Strategic Program Director at Earlywarning in Chicago, IL

Strategic Program Director Location: New York City At Early Warning, we’ve powered and protected the U.S. financial system for over thirty years with cutting-edge solutions like Zelle®, Paze℠, and so much more. As a trusted name in payments, we partner with thousands of institutions to increase access to financial services and protect transactions for hundreds of millions of consumers and small businesses. Positions located in Scottsdale, San Francisco, Chicago, or New York follow a hybrid work model to allow for a more collaborative working environment. Candidates responding to this posting must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States, for any employer, at the date of hire. This position is ineligible for employment Visa sponsorship. Overall purpose The Strategic Program Director – Paze will be responsible foridentifying, prioritizing and managing execution of strategic initiatives for Paze, ensuring the program stays on time, under budget and within scope in accordance with business priorities.This role will require you to coordinate with many internal and external stakeholders to interpret complex information and drivethe decision-making process for Paze. This is a unique opportunity with high visibility to bring your expertise to the table. Essential Functions Market & Industry Subject Matter Expertise:Analyzescompetitive trends andmarket dynamics, providing clear findings and frameworks that can be used to facilitate decision making with internal and external stakeholders. Business Improvement Initiatives: Develops compelling recommendations, including robust business cases, for strategic initiatives that enhance our competitive advantages and improve business performance. Executive Collaboration: Partners with executive leadership and external governance forums to communicate strategic plans and ensure organizational alignment. Initiative Planning:Creates project plans to manage the end-to-end activities, interdependencies, including scope management, success criteria, deliverables, critical path milestones, resource management, finance management, and quality management. Program Management: Monitorsinitiatives on an ongoing basis, evaluating progress, proactively working with project teams to mitigate risk and effectively resolve issues. Best Practice Definition:Establishes templates, processes and tools to expand, mature and improve team effectiveness and ways of working in support of meeting business objectives. Risk Management: Supports the company's commitment to risk management and protecting the integrity and confidentiality of systems and data. Minimum Qualifications Education and/or experience typically obtained through completion of a bachelor’s degree in business, Program Management and / or Computer Science, or related field. Experience in financial services, banking, payments or similarly regulated industries Minimum of 15 or more years of programmanagement, corporate strategy, business transformation or management consulting experience and proven people leadership experience in matrixed business and technical environments. Prior experience related to product launch or large-scale technical product coordination. Skilled in framing and tackling complex and ambiguous problems, leveraging diverse analytical methods to craft effective solutions. Effective relationship building and team collaboration skills leading diverse, cross-functional teams. Strong communication, presentation, and persuasion abilities, adept at fostering collaboration, building relationships across all organizational levels, and driving outcomes. Highly engaged, self-starter with ability to balance achieving results and fostering collaboration. Proactive in identifying and driving process improvements within the organization to achieve higher levels of organizational efficiency and effectiveness. Strong team player with ability to coach / mentor others without direct authority over resources. Background and drug screen. Physical Requirements Working conditions consist of a normal office environment. Work is primarily sedentary and requires extensive use of a computer and involves sitting for periods of approximately four hours. Work may require occasional standing, walking, kneeling and reaching. Must be able to lift 10 pounds occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently. Requires visual acuity and dexterity to view, prepare, and manipulate documents and office equipment including personal computers. Requires the ability to communicate with internal and/or external customers. Employee must be able to perform essential functions and physical requirements of position with or without reasonable accommodation. The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow instructions and perform other related duties as assigned by their supervisor. The base pay scale for this position in: Phoenix, AZ/ Chicago, IL / Washington, DC in USD per year is: $172,000 - $215,000. New York, NY/ San Francisco, CA in USD per year is: $206,000 - $258,000. Additionally, candidates are eligible for a discretionary incentive plan and benefits. This pay scale is subject to change and is not necessarily reflective of actual compensation that may be earned, nor a promise of any specific pay for any specific candidate, which is always dependent on legitimate factors considered at the time of job offer. Early Warning Services takes into consideration a variety of factors when determining a competitive salary offer, including, but not limited to, the job scope, market rates and geographic location of a position, candidate’s education, experience, training, and specialized skills or certification(s) in relation to the job requirements and compared with internal equity (peers). The business actively supports and reviews wage equity to ensure that pay decisions are not based on gender, race, national origin, or any other protected classes. #Dice #LI-AV Some of the Ways We Prioritize Your Health and Happiness Healthcare Coverage – Competitive medical (PPO/HDHP), dental, and vision plans as well as company contributions to your Health Savings Account (HSA) or pre-tax savings through flexible spending accounts (FSA) for commuting, health & dependent care expenses. 401(k) Retirement Plan – Featuring a 100% Company Safe Harbor Match on your first 6% deferral immediately upon eligibility. Paid Time Off – Flexible Time Off for Exempt (salaried) employees, as well as generous PTO for Non-Exempt (hourly) employees, plus 11 paid company holidays and a paid volunteer day. 12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave Maven Family Planning – provides support through your Parenting journey including egg freezing, fertility, adoption, surrogacy, pregnancy, postpartum, early pediatrics, and returning to work. And SO much more! We continue to enhance our program, so be sure to check our Benefits page herefor the latest. Our team can share more during the interview process! Early Warning Services, LLC (“Early Warning”) considers for employment, hires, retains and promotes qualified candidates on the basis of ability, potential, and valid qualifications without regard to race, religious creed, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, protected veteran or disability status or any factor prohibited by law, and as such affirms in policy and practice to support and promote equal employment opportunity and affirmative action, in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and municipal laws. The company also prohibits discrimination on other bases such as medical condition, marital status or any other factor that is irrelevant to the performance of our employees. Early Warning Services LLC is a proud participant in E-Verify, a federal program to help ensure a legal and authorized workforce. As part of our hiring process, we electronically verify the employment eligibility of all new hires through E-Verify. For more information on your rights and responsibilities under E-Verify please visit Home | E-Verify. Additional Locations: Chicago