[Hiring] Senior Technical Program Manager @WEXWEXUS

Role Description

WEX, Inc. is looking for a Senior Technical Program Manager with experience managing Information Security projects, resources, and timelines. Through collaboration with cross-functional Technology teams, this role will be responsible for providing comprehensive reporting, resource planning and assignments, risk monitoring, and project leadership.

As a Senior Technical Program Manager you will partner with technology leaders to drive the successful delivery of key initiatives. Your role focuses on streamlining execution and coordinating across cross-functional teams to manage projects centered on identifying emerging threats, instituting security controls, and ensuring that threats and vulnerabilities are rapidly identified and remediated.

The position will be within the Tech Innovation & Innovation Operations organization (TISO) which is a strategic function to accelerate WEX’s product innovation velocity by optimizing how we deliver technology.

In this role, you will work alongside the Global Information Security team which is focused across all lines of business to identify emerging threats, test security controls, and work to ensure that threats and vulnerabilities are rapidly identified and remediated.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Senior Technical Program Management roles managing Security Projects that are complex, interdependent projects and enterprise-level change.
• Experience in FinTech or highly regulated environments with the ability to balance speed with regulatory realities is a major plus.
• Demonstrated expertise managing security projects across varying platforms, applications, endpoint security, infrastructure, networks, email security, and cloud/container security.
• Proven ability to partner with system owners and engineers across the enterprise to handle scoping, task management, and budget oversight from inception to completion.
• Expert at navigating ambiguity, mitigating risks, and aligning cross-functional teams.
• A highly motivated, independent worker capable of operating autonomously across global time zones with minimal oversight.
• Proven track record with HIPAA, PCI-DSS, SOX and other regulatory frameworks.
• Deep proficiency in Agile methodologies and tools (Jira/Confluence).
• Strong ability to influence executive stakeholders and drive results within small, high-performing teams.

Requirements

• Drive technical implementation projects for Information Security project-related activities and initiatives.
• Partner with Product and Technology leadership to facilitate planning sessions, ensuring program increments align with business goals and adaptive requirements.
• Develop detailed work breakdown structures (WBS), milestones, and execution plans for system consolidations and workflow enhancements.
• Monitor project progress in partnership with Tech Leads, facilitating course corrections and surfacing risks to stakeholders for timely mitigation.
• Track and coordinate complex dependencies across engineering teams, focusing on application routing, auth systems, and environment configurations.
• Coordinate with security teams to ensure internal services meet governance requirements and modern architectural standards.
• Act as the primary liaison between Architecture, Engineering, and Product teams to ensure transparency and alignment on new ways of working.
• Maintain high standards of data hygiene within the Atlassian suite to support accurate status reporting, metrics-driven decision-making, and financial capitalization.
• Measure project performance against committed goals, using data and adoption metrics to ensure new capabilities are successfully integrated.
• Orchestrate the end-to-end change journey through strategic, consistent communication.

Benefits

• Health, dental and vision insurances.
• Retirement savings plan.
• Paid time off.
• Health savings account.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Life insurance.
• Disability insurance.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Quarterly or annual bonus based on role and applicable plan.

Company Description

WEX's comprehensive and market competitive benefits are designed to support your personal and professional well-being.

Pay Range: $100,500.00 - $122,100.00