Sr. Technical Project Manager
Sr. Technical Project Manager
At Experient, we provide experience, technology, and transformation support to our clients, creating a dynamic work environment. We value collaboration, prioritize effective communication, and focus on delivering results quickly and practically. Whether you’re looking to deepen your expertise or take on new challenges, we’re here to support your journey every step of the way.
We are seeking a Senior Technical Project Manager to join our team. In this role, you will lead the delivery of technology initiatives that bring business strategy to life within financial services. You will serve as a Senior Technical Project Manager on client engagements, guiding cross-functional teams as they implement strategies across credit card, fraud prevention, collections and lending portfolios, and ensuring each release is high quality, well governed and tied to business priorities.
The ideal candidate pairs a strong understanding of banking and lending with disciplined Agile delivery and has a proven track record of turning complex requirements into well-planned, on-time releases. This is a highly collaborative, client-facing consulting role requiring the ability to bring clarity to technical work, keep diverse stakeholders aligned and navigate the regulatory expectations that shape financial services environments.
Location: Dallas, TX or Charlotte, NC; Hybrid work environment.
What You'll Do
Own technical initiatives from start to finish, partnering with client stakeholders to shape project scope, objectives and a clear vision for delivery.
Translate business strategy into actionable work by breaking requirements down into well-defined tasks, user stories and acceptance criteria.
Develop and maintain technical requirements documentation and process flow diagrams that give engineering, QA and business teams a shared view of the solution.
Build and manage a prioritized backlog that reflects business value, customer impact and shifting client priorities.
Lead Agile ceremonies, including backlog refinement, sprint planning, daily stand-ups and retrospectives, and help the team set sprint goals that ladder up to project outcomes.
Map the critical path, estimate timelines and organize team capacity to keep delivery efficient and predictable.
Plan and coordinate releases in Jira and Airtable, determining release timing and securing stakeholder sign-off on requirements, data contracts and deployments.
Partner with development and QA teams to confirm technical requirements and quality standards are met before each release.
Define and track project milestones, reporting progress, risks and issues to client and Experient leadership on a regular cadence.
Manage daily and weekly deliverables, escalating blockers early and clearly communicating the impact of defects and risks to stakeholders.
Identify opportunities to strengthen delivery practices, tooling and processes across the team.
Support onboarding of new team members and help allocate resources across initiatives as project needs evolve.
What You'll Bring
6-10+ years of technical project management experience delivering software or technology initiatives.
Bachelor's degree in business, information systems or a related field preferred.
Experience working in one or more of the following areas:
Technical project management experience with traditional banks, card issuers, fintechs, telecommunications, insurance, auto finance, retail lending, BNPL, or other highly regulated industries where automated decisioning strategies are deployed.
Technical project management supporting credit strategy, fraud strategy, identity verification, collections strategy, or underwriting programs.
Experience supporting fraud and risk strategy teams.
Experience supporting credit strategy teams at non-bank lenders such as retail card issuers, airline and travel co-brand programs, telecommunications device financing organizations, auto finance providers, and Buy Now…