodology
managing technical programs, managing program schedules, tracking progress, resolving dependencies, evaluating risks
Full Job Description
Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, giving consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without any hidden fees or compounding interest. We're looking for an experienced, motivated Staff Technical Program Manager to oversee high visibility programs for our team and streamline our processes for building great customer and merchant products. As our products scale in complexity to meet our accelerating business and expanding product lines, our program management practices need to scale with it. You will help our Product and Engineering teams develop processes and frameworks for building quality software, while evaluating new technology developments to drive potential features and products. What you'll do Drive complex, multi-disciplinary, and highly visible technical programs in service of our team’s mission of expanding our consumer product suite and platform capabilities. Coordinate across engineering teams and non-engineering stakeholders through the full program lifecycle to plan requirements, identify risks, manage program 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. Partner with Product and Engineering to plan requirements, identify risks, manage program schedules, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company. Track progress, resolve dependencies, evaluate risks, and communicate status to upper management and program stakeholders, and engage the program teams to achieve goals. What we look for Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent practical experience. 8 years of proven experience managing technical programs. Passion and drive to change consumer finance for the better. Organized and strategic approach to colla
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