Program Project Manager

Title: Project/Program Manager with Debit Product expertise

Location Atlanta, GA/Columbus, OH Onsite

Duration: 12+ Months

Job Description:

We are seeking an experienced Project/Program Manager with Debit Product expertise to lead strategic initiatives across Debit Card products, payment processing platforms, and digital banking capabilities. The ideal candidate will possess a strong blend of program management, product delivery, stakeholder management, and banking domain expertise, with a proven track record of driving large-scale transformation programs within the financial services industry.

This role will partner closely with Product Owners, Business Leaders, Technology Teams, Operations, Risk, Compliance, and Vendor partners to successfully deliver business-critical initiatives while ensuring alignment with organizational goals and regulatory requirements.

Key Responsibilities

1. Program & Project Leadership
2. Lead end-to-end delivery of complex Debit Card and Payments initiatives across multiple workstreams.
3. Develop and manage program roadmaps, project plans, milestones, dependencies, risks, and budgets.
4. Establish governance frameworks and drive status reporting, executive communications, and steering committee updates.
5. Coordinate delivery across business, technology, operations, risk, compliance, and third-party vendors.
6. Debit Product Management
7. Partner with Product Owners and Business Stakeholders to define product vision, strategy, and delivery roadmap for Debit Card products.
8. Support initiatives related to card issuance, transaction processing, card controls, tokenization, digital wallets, fraud prevention, and customer servicing.
9. Translate business requirements into actionable program deliverables and workstreams.
10. Drive prioritization of product features and capabilities based on business value and customer impact.
11. Agile Delivery & Execution
12. Lead Agile delivery teams and coordinate multiple Scrum teams to ensure successful execution.
13. Facilitate program increment planning, sprint reviews, backlog refinement, and release planning activities.
14. Monitor team performance and delivery metrics to ensure timely execution and quality outcomes.
15. Remove delivery impediments and proactively manage program risks and issues