Strategic Program Director - Paze

At Early Warning, we’ve powered and protected the U.S. financial system for over thirty years with cutting-edge solutions like Zelle®, Paze℠, and so much more. As a trusted name in payments, we partner with thousands of institutions to increase access to financial services and protect transactions for hundreds of millions of consumers and small businesses.

Positions located in Scottsdale, San Francisco, Chicago, or New York follow a hybrid work model to allow for a more collaborative working environment.

Candidates responding to this posting must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States, for any employer, at the date of hire. This position is ineligible for employment Visa sponsorship.

Overall purpose 

The Strategic Program Director – Paze will be 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. This role will require you to coordinate with many internal and external stakeholders to interpret complex information and drive the decision-making process for Paze. This is a unique opportunity with high visibility to bring your expertise to the table. 

Essential Functions 

• Market & Industry Subject Matter Expertise: Analyzes competitive trends and market dynamics, providing clear findings and frameworks that can be used to facilitate decision making with internal and external stakeholders. 

• Business Improvement Initiatives: Develops compelling recommendations, including robust business cases, for strategic initiatives that enhance our competitive advantages and improve business performance. 

• Executive Collaboration: Partners with executive leadership and external governance forums to communicate strategic plans and ensure organizational alignment. 

• Initiative Planning: Creates 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. 

• Program Management: Monitors initiatives on an ongoing basis, evaluating progress, proactively working with project teams to mitigate risk and effectively resolve issues. 

• Best Practice Definition: Establishes templates, processes and tools to expand, mature and improve team effectiveness and ways of working in support of meeting business objectives. 

• Risk Management: Supports the company's commitment to risk management and protecting the integrity and confidentiality of systems and data. 

Minimum Qualifications

• Education and/or experience typically obtained through completion of a bachelor’s degree in business, Program Ma