About the Role
Seeking a Technical Program Manager to join the Americas team, ensuring high standards for value, efficiency, and quality. This role is crucial for guiding cross-functional teams, managing stakeholder relationships, and ensuring successful delivery of banking and financial technology initiatives. Ideal for an experienced professional with a client-centric approach and a background in managing technology projects within the IT/software industry.
Responsibilities
- Lead and coordinate programs and projects across a strongly federated organization.
- Ensure strong communication and clarity between technical and non-technical team members.
- Manage technical projects and programs from inception to completion.
- Manage dependencies, vendor relationships, and cross-team ticketing processes.
- Navigate uncertainty and ambiguity with confidence and strategic thinking.
- Develop and maintain project roadmaps, ensuring commitment to delivery timelines.
- Guide in AI SDLC tooling adoption and efficiencies.
- Actively participate in all phases of the software development life cycle, focusing on quality assurance improvements.
- Coordinate integration, end-to-end, and regression testing.
- Coordinate the implementation and maintenance of automated test systems and scripts.
- Conduct manual and automated testing.
- Collaborate with software engineers to enhance functional and non-functional testing protocols.
- Mentor and guide other SDETs in best practices, thought leadership, and career development.
- Program execution in Fintech industry / heavily regulated environments.
- Act as the main point of contact for 2-3+ Clients, building strong relationships and ensuring satisfaction.
- Identify, articulate, and build new project opportunities in partnership with the Portfolio VP.
- Draft, review, and negotiate contracts with clients.
- Monitor contract performance and conduct regular reviews.
- Plan and report financial progress.
- Resolve financial and billing issues.
- Oversee the end-to-end project management process for multiple simultaneous initiatives.
- Work closely with project teams to ensure seamless collaboration and knowledge sharing.
- Identify and address project risks and issues in real-time.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience managing technology programs or projects, preferably in a fast-paced consulting IT/software environment.
- Experience in Agile methodologies or similar frameworks (a.k.a. scrum master, PM, PO, etc) is a plus.
- Proficiency in English at an advanced level, both written and verbal.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Ability to work autonomously and take ownership of projects.
- Excellent communication and client-facing presentation skills.
- Highly organized with excellent time management skills.
- Advanced problem-solving skills, involving both qualitative and quantitative analysis.
- Comfort in navigating ambiguous situations and finding creative solutions.
- Client-centric mindset.
- Proactive approach.
- Passion for delivering exceptional results.
Skills
- AI SDLC tooling adoption
- Agile methodologies
- Scrum master
- PM
- PO
- Software development life cycle
- Quality assurance
- Integration testing
- End-to-end testing
- Regression testing
- Automated test systems
- Automated test scripts
- Manual testing
- Automated testing
- Functional testing
- Non-functional testing
- Client Relationship Management
- Demand Generation
- Contract Management
- Financial Management
- Project Delivery
- Team Management
- Risk Mitigation
- Problem-solving
- Analytical skills
- Communication skills
- Client-facing presentation skills
- Time management skills
Location
- San Francisco Area, USA
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 10+ years
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in a related field such as Software Engineering
Benefits
- Competitive compensation package
- Medical insurance
- Opportunity for career growth and development
- Flexible and remote working environment
- Offices in multiple locations around the world allowing relocation
- Experience and engagement initiatives and perks throughout the year
About the Company
- Founded in 2018, Parser is a boutique technology services and consulting firm helping global organisations solve complex business challenges through digital transformation, product development and AI enablement.
- Parser is a fast-growing team of 340+ engineers and consultants across Europe (UK, Spain, Portugal), the Americas (US, Argentina, Uruguay, Colombia), and the Middle East.
- Parser combines global reach with a mindset focused on agility, senior expertise, and close collaboration.
- Parser works as an extension of clients’ teams, helping them define the right problems, shape solutions, and deliver technology-driven outcomes that create measurable business value.
- Parser's expertise spans software engineering, AI & data, product development, and customer experience, delivered by teams that combine strong technical depth with a consulting mindset.
