Wholesale Early Careers Program Manager, Program

The Wholesale Early Careers Program Manager for the Enterprise Payments early career program is aligned to Enterprise Payments Sales, Product, Liquidity and Client Solutions and Success Teams. The role serves as the primary business partner for the program and is accountable for understanding Payments products, client needs, commercial priorities, and talent requirements, then translating those priorities into a focused program strategy and participant experience.

This role requires a business leader mindset and a strong understanding of how Payments businesses deliver solutions to clients through product, platform, sales, and coverage capabilities. The Program Manager will advise senior leaders and lead a single-cohort experience that builds foundational knowledge, commercial acumen, and readiness for Payments roles.

Open to candidates within the Truist footprint. Truist in office requirement is 5 days per week. No full remote or relocation assistance available at this time.

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Following is a summary of the essential functions for this job. Other duties may be performed, both major and minor, which are not mentioned below. Specific activities may change from time to time.

• Own the Payments program as a single-cohort experience aligned to Treasury Sales, product, Innovation and Digital Solutions, Strategy and Execution, and client coverage teams.
• Build a cohesive curriculum spanning Payments foundations, products and economics, credit, risk, platform capabilities, sales, pitching, and an applied capstone.
• Partner with product, sales, strategy, risk, and business leaders to keep content current and connected to client needs and commercial priorities.
• Create meaningful business exposure that helps participants understand the relationship among products, platforms, client challenges, sales execution, and risk management.
• Ensure the program develops a pipeline for sales, product, platform, strategy, and client-facing talent needs within Payments.

• Develop a deep understanding of the aligned Wholesale businesses, including strategy, clients, products, revenue drivers, market context, risk environment, operating model, workforce needs, and technical capability requirements.
• Own the strategy, design, delivery, and outcomes of the assigned early career program.
• Translate business and workforce priorities into the program model, annual plan, participant experience, development approach, and measures of success.
• Ensure program decisions remain grounded in business needs, role expectations, client impact, and the capabilities required for long‑term talent success.
• Use business judgment and data to prioritize work, make recommendations, and adapt the program as strategy, markets, or workforce needs evolve.

• Serve as the primary point of contact and trusted advisor to senior leaders, managers, Recruiting, and program stakeholders within the aligned businesses.
• Build credibility through strong business knowledge, command of the program, responsiveness, and a consistent focus on the business client.
• Lead program reviews and decision discussions with clear recommendations, tradeoffs, risks, ownership, and required actions.
• Influence across levels and functions without formal authority, reconcile competing priorities, and drive stakeholders toward decisions and execution.
• Navigate complex or sensitive matters with maturity, discretion, sound judgment, and appropriate escalation.

• Own end-to-end program execution across recruiting alignment, onboarding, training,…