Program Manager

About the Role

As a Program Manager, you'll play a pivotal role in driving releases and deliverables across high-impact initiatives. Operating within a Scaled Agile environment, you'll manage complex dependencies, ensuring seamless execution from planning to end-user adoption. This role requires team-building skills, as well as close collaboration with engineers, product managers, and stakeholders to deliver holistic and scalable solutions. You’ll join a high-performing Product Development team at DriveWealth, focused on building best-in-class investing infrastructure that powers global fintechs and banks. This team drives strategic initiatives from concept to launch, ensuring that our products meet the needs of both partners and end-users. We work closely with engineering, operations, and compliance to bring investing products to life in a highly regulated and fast-paced environment.

What You’ll Do

• Lead and manage scrum teams from strategy through execution and delivery, guiding
  multi-phase releases across engineering, product, compliance, and operations

• Run crisp and effective agile ceremonies, including standups, sprint planning, refinement
  sessions, and retrospective activities focused on self-improvement

• Prepare scrum teams for quarterly PI Planning, including guiding them through the
  product intake process to create working tasks ready for development

• Develop clear goals and measurable outcomes while maintaining adaptability in a fastpaced, Scaled Agile environment

• Facilitate cross-functional communication and decision-making, ensuring alignment on
  priorities and trade-offs across teams

• Assist technical leads and senior developers with release planning

• Drive operational excellence across programs and mentor squads on Agile best
  practices

• Work within the larger PMO of the organization to raise its level of agile maturity

• Coach teammates along the organizational journey towards agile transformation

• Use data to evaluate progress, highlight risk, and communicate program health to both
  technical and non-technical stakeholders

• Leverage tools like Jira, Confluence, and G-Suite to manage workflows, reporting, and
  communication
  
  

What You’ll Need

• 5+ years of program management experience, ideally in technical environments with
  multiple cross-functional development teams

• Deep familiarity with Scaled Agile; CSM or similar Agile certification a plus

• Demonstrated success leading initiatives in fintech, trading, or brokerage verticals

• Proven ability to manage dependencies and deliver high-impact releases in
  environments with multiple competing priorities

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with experience influencing across
  technical and business teams

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience

Nice to Have, But Not Required

• Background in brokerage, wealth management, or regulated financial services

• Experience working with APIs and embedded finance platforms

• Familiarity with money movement, transaction handling, or compliance workflows
  

Location

This role is open to candidates in the following locations: Chicago, IL - Hybrid 

• This role is expected to come into the office on a cadence set by the Hiring Manager/Team.

• If you're not based in one of the locations listed above, this role is not a fit, and we cannot accommodate remote work outside these locations.

• Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. DriveWealth does not sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.
  
  

Pay Range: $175,000 USD – $200,000 USD