Lead, Strategic Program Management & Execution

Fastlane Lending Solutions is seeking a Lead, Strategic Program Management & Execution to drive the delivery of high-impact initiatives across the business. This role will lead complex, cross-functional programs spanning partner integrations, product and technology implementations, pricing, operational improvements, and other strategic priorities.

The ideal candidate is a strong operator who thrives in ambiguity, moves with urgency, and can turn strategy into clear, executable plans. You’ll align internal stakeholders, our bank and technology partners, and external vendors to remove roadblocks, manage risks, and deliver initiatives on time, on budget, and with measurable business impact.

This is a fully remote position with a salary range of $140,000–$170,000, plus an annual bonus. Benefits include medical coverage starting on day one and a company-matched 401(k). Compensation may vary based on experience, location, and other job-related factors.

• Lead the planning, coordination, and execution of Fastlane’s highest-priority strategic initiatives.
• Translate strategic priorities into actionable project plans with clear milestones, owners, timelines, dependencies, decision points, budgets, and success metrics.
• Drive multiple concurrent initiatives from concept through launch while maintaining focus on delivery, accountability, and business outcomes.
• Establish practical governance routines, status reporting, issue tracking, and escalation paths that keep work moving.

• Coordinate work across Product, Pricing, Technology, Operations, Compliance, Legal, Finance, Marketing, Executive Leadership, and other internal teams.
• Align stakeholders around priorities, scope, timelines, deliverables, and decision rights.
• Identify interdependencies across work streams and proactively manage conflicts, resource constraints, sequencing issues, and timing risks.
• Facilitate working sessions, project reviews, and decision meetings that create clear next steps and measurable progress.

• Serve as a central execution lead for initiatives involving the bank partner, technology partners, data providers, vendors, and other external stakeholders.
• Coordinate activities across organizations to support successful integrations, implementation projects, testing, launch readiness, and post-launch stabilization.
• Ensure all parties understand deliverables, deadlines, dependencies, required approvals, and ownership expectations.
• Escalate and resolve issues that threaten implementation schedules, budget discipline, partner alignment, or project outcomes.

• Drive implementation of product enhancements, pricing projects, business process changes, and operational improvements.
• Coordinate design, approval, implementation, testing, training, readiness, and launch activities across appropriate teams.
• Ensure project teams have a clear view of open decisions, blockers, risks, budget impacts, and required actions.
• Support leadership in prioritizing initiatives and sequencing work based on strategic impact, resource capacity, and delivery risk.

• Proactively identify bottlenecks, unclear ownership, resource constraints, decision delays, process breakdowns, and competing priorities.
• Lead structured problem solving to diagnose root causes and develop practical, actionable solutions.
• Maintain momentum by driving timely decisions, clarifying trade-offs, and ensuring follow-through on commitments.
• Escalate critical risks with clear recommendations, options, and mitigation plans.

• Develop and own concise executive…