Strategic Program Director

EEOC

. Responsible for identifying, 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.

Posted 5/9/2026full-timeNew York City • Illinois, New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $172,000 - $258,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Responsible for identifying, 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.
Coordinate with many internal and external stakeholders to interpret complex information and drive the decision-making process for Paze.
Analyze competitive trends and market dynamics, providing clear findings and frameworks that can be used to facilitate decision making with internal and external stakeholders.
Develop compelling recommendations, including robust business cases, for strategic initiatives that enhance our competitive advantages and improve business performance.
Partner with executive leadership and external governance forums to communicate strategic plans and ensure organizational alignment.
Create 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.
Monitor initiatives on an ongoing basis, evaluating progress, proactively working with project teams to mitigate risk and effectively resolve issues.
Establish templates, processes and tools to expand, mature and improve team effectiveness and ways of working in support of meeting business objectives.
Support the company's commitment to risk management and protecting the integrity and confidentiality of systems and data.

Requirements

What you’ll need

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 program management, 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.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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.

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Hard Skills & Tools

program managementbusiness transformationcorporate strategyfinancial analysisrisk managementproject planningresource managementquality managementdata analysisproduct launch

Soft Skills

relationship buildingteam collaborationcommunicationpresentationpersuasionproblem solvingcoachingmentoringself-starterproactive