Sr. Technical Program Manager

Company Description

Aspida is a tech-driven, nimble insurance carrier. Backed by Ares Management Corporation, a leading global alternative asset manager, we offer simple and secure retirement solutions and annuity products with speed and precision. More than that, we’re in the business of protecting dreams; those of our partners, our producers, and especially our clients. Our suite of products, available through our elegant and intuitive digital platform, focuses on secure, stable retirement solutions with attractive features and downside protection.

A subsidiary of Ares Management Corporation (NYSE: ARES) acts as the dedicated investment manager, capital solutions and corporate development partner to Aspida. For more information, please visit  or follow us on Linked In.

The Senior Technical Program Manager will serve as an execution-focused “portfolio management partner” to Aspida’s IT organization, supporting our product-aligned delivery model. Working in close collaboration with Product Operations and aligned with IT and Product leadership, this role reinforces delivery discipline, transparency, and accountability across multiple “product squads” by maintaining clear visibility into progress against committed initiatives; ensuring strong alignment & change management;

proactively managing risks, issues, and dependencies; and collaborating to standardize metrics for predictability, speed, and quality. The role exists to strengthen alignment between (and across) delivery teams and stakeholders through consistent, trusted reporting and early surfacing of execution risks—while preserving clear ownership of outcomes within IT and ensuring a single, aligned narrative to business stakeholders and senior leadership.

• Enable Portfolio Strategic Alignment
• Facilitate quarterly executive portfolio alignment & prioritization, collaborating closely with and partnering with the Product Management team and IT leadership.
• Work across IT delivery teams to ensure availability of executive-ready capacity and effort estimates to drive informed trade‑off discussions, and document all decisions.
• Ensure technical initiatives are linked to company strategic goals and the enterprise project portfolio.
• Drive Delivery Discipline & Transparency
• Facilitate monthly IT leadership execution reviews to track progress against committed initiatives and identify course corrections.
• Partner with Product Ops to standardize and review portfolio reporting/scorecards including metrics on predictability, speed and quality.
• Maintain a single, visible view of risks & issues for all initiatives to provide early visibility on trouble spots and proactive mitigation.
• Enhance Change Management & Accountability
• Operationalize a lean change management framework that balances agility with executive alignment – accelerating time‑to‑decision with clear roles & responsibilities for business stakeholders, product squad leaders, and executive sponsors.
• Support product squad leaders in exercising ownership & accountability, engaging stakeholders & sponsors directly on tactical shifts to maintain flow and decision velocity.
• Drive the organization towards a single "source of truth" for all stakeholders, ensuring expectations and status are clear.
• Ensure material risks and executive‑facing updates are aligned with IT and Product leadership prior to broader stakeholder communication.
• Improve Delivery Outcomes
• Engage where needed on at‑risk initiatives, in partnership with product and IT leadership, to diagnose root causes—like alignment, requirements, dependencies, or resource/capacity—and engage with appropriate leaders to resolve bottlenecks.
• Establish a "system‑level" roadmap view (for key systems/technologies) and understanding of resource capacity to support proper sequencing of work across teams.
• Monitor the discovery phase to identify bottlenecks early and ensure a steady stream of ready‑to‑build work.
• Partner with business units to standardize and elevate User Acceptance Testing (UAT) processes.
• Provide extra project management support to IT project leaders where there is an especially strong need for cross‑functional or cross‑team…