Senior Program Manager
Bangalore
CTO Office PnE CC – Engineering /
Full-time /
On-site
All about Zeta Suite :
Zeta is a Next-Gen Banking Tech company that empowers banks and fintechs to launch banking products for the future. It was founded by Bhavin Turakhia and Ramki Gaddipati in 2015.Our flagship processing platform - Zeta Tachyon - is the industry’s first modern, cloud-native, and fully API-enabled stack that brings together issuance, processing, lending, core banking, fraud & risk, and many more capabilities as a single-vendor stack. 15M+ cards have been issued on our platform globally.
Zeta Tachyon offers:-
-Rich digital-first cardholder experiences.
-Native embeddable banking support.
-Hyper-Personalisation Policy Engine to launch segment-of-one card programs.
-Web-based product configurators to launch in days vs. quarters.
-Rapid innovation & extensibility via APIs, event streams, and more.
-Modern & intuitive web-based back office experiences.
-Next-gen regulatory risk & compliance capabilities.
Zeta is actively working with the largest Banks and Fintechs in multiple global markets transforming customer experience for multi-million card portfolios.
Zeta has over 1700+ employees - with over 70% roles in R&D - across locations in the US, EMEA, and Asia. We raised $280 million at a $1.5 billion valuation from Softbank, Mastercard, and other investors in 2021.
About the team: The team is organized as a multi-functional team of A players from Product, Engineering, Growth Hacking, Design and UX.
About the Role
- Take complete responsibility of customer success and program delivery
- Engage with senior leadership (of both Zeta & Client organization) to clearly identify program purpose & objectives, often leading requirement analysis & business case preparation.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including customers, partners, and internal teams.
- Own the program management function - planning, leadership buy in, prioritization and program delivery management. Work closely with Client and Zeta leadership to ensure OKRs are met
- Lead program governance, communicate program status, risks and mitigation plans to stakeholders, including executive management and board members
- Understand the tradeoffs of schedule, scope and quality, making decisions as needed to meet program goals
- Take a lead in risk / issue mitigation and escalate as necessary to maintain program velocity
- Utilize industry best practices, techniques, and standards throughout program execution. Measure program performance to identify areas for improvement
- Build and coach a mid sized team of program managers, analysts, project managers
- Define how good becomes better. In other words, establish then work from a benchmark and build a metrics dashboard to demonstrate success in program/project completion and areas for improvement
What would you do here?
- You are a strong first principles thinker and possess a research mindset with strong problem solving and organizational skills
- You have an orientation towards execution and are creative and passionate to get things done
- You have a natural ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and juggle multiple projects at a time
- You are extremely meticulous with an eye for detail and focus on documentation
What are we looking for?
- You have 10 plus years of experience with strong experience in managing and/or building Banking / Payments products encompassing 2 or more roles across- Consulting- Program Management- Software development delivery
- You have enterprise product implementation experience (SaaS is nice to have) -solutioning, engineering delivery management with a spike in multiple areas
- You have exposure to engagement pre-sales and experience in early stages of engagement set-up
- You have achieved targets in an OKR and SLA environment with an explicit emphasis on metrics
- You have the ability to adapt and work well with people and teams and experience in getting outcomes from teams not directly reporting to you
- You have experience managing large IT/software programs both individually and with small-mid size teams preferably in banking or fintech
- Experience in client and vendor management (atleast Director level stakeholders)
- You have a PMP / SAFE certification in Agile delivery
Life At Zeta
At Zeta, we want you to grow to be the best version of yourself by unlocking the great potential that lies within you. This is why our core philosophy is ‘People Must Grow.’ We recognize your aspirations; act as enablers by bringing you the right opportunities, and let you grow as you chase disruptive goals.
#LifeAtZeta is adventurous and exhilarating at the same time. You get to work with some of the best minds in the industry and experience a culture that values the diversity of thoughts. If you want to push boundaries, learn continuously and grow to be the best version of yourself, Zeta is the place to be! Explore the life at zeta
Zeta is an equal opportunity employer.
At Zeta, we are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of job history, disability, gender identity, religion, race, marital/parental status, or another special status. We are proud to be an equitable workplace that welcomes individuals from all walks of life if they fit the roles and responsibilities.
