#804 - Product Program Manager - Product Launch

Job opportunity only available for Colombian residents.

We are looking for an experienced program or project manager to combine successful product development process experience with effective collaboration, facilitation, leadership, and technical skills. This role will be responsible for coordinating the launch and growth of our client's Direct Payouts Service across a wide range of workstreams including Technology, Risk, Compliance, Legal, Regulatory, Operations, Implementation, Client Service and Product. This position requires working with teams that follow Agile practices as well as traditional methodologies. This is NOT a technical program management role.

Requirements:

• B2 English level or Higher.
• +5 years of prior hands-on experience in a product development environment leveraging Agile practices and expert knowledge of Project Management and SDLC principles.
• Experience in a PMO environment strongly preferred.
• Ability to function effectively in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Ability to negotiate priorities across organizations as required, to plan and prioritize multiple tasks effectively, and to independently drive projects through to completion.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work well with other departments and varying levels of management. Must be able to dive deep into technical details with project teams and zoom out to understand and communicate the big picture.
• Strong executive presence and experience advising and interfacing business leadership on technology related issues, excellent executive-level verbal, and written communication
• Strength in building partnerships; working collaboratively in a matrix with minimal guidance, proven influencing skills.
• Payment domain or FinTech experience is a major plus.

Responsibilities:

• Develop integrated plans and schedules to track progress and dependencies with other functions and external parties.
• Drive the execution of deliverables across multiple teams and functions.
• Coordinate work for geographically distributed teams utilizing.
• Proactively identify and mitigate risks and issues, dependencies and impacts.
• Provide timely and accurate reporting on product launch progress to all stakeholders.
• Facilitate planning and execution of workstreams working in collaboration with workstream leads.
• Interact confidently and collaborate with various stakeholders including Management, Product teams, developers, architects, operation and security teams.
• Participate in continuous improvement efforts by providing input into a framework for program management aligned with modern agile, lean and design thinking practices.

What do we offer?

• Competitive salary in USD.
• 100% Remote work.
• Type of contract: Independent Contractor with Venon Solutions LLC.
• Benefits: 2 weeks of PTO (paid time off).
  
• Holidays: official National holidays.
• Working hours: Full-time GMT-5, fully committed.