FICO is an analytics company helping businesses make better decisions that drive higher levels of growth and success.
Director of Technology Program Management
Location
United States
Posted
6 days ago
Salary
$150.5K - $236.5K / year
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Director of Technology Program Management
FICO
• Own the end-to-end program plan and delivery roadmap across all transformation workstreams, including organizational structure redesign, AI-native engineering platform adoption, shift-left governance and compliance, developer enablement, operating model change, and security and legal process modernization. • Drive the weekly program management cadence, surfacing and resolving roadblocks, managing cross-stream dependencies, and maintaining momentum across a multi-quarter delivery roadmap. • Prepare and facilitate bi-weekly executive Steering Group updates, translating program complexity into clear status, risks, and decisions needed. • Partner with workstream leads to build and operationalize a governance framework, including charters, decision rights, escalation paths, and accountability structures, that empowers teams to execute autonomously. • Lead stakeholder engagement, communications, and change management across Product, Engineering, HR, Legal, and Security, building trust and alignment across a matrixed organization.
Job Requirements
- Extensive experience in program or portfolio management, including leading large-scale technology transformation or organizational change programs.
- Demonstrated success managing multi-workstream, cross-functional programs with significant organizational change components.
- Strong executive presence and communication skills, with the ability to run executive steering cadences and influence senior leadership stakeholders.
- Solid understanding of software development organizations and modern engineering practices such as CI/CD, agile delivery, and DevOps.
- Hands-on expertise in change management, stakeholder engagement, and driving adoption of new operating models across large engineering organizations.
- Product and Engineering background with experience in program governance, OKRs, and business readiness measures with PMP, PgMP, SAFe, or equivalent certification is a plus.
Benefits
- An inclusive culture strongly reflecting our core values: Act Like an Owner, Delight Our Customers and Earn the Respect of Others.
- The opportunity to make an impact and develop professionally by leveraging your unique strengths and participating in valuable learning experiences.
- Highly competitive compensation, benefits and rewards programs that encourage you to bring your best every day and be recognized for doing so.
- An engaging, people-first work environment offering work/life balance, employee resource groups, and social events to promote interaction and camaraderie.
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