
Senior Associate, Program Management
Santander
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: New York City • New York • United States
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Salary
💰 $93,750 - $165,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Lead the technical delivery, integration, and adoption of Campus Digital across US universities.
- Own the end-to-end integration lifecycle, from technical assessment to warranty phase.
- Lead team of outsourced implementation teams by vendor and Universia holding; Coordinate all key components: API validation, SDK configuration, and release management.
- Ensure full compliance with data and accessibility regulations.
- Lead testing strategy, defect triage, and integration dashboards to track blockers, ownership, and release status.
- Act as single point of contact (SPOC) between Santander, Campus Global, and university IT teams.
- Guide, persuade, and align stakeholders through a clear, confident and value-driven delivery narrative.
- Present project status, risks, and mitigation plans to CIOs and university steering groups.
- Build strong, trust-based relationships that drive long-term adoption and satisfaction.
- Translate technical dependencies into business impact and adoption value.
- Establish a clear governance model per university (roles, and scope control).
- Manage risk, trace decisions, and maintain transparency on scope, change, and timeline.
- Serve as the accountable lead for integration outcomes, escalating gaps when needed.
- Oversee post-launch operations, incident triage, and transition to the Business-as-Usual (BAU) support model.
- Drive lessons learned documentation and feed insights into future deployments.
- Promote continuous optimization of performance, stability, and user experience.
Requirements
- 9+ Years Formal Project Management experience in a Financial Services environment - Required.
- 9+ Years Estimating and budgeting to ensure project costs are maintained - Required.
- 9+ Years Experience with SW Project Management tool - Required.
- 9+ Years Managing multi-year projects with cross-enterprise interdependencies. - Required.
- 9+ Years Enabling individuals to work effectively as they plan, implement, and experience change - Required.
- 9+ Years Building project planning documents - Required.
- 9+ Years Engaging the support and resources of others to achieve project goals and objectives; influencing without authority - Required.
- 9+ Years Developing and coaching others indirectly or directly- Coaches, reviews and delegating work to lower level professionals - Required.
- Proven experience in SaaS or enterprise mobile integrations, including API and SDK management.
- Strong understanding of OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML, and federation metadata handling.
- Skilled in API testing and validation (Postman, Swagger, SoapUI, Insomnia).
- Experience with Azure AD / Entra ID, Keycloak, or similar IdPs.
- Familiar with mobile CI/CD pipelines, app instrumentation, and store release flows.
- Ability to interpret logs and telemetry (Firebase, App Center, New Relic) for diagnostics and performance.
- Knowledge of hybrid university environments (on-prem, cloud).
- Deep understanding of GDPR and accessibility standards (WCAG 2.2).
- Consultative mindset – able to listen, understand and co-create solutions with clients.
- Influential communicator – persuades and inspires confidence in senior stakeholders.
- Commercial and customer-centric thinking – ensures universities experience real value throughout the journey.
- Structured and analytical problem solver, capable of managing ambiguity and high pressure.
- Ownership mentality – takes accountability from start to finish.
- Resilient and adaptive, thriving in complex stakeholder environments.
- Bilingual communication (English C2 / Spanish B2+) preferred.
Benefits
- Competitive rewards package
- Health insurance
- 401(k) matching
- Paid time off
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
Project ManagementSaaS integrationsAPI managementSDK managementAPI testingOAuth 2.0OpenID ConnectSAMLAzure ADGDPR
Soft Skills
Influential communicatorConsultative mindsetStructured problem solverOwnership mentalityResilientAdaptiveStakeholder managementCoachingRelationship buildingChange management