About the Role
The Program Manager – Transformation Management is a senior individual contributor responsible for leading large-scale, strategically important programs. This role coordinates cross-functional teams, translating strategy into executable programs and interdependent projects, partnering closely with senior executives across various departments to ensure successful program execution and delivery of expected return on investment. The role requires strong problem-solving, program management, and change management credentials, along with extensive experience in the software industry.
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end delivery of large, complex programs spanning multiple business units, product lines, and geographies.
- Own program roadmaps, milestones, dependencies, risks, and outcomes to ensure alignment with strategic priorities.
- Operate within ambiguity to provide suggested solutions and demonstrate subject matter expertise.
- Coordinate and manage multiple concurrent projects, maintaining visibility into interdependencies and impacts across initiatives.
- Provide leadership and oversight to project managers to drive consistent execution and reporting.
- Act as a primary point of coordination between executive sponsors, business leaders, and broader execution teams.
- Coordinate associated change management initiatives to ensure transformation initiatives become embedded within normal course operations.
- Facilitate program reviews, steering committees, and decision forums, clearly communicating status, risks, and outcomes.
- Identify, assess, and mitigate program-level risks.
- Establish and continuously improve program management standards, metrics, and reporting to drive execution excellence and measurable outcomes.
Requirements
- 8–12 years of relevant professional experience leading complex, enterprise-scale programs with multiple interdependent projects.
- Proven ability to translate strategy into executable delivery plans and sustained business outcomes.
- Strong executive communication skills, with the ability to influence and align senior stakeholders without direct authority.
- Deep experience in dependency management, risk management, and issue resolution in complex operating environments.
- Track record of partnering effectively with business leaders to develop execution strategies across multiple functional areas.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and financial acumen to support data-driven decision-making and program governance.
- Demonstrated experience coaching and developing others and providing leadership to project level stakeholders.
- Fluent written and oral communication in English.
- Authorized to work for any employer in the U.S.
- Unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.
Skills
- Program Management
- Change Management
- Problem-solving
- Executive Communication
- Dependency Management
- Risk Management
- Issue Resolution
- Analytical Acumen
- Organizational Acumen
- Financial Acumen
- Coaching
- Developing Others
- Leadership
Location
- Austin, Texas
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
- 8-12 years
Education Level
- Minimum Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field
- PgMP or PMP certification preferred
Benefits
- Health & Wellness
- Hybrid Work Opportunities
- Flexible Time Off
- Career Development & Mentoring Programs
- Competitive health insurance offerings
- Generous paid parental leave for eligible new parents
- Community Volunteering & Company Philanthropy Programs
- Employee Peer Recognition Programs
About the Company
- Q2 is a leading provider of digital banking and lending solutions to banks, credit unions, alternative finance companies, and fintechs in the U.S. and internationally.
- Our mission is simple: build strong and diverse communities through innovative financial technology—and we do that by empowering our people to help create success for our customers.
- We celebrate our employees in many ways, including our “Circle of Awesomeness” award ceremony and day of employee celebration among others!
- We invest in the growth and development of our team members through ongoing learning opportunities, mentorship programs, internal mobility, and meaningful leadership relationships.
- We hold an annual Dodgeball for Charity event at our Q2 Stadium in Austin, inviting other local companies to play, and community organizations we support to raise money and awareness together.
- In 2004, Q2 founder Hank Seale set out to build a different kind of company.
- Our mission, to build strong and diverse communities by strengthening their financial institutions, is at the heart of everything we do.
- Our vision is to create meaningful financial experiences throughout the financial journey so our customers can focus on building lasting relationships with their account holders.
- To get there, we combine the must-haves of digital banking – feature functionality, operational excellence and integrations – with the next-generation of technology principles: data-driven insights, open technology and design thinking.
- We call this philosophy FinX, and it spans everything we do, from product development and platform architecture to how we hire.
- Providing superior software and service starts with our purpose-built culture, defined by our Ten Guiding Principles.
- These principles were established by Hank Seale, our founder, and have served as a constant reminder of how Q2 employees should conduct themselves with peers, customers, and partners for 15 years.
- Building something different and special takes the right kind of people, and we hope you’ll join our team.
Equal Opportunity
- We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or veteran status.
- Applicants in California or Washington State may not be exempt from federal and state overtime requirements
