Job Title: Technical Program Manager / Technical Program Lead
Location: Toronto, ON (Hybrid 3 days a week onsite)
Fulltime
Job Description:
We are seeking an experienced Technical Program Manager / Technical Program Lead to drive the integration of liquidity capabilities into the Client ecosystem. The successful candidate will lead complex cross-functional initiatives spanning deposit products, core banking platforms, APIs, data integrations, cloud technologies, and regulated financial services platforms.
Key Responsibilities
Program Leadership
- Lead end-to-end delivery of integration initiatives across multiple business and technology workstreams.
- Establish programme governance, delivery plans, RAID logs, dependency management, and executive reporting.
- Coordinate delivery activities across Product, Engineering, Operations, Architecture, Security, Compliance, and vendor teams.
- Drive programme execution from initiation through production deployment and post-launch support.
Technical Delivery Management
- Partner with engineering teams to design and deliver integrations involving:
- Core banking platform
- Customer portals and APIs
- Trust systems
- Deposit Network services
- Merchant and payment platforms
- External banking partners and service providers
- Manage API, data, cloud, and operational integration workstreams.
- Facilitate technical design reviews and architecture discussions.
- Identify and remove delivery blockers across teams.
Stakeholder Management
- Act as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams.
- Communicate programme status, risks, decisions, and milestones to leadership.
- Drive consensus across competing priorities and stakeholders.
- Support integration activities involving acquired businesses and strategic partnerships.
Risk & Compliance Management
- Ensure delivery aligns with security, regulatory, and operational requirements.
- Partner with Risk, Compliance, and Information Security teams throughout programme execution.
- Drive readiness activities including operational procedures, support models, business continuity, and production governance.
Planning & Execution
- Develop and maintain:
- Integrated project plans
- Release schedules
- Milestone tracking
- Resource forecasting
- Executive dashboards
- Manage dependencies across multiple programmes and vendor organisations.
- Drive issue resolution and escalation management.
Required Qualifications
Experience
- 8+ years of experience delivering large-scale technology programmes.
- 5+ years of experience managing cash management, complex financial services, banking, fintech, or payments initiatives.
- Experience leading enterprise integration, platform modernization, or acquisition integration programmes.
- Experience with cash management, digital assets and stablecoin
- Demonstrated success managing cross-functional delivery teams.
Technical Knowledge
Strong understanding of:
- API-based integrations
- Cloud-native architectures (AWS preferred)
- Microservices and distributed systems
- Core banking or financial platforms
- Payment processing and money movement
- Data integration and reconciliation processes
- Security and regulatory requirements in financial services
Preferred Qualifications
- PMP, PgMP, Agile, Scrum, or SAFe certifications.
- Prior experience with:
- Banking products
- Deposits and treasury management
- Payment networks
- Digital assets
- Financial institution integrations
- M&A integration programme experience
- Experience working with modern banking cores.
Leadership Competencies
- Excellent executive communication skills.
- Strong technical acumen and problem-solving ability.
- Ability to influence without direct authority.
- Strong stakeholder management and negotiation skills.
- Comfortable operating in fast-paced, highly regulated environments.
- Ability to balance strategic planning with hands-on delivery execution.
Success Measures
The successful candidate will:
- Deliver cash management integration initiatives on schedule and within scope.
- Establish effective governance across business and technology teams.
- Successfully coordinate multiple concurrent integration workstreams.
- Improve visibility, predictability, and execution quality across the cash management integration programme.
- Accelerate adoption of StoneCastle capabilities across the broader Client ecosystem.
A hands-on Technical Program Manager with strong banking and fintech experience who can bridge strategy, architecture, engineering, operations, and executive stakeholders while driving delivery of complex integration programmes.
