Technical Program Manager; Finance M&A)

Position: Technical Program Manager (Finance M&A)

US remote - PST preferred

Must-Have Skills

• Finance/accounting background focused on analysis and decision support (not operations)
• Strong project/program management with M&A experience
• Ability to handle projects and fluid, shifting timelines

Nice-to-Have Skills

• AI tooling proficiency
• Proficiency with G Suite and virtual data rooms
• Proactiveness with a strong sense of urgency

Job Description

The main function of a Technical Program Manager is to provide successful definition, implementation and delivery of complex programs that require cross-functional collaboration and interdependencies across a group of projects and/or related activities.

Job Responsibilities:

• Deliver programs within the constraints of scope, quality, time and budget and under circumstances involving multiple moderate-probability, moderate-impact risk factors.
• Program-level strategic planning, interaction with executive level management, complex issue resolution, excellent communications and team building skills.
• Manage a group or groups of internal exempt and matrixed employees and contractors that serve on the project(s) to deliver systems and systems enhancements that meet specified requirements.
• Oversight of project scope definition and management, requirements gathering and documentation, time estimating, project schedule development and tracking, project budget management, project status reporting, issue and risk management, contingency planning, customer interaction, and communications across multiple organizational levels.

Skills:

• Project estimating, project scheduling & tracking, customer interaction and management, implementation planning in large organizations
• Proven people management and team building skills
• Demonstrated ability to be flexible/ adaptable in exercising judgment in a changing environment and to manage competing priorities
• Proven ability to learn business processes quickly and to work well with business partners at different levels within the organization
• Strong ability to assess risk and apply management principles to technology applications/products and business functions
• Experience delivering technology and business application solutions in a large-scale, multi-platform systems environment
• Experience with software development lifecycle

Education/

Experience:

• Required:
  Bachelor's degree in a technical field (e.g., computer science, computer engineering) or finance/corporate development
• Preferred
  : MBA and PMP/PMI certification

Minimum Years of Experience : 10

Key Projects/Day-to-Day Responsibilities:

• Support a corporate development / finance transformation initiative
• Analysis and decision support, project management across established work streams, and coordination with stakeholders
• Purpose/Size of this team & where does this position fit within the team?
• Finance program team supporting corporate development; these roles integrate into ongoing projects with existing work streams and stakeholder relationships

Certain project that team is working on / what products are they supporting

• A finance transformation and corporate development effort

What does success look like for this assignment

• Ability to ramp quickly, drive work streams forward proactively, and confirm details explicitly rather than assume .
• Quickly integrating into active projects, reliably managing work streams, and keeping fluid timelines on track

What challenges should the ideal candidate expect in this role, and how can they help address them?

• Ambiguity, shifting timelines --- best met with agility, urgency, and explicit confirmation over assumptions

What makes this role attractive to top talent, and what unique value does it offer to the ideal candidate?

• Exposure to high-impact, finance transformation work with senior stakeholders and potential for extension

Value added or experience gained

• Hands-on finance transformation experience within a major tech environment

Are there any types of candidate profiles or skills that may not be the right fit for this team?

• Operations-focused finance profiles (vs. analysis/decision support) and candidates unable to navigate ambiguity