Senior Manager, Technical Programs (IT)

Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, giving consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without any hidden fees or compounding interest.

Join the IT Engineering team to help build the next chapter of enterprise IT at Affirm – ensuring great employee experiences and supporting the company’s ongoing growth. As a remote-first company, our tools and technology are critical to enabling all Affirmers; if you're passionate about delivering work with meaningful impact, this is the place for you!

We’re looking for a Staff IT Program Manager to mature our IT portfolio management processes, drive key strategic programs, support Organizational Change Management efforts, and partner with Information Security and other internal stakeholders to balance competing priorities.

This role will report directly to the Senior Director, IT Engineering.

What You’ll Do

• Mature the IT portfolio management processes

  • Monitor portfolio health

  • Help drive prioritization across IT portfolio

  • Develop minimum standards for all projects and programs

• Partner across the organization to understand and balance competing priorities

• Drive key strategic programs

  • Communicate program status

  • Work closely with team to manage inter-dependencies

  • Support IT's Organizational Change Management efforts

• Help develop IT’s 3-year strategy

• Help develop what “the future of work and collaboration” look like at Affirm

• Serve as a trusted member of the IT leadership team

• Navigate and manage within an environment of ambiguity with diverse partners

What We look For

• 10+ years of experience with IT program management or related experience

• Hands-on experience working in a matrixed organization

• An understanding of building and deploying customer impacting and operational enterprise IT solutions

• Excellent communication skills

• Experience with negotiation and resolving conflict from a place of listening and collaboration

• This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field

Pay Grade - P

Equity Grade - 12

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