Akraya, Inc. is an award-winning IT staffing firm recognized for its commitment to excellence and a thriving work environment. They are seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to join their Payments Engineering team, responsible for supporting and enhancing decision-making processes across multiple areas while partnering closely with engineering, operations, and product teams to improve productivity and quality.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain a comprehensive view of Payments programs, ensuring technical feasibility and driving projects from end to end
- Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of large cross-functional initiatives to enhance productivity within technical teams
- Facilitate communication across leadership and teams to manage timeline, status, and risk accountability effectively
- Define success criteria with stakeholders and regularly assess and mitigate risks
- Collaborate with leadership to implement best practices and prioritize actions across Payments, ensuring alignment on project success
Requirements:
- Proven ability to navigate ambiguity and drive initiatives to completion
- Strong analytical skills combined with the capability to influence others and adapt to varying team cadences
- Familiarity with task management tools like Asana or Jira, and excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Previous experience in the Payments domain is highly beneficial
- A minimum of 10+ years in the software development industry, with at least 7 of those years in a technical project management role
- B.S. in Computer Science, or the equivalent in related technical experience