Program Director
AE StudioFull Time
Expert & Leadership (9+ years)
Candidates must have a strong technical background and strategic leadership experience to drive efficiency, growth, and scalability. This role requires extensive experience in maturing and scaling strategic technical program management practices, with visibility into the full technical portfolio. Proven ability to evaluate, implement, and enhance project management best practices is essential. Experience in driving reliability and quality programs, including production readiness, incident response, and systemic risk management, is also required. The ideal candidate will have experience balancing direct program leadership with coaching and developing a high-performing Technical Program Management (TPM) team, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and delivery excellence.
The Senior Director of Technical Program Management will provide strategic direction across the technical program portfolio, ensuring alignment with company goals and visibility for leadership. They will lead cross-functional programs to strengthen system reliability, scalability, and production readiness. This role involves providing oversight and program leadership across the technical project and program portfolio to drive successful execution. Responsibilities include determining and implementing technical project management best practices, streamlining processes, accelerating execution, managing objectives and key results, ensuring on-time releases, and improving tooling efficiencies. The Director will also own and continuously improve the efficiency and consistency of technical delivery, identify systemic inefficiencies, and implement data-driven solutions. They will drive company-wide planning, cross-team alignment, and delivery health reporting. Additionally, the role requires partnering with Product, Engineering, and business leadership to define and deliver strategic technical programs, ensure visibility and accountability through communication of goals, milestones, timelines, and metrics, and lead all aspects of program execution, including prioritization, team mobilization, progress tracking, resource planning, and risk remediation.
Flexible payments platform for diverse transactions
PayNearMe provides a payments platform that allows customers to pay in various ways, including cards, ACH transactions, cash, and mobile payment methods like PayPal and Venmo. The platform is designed to enhance the payment experience for both customers and businesses, making it easy for clients such as consumer lenders and online gaming companies to collect payments. PayNearMe stands out by offering a secure cash payment service at over 60,000 retail locations, which simplifies the payment process for users who prefer cash. Additionally, the platform utilizes artificial intelligence to personalize customer experiences and improve bill pay. The company's goal is to create a seamless and user-friendly payment experience while generating revenue through fees charged to businesses for processing payments.