Senior Program Manager

Senior Program Manager

Location: New York, NY

Onsite Flexibility: Hybrid 4 days

Contract Details

• Position Type: Contract
• Contract Duration: 12 months
• Pay Rate: $90.00 $100.00 / Hour (USD)
• Shift / Schedule: Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM 5:00 PM
• Travel Requirements: Not required
• Work Authorization: Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Job Summary

This Senior Program Manager role sits within a US Banking Technology organization undergoing large-scale strategic transformation. The primary focus of this position is to create and lead a workforce strategy tied to a 3-year organizational roadmap shaping which roles will be performed in different geographies, what software engineering functions will shift toward AI enablement, and how the future operating model will evolve. The role requires an integrated understanding of how to drive outcomes across both Business initiatives (e.g., growing deposits) and Technology initiatives (e.g., modernizing core banking platforms), navigating complex dependencies to deliver incremental value. The successful candidate will lead the end-to-end execution of a Workforce of the Future transformation, helping shape future operating models, workforce strategy, leadership expectations, skills evolution, and AI-enabled ways of working. A candidate who has historically worked as a technical program manager ideally at organizations such as Amazon, Google, or Meta with direct experience in modernization or transformational projects such as cloud-native migration, replatforming, or AI-native tech stack adoption is strongly preferred. Financial services experience is considered secondary. The role demands exceptional communication, organizational discipline, influence, and the ability to push and challenge in problem-solving environments. Approximately 50 75% of time will be spent in meetings knocking down impediments, understanding status, driving planning activities, and pulling together cross-functional problem-solving. The contractor will work with internal stakeholders only and will not have access to any customer data.

Key Responsibilities

Workforce of the Future Transformation

• Driving delivery against workforce transformation objectives, milestones, and success measures.
• Coordinating technology, HR, finance, and business stakeholders to align workforce plans with strategic priorities.
• Establishing program governance, executive reporting, and decision management routines.
• Tracking adoption, risks, dependencies, and organizational impacts.
• Supporting leadership teams in defining future-state organizational capabilities, operating models, and talent strategies.
• Measuring progress against workforce productivity, capability, organizational health, and business outcome metrics.

Strategic Integrated Delivery Planning

Build and manage an integrated executive-level delivery plan across approximately 30 strategic initiatives, creating transparency into critical milestones, dependencies, risks, and outcomes.

• Creating and maintaining a single integrated view of delivery across strategic programs.
• Identifying critical intersection points, dependency risks, and sequencing challenges across initiatives.
• Driving cross-functional planning and milestone alignment across executive stakeholders.
• Establishing common reporting and executive dashboards tied to strategic outcomes.
• Facilitating trade-off discussions and escalation of risks, issues, and decisions.
• Supporting leadership forums with actionable insight, scenario analysis, and execution recommendations.

Must-Have Requirements

• Program management -8 years
• Strong communication skills
• Good judgment
• Technical depth what an API is? Understand the concept
• Copilot
• MS Suite

Nice-to-Have Requirements

• Lead large scale

Required Skills

Executive Communication

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to distill complex technical and operational topics into concise executive narratives.
• Experience preparing executive updates, steering committee materials, and leadership presentations.

Technical Credibility

• Strong technology background with understanding of software delivery, engineering practices, technology platforms, modernization programs, and large-scale transformation initiatives.
• Ability to engage effectively with engineers, architects, delivery leaders, and executives.

Strategic Judgment

• Demonstrated ability to make sound decisions in ambiguous environments.
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to balance strategic priorities, operational realities, risks, and resource constraints.

Influence & Stakeholder Management

• Proven success operating across multiple executive stakeholders without direct authority.
• Ability to align diverse perspectives and drive decisions across competing priorities.
• Strong relationship-building and negotiation skills.

Program Leadership

• Experience leading complex, enterprise-wide transformation programs.
• Strong understanding of governance, planning, dependency management, risk management, and outcome measurement.
• Ability to establish structure and rigor while enabling rapid execution.

Education Requirements

• Post-secondary education required; background in technology, program management, or process engineering preferred.
• Certifications not required.

Required Experience

• 8 10 years of overall experience required.
• Experience in complex program management within a technology context including cloud transformation, modernization of tech stacks, or AI enablement on the back end.
• Candidates who have historically worked as technical program managers (e.g., at organizations such as Amazon, Google, or Meta) are strongly preferred.
• Experience on modernization or transformational projects moving to cloud-native, replatforming, moving to AI-native tech stacks, or similar.
• Financial services experience is considered a secondary preference.

Nice-to-Have Experience

• Experience leading large-scale programs.

Benefits

• Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance Plans
• 401k Retirement Fund

Important Notes

• Interview process: 2 rounds 1st round will be virtual and 2nd round will be in person.

About the Client

This client is a leading financial services and banking institution operating at significant scale across North America, with deep investment in strategic technology transformation. The organization employs tens of thousands of professionals across banking, technology, risk, and operations including senior program managers, software engineers, technology architects, and strategic delivery leaders all collaborating on large-scale modernization, AI enablement, and core banking platform initiatives.

About GTT

GTT is a minority-owned staffing firm and a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation, a Native American-owned company in Alaska. We highly value diverse and inclusive workplaces and support Fortune 500 organizations across banking, financial services, technology, life sciences, biotech, utilities, and retail sectors throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Job Number: 26-16513 Industry: Operations & Management

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