[Hiring] PM Lead @WhiteTech

Role Description

As a PM Lead at WhiteTech, you will drive the delivery of multiple product and technical streams across our FinTech initiatives. You will ensure visibility, predictability, alignment, and delivery control across teams, maintaining a strong understanding of product context, sprint execution, dependencies, and risks. Acting as a senior delivery layer above Project Managers, you will standardize execution practices, improve delivery discipline, and ensure teams operate in a structured, predictable, and business-aligned way. This role requires a combination of program-level oversight and deep involvement in active delivery, ensuring no critical risks or blockers go unnoticed. You will collaborate closely with CEO, PMO, Product, Project Managers, BA, QA, and engineering teams.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Project Management Leadership
  • Own delivery across assigned teams, modules, and initiatives
  • Align PMs on planning, execution control, stakeholder communication, escalation handling, and delivery governance
  • Mentoring & leading Project Managers
  • Ability to improve processes and delivery standards
• Execution & Product Ownership
  • Stay deeply involved in sprint execution and task-level progress
  • Identify & communicate risks, blockers, and delays early
  • Connect execution with product context and business impact
  • Build strong understanding of product areas, modules, and dependencies
  • Maintain alignment with CEO, PMO, Product, and stakeholders
• Planning & Coordination
  • Manage delivery plans, milestones, and release commitments
  • Coordinate cross-team dependencies and collaboration
  • Escalate risks and ensure clear ownership across teams
• Scope and Prioritization Management
  • Control scope and support prioritization decisions
  • Work with Product, PMO / Delivery, CEO and other stakeholders to align priorities between teams and initiatives
  • Support decision-making regarding scope trade-offs, sequencing, and change impact
  • Help teams stay focused on the most business-critical work
• Release Readiness and Delivery Control
  • Oversee release readiness across assigned teams and streams
  • Ensure that release plans, ownership, dependencies, QA readiness, and follow-up steps are clearly defined and tracked
  • Monitor release risks and make sure they are visible and acted upon before they affect delivery
• Metrics, KPIs and Reporting
  • Ensure transparency across Jira, Confluence, and reporting tools
  • Establish and maintain program-level delivery metrics, KPIs, and status indicators
  • Monitor delivery health and support data-driven decisions
  • Improve processes, planning, and delivery governance
• Process Improvement
  • Identify recurring delivery issues, bottlenecks, and gaps in execution
  • Improve planning, status tracking, escalation flow, release preparation, and coordination practices
  • Support the development of stronger PM practices and more mature delivery processes across teams
  • Drive continuous improvement in execution standards and delivery governance

Qualifications

• 5+ years in project/program/delivery management
• Experience managing multiple teams and cross-functional initiatives

Requirements

• Strong multi-team delivery and dependency management
• Ability to balance strategic oversight with hands-on execution
• Experience with release planning and delivery predictability
• Strong product understanding and execution awareness
• Ability to operate as a senior delivery layer above PMs within assigned scope
• Ability to improve PM practices, execution standards, and delivery discipline across teams
• Experience guiding, mentoring, or leading Project Managers is a strong advantage

Nice to Have

• FinTech / regulated industry experience
• Certifications (PMP, CSM, PMI-ACP, etc.)

Our Hiring Process

• Application Screening
• Interview Stages (2-3 weeks)
• Prescreening Call with recruiter (60 min)
• Interview with COO (60 min)
• Final interview with CEO/PMO (60 min)
• Job Offer & Background Check

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package (commensurate with your experience)
• 19 business days of flexible Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Fully remote work with flexible hours (within the CET time zone) from any location of your choice
• Values-driven culture with a friendly and supportive work environment
• Opportunity to regularly participate in conferences and community events as both a participant and contributor
• Matrix organizational structure designed to streamline communication, remove barriers, and promote efficiency
• Embrace the opportunity to develop your skills in a cutting-edge fintech environment