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Program Manager

PayPal
Chicago, IL
Full-time

At PayPal (NASDAQ : PYPL), we believe that every person has the right to participate fully in the global economy. Our mission is to revolutionize commerce globally to make moving money, selling and shopping, personalized and secure.

Job Description Summary :

We are currently seeking Program Managers with experience in Agile project management, product launch management, change management and organizational dynamics to be part of PayPal's Financial Services team.

PayPal's Financial Services team team is focused on ensuring end-to-end management of PayPal's underlying products, technology infrastructure, partnerships and regulatory foundations to help enable our support of existing capabilities and markets, as well as drive continued growth in the space.

Job Description : What You'll Do :

What You'll Do :

As a Program Manager at PayPal, you will :

Drive the coordinated management of large, complex programs over a finite period of time in order to achieve specific business goals.

Ensure the timely delivery of business value and the efficient use of organizational resources.

Partner with Business and Technology leadership to establish a solid understanding of the vision, purpose and expected business benefits of a program.

Ensure measurable KPIs are defined and aligned to company goals and objectives.

  • Manage the program-level decomposition of work across multiple delivery teams. Work across organizational boundaries to define program interdependencies and release plans.
  • Partner closely with Product Owners, Product Development teams to execute and deliver programs aligning to product vision and program goals, objectives and timelines.

Make sure appropriate domain resources are engaged. Helps define creative solutions to address resourcing challenges.

  • Drive resolution of program-level issues leveraging scrum-of-scrums as needed. Facilitate executive-level escalations and program-level change management.
  • Monitor health of program delivery. Track program-level status, risks, issues and dependencies. Proactively address delivery team impediments.

Resolve program-level roadblocks to enable successful program execution.

Manage program-level communications ensuring stakeholders are informed of roadmap changes, release plans and delivery status.

Lead program-level reviews with delivery teams, stakeholders and executive management as required.

Drive the integration and adoption of agile delivery practices across delivery teams. Facilitate program retrospectives to identify improvement opportunities.

Evangelize and integrate desired changes in order to enable continuous improvement.

Lead by example. Actively coach Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and Delivery teams in order to promote successful adoption of agile practices.

Cover key management roles as needed to ensure the success of program delivery efforts.

About You :

  • You have worked in a program manager role for a minimum of 6-8 years.
  • You have experience organizing multiple teams delivering on software / product development initiatives. Agile lifecycle management experience preferred.
  • You have a track record of managing complex development programs to deliver technical solutions and achieve business results, positively impacting the customer experience.
  • You know how to develop effective, matrixed, cross-organization relationships, collaboration and communication across business and technology stakeholders.

Experience collaborating with teams and stakeholders across multiple geographies preferred.

  • You have a strong technical acumen and strong voice for the customer across the program delivery lifecycle.
  • Good knowledge of project management process, project management software tools, templates and management techniques.
  • Experience with different software development methodologies including the agile development methodology such as Scrum.
  • Success in developing program / project level artifacts to support a major software implementation program with concurrent releases.

Nice-to-have :

  • Previous software development experience
  • Prior online payments or financial services industry experience
  • Previous managerial experience in software development, quality assurance, or product management

PayPal provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and / or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

In addition, PayPal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at redacted .

Additional Job Description :

Subsidiary : PayPal

PayPal

Travel Percent : Our Benefits :

Our Benefits :

At PayPal, we're committed to building an equitable and inclusive global economy. And we can't do this without our most important asset-you.

That's why we offer benefits to help you thrive in every stage of life. We champion your financial, physical, and mental health by offering valuable benefits and resources to help you care for the whole you.

We have great benefits including a flexible work environment, employee shares options, health and life insurance and more.

To learn more about our benefits please visit https : / / www.paypalbenefits.com

Who We Are :

Click Here to learn more about our culture and community.

PayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years. Creating innovative experiences that make moving money, selling, and shopping simple, personalized, and secure, PayPal empowers consumers and businesses in approximately 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy.

For more information, visit https : / / www.paypal.com , https : / / about.pypl.com and https : / / investor.pypl.com.

PayPal provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and / or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

In addition, PayPal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at redacted .

Any general requests for consideration of your skills, please Join Our Talent Community.

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