TECHNICAL PROGRAM MANAGER

<div class="content-intro"><p>Kunai builds full-stack technology solutions for banks, credit and payment networks, infrastructure providers, and their customers. Together, we are changing the world’s relationship with financial services. At Kunai, we help our clients modernize, capitalize on emerging trends, and evolve their business for the coming decades by remaining tech-agnostic and human-centered.</p></div><p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal">You'll help drive the retirement, remediation, and migration of legacy applications across a large payments platform program, working closely with engineering teams to define scope, sequence the work, and keep it moving. This is client-facing engagement work with a leading professional services firm, where the systems you help modernize actually go live.</p> <p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal"><strong>WHAT YOU'LL DO</strong></p> <ul class="[li_&amp;]:mb-0 [li_&amp;]:mt-1 [li_&amp;]:gap-1 [&amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [&amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3 print:block print:space-y-1"> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Manage a portfolio of legacy application retirement and migration projects across a payments platform program</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Work with engineering and architecture teams to define disposition paths for legacy systems: retire, remediate, or migrate to new infrastructure</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Build and maintain project plans, timelines, and dependency maps across multiple concurrent workstreams</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Identify risks and blockers early, and drive them to resolution with the right technical and business stakeholders</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Track progress against milestones and report status clearly to program leadership and client stakeholders</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Coordinate across engineering, infrastructure, security, and compliance teams to keep migrations on track</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Facilitate program-level ceremonies (planning, status reviews, retros) to keep teams aligned</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Maintain clear documentation of application disposition decisions and migration progress</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Flag scope or timeline changes early and help the team adjust plans accordingly</li> </ul> <p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal"><strong>WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR</strong></p> <ul class="[li_&amp;]:mb-0 [li_&amp;]:mt-1 [li_&amp;]:gap-1 [&amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [&amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3 print:block print:space-y-1"> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">7+ years experience running technical programs involving application migration, modernization, or retirement, ideally at scale</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Comfort working directly with engineering teams on technical scoping and sequencing, even if you're not writing the code yourself</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Experience in payments, banking, or another regulated financial services environment</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Familiarity with cloud migration concepts and target infrastructure (AWS or similar)</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Working knowledge of Agile delivery practices and tools like JIRA and Confluence</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Experience managing risk, dependencies, and stakeholder communication across multiple workstreams</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">A clear communicator who can translate technical detail for both engineers and business stakeholders</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable keeping several moving parts on track at once</li> </ul> <p> </p><div class="content-conclusion"><div class="p-rich_text_section"> </div> <p>Our success over the past 20 years is rooted in our exceptional team, which thrives in a culture of collaboration, creativity, and continuous learning. <br><br>We are proud to offer our employees a range of benefits, including competitive compensation, professional development opportunities, and flexible work arrangements, all designed to help them thrive. As we continue to expand, we remain committed to cultivating an environment where people feel valued, have a voice, and are given the tools to grow—both personally and professionally—while pushing the boundaries of innovation in the fintech industry.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong data-stringify-type="bold">Minimum Degree Required:</strong></p> <div class="p-rich_text_section"> <ul> <li style="text-align: left;">Bachelor’s Degree, in lieu of a degree, demonstrating in addition to the minimum years of experience required for the role, three years of specialized training and/or progressively responsible work experience in technology for each missing year of college is required</li> </ul> </div> <p> </p></div>