Senior Technical Program Manager (Agile / DevOps)
Job Description
OperAxis is hiring a Senior Technical Program Manager for a leading payments company in O'Fallon, MO. You'll join a team that supports secure digital payment credentials across mobile and ecommerce channels, and that is breaking up a monolithic platform into reusable microservices while it keeps delivering for customers. The ideal candidate drives several technical programs at once in a Scrum and Kanban delivery model, removes blockers across teams, and reports clear status to engineers and executives. The role requires onsite (hybrid) presence, so candidates located near O'Fallon, MO are preferred. Duration: about 26 months, contract Requirements • Senior-level technical program management experience delivering engineering work across multiple teams • Hands-on agile delivery experience: Scrum and Kanban, sprint planning and breaking down complex problems • Experience with cloud-native platforms at scale, DevOps practices and CI/CD • Working knowledge of NoSQL databases, microservices APIs and distributed systems • Background developing or testing software • Strong data-driven decision-making and executive-level communication • Nice to have: payments domain, IaaS/PaaS and serverless experience • Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science or a related field
Responsibilities
- Manage end-to-end delivery of engineering work across the organization and dependent teams
- Drive multiple simultaneous projects in a Scrum execution model
- Track dependencies and close gaps between teams, processes and systems
- Remove blocking issues and drive crisp, timely decisions
- Report meaningful status and serve as the source of truth for your program
- Review metrics regularly and improve visibility into program health
- Identify risks and issues early and oversee mitigation through the software development lifecycle
- Represent the team's services to stakeholders and other teams
- Support the move from a monolithic platform to reusable microservices
- Build strong working relationships with engineers, managers and peers