Technical Program Manager / Technical Program Lead at Diverse Lynx in Berkeley Heights, NJ

Job description

• Role: Technical Program Manager / Technical Program Lead
• Location: Berkeley Heights, NJ – Onsite
• Duration: Long term contract
• Pay Rate: $70/hr on W2
• Note: Cash management/deposit network experience is must
• We are seeking an experienced Technical Program Manager / Technical Program Lead to drive the integration of StoneCastle 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.
• The role will serve as the primary coordination point between Product, Engineering, Architecture, Operations, Compliance, Finxact, SC Trust, INDX, and external banking partners to ensure successful delivery of strategic integration initiatives. The programme includes enabling insured deposit products, merchant savings solutions, payment integrations, digital asset-related capabilities, and enterprise platform modernisation efforts

Responsibilities

• Program Leadership
• Lead end-to-end delivery of StoneCastle 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
• 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
• 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.

Requirements

• 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 modernisation, or acquisition integration programmes.
• Experience with cash management, digital assets and stablecoin
• Demonstrated success managing cross-functional delivery teams.
• Technical Knowledge
• 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
• PMP, PgMP, Agile, Scrum, or SAFe certifications.
• Banking products
• Deposits and treasury management
• Payment networks
• Digital assets
• Financial institution integrations
• M&A integration programme experience
• Experience working with modern banking cores.

Skills

Required

• API-based integrations
• Microservices and distributed systems
• Core banking or financial platforms
• Payment processing and money movement

Preferred

• Banking products
• Deposits and treasury management
• Payment networks
• Digital assets
• Financial institution integrations
• M&A integration programme experience