Program Manager

About Us
DriveWealth is on a mission to make investing easier. We believe access to financial markets shouldn’t be limited by geography, wealth, or legacy systems. Our API-based platform empowers partners to offer seamless investing and trading experiences to clients worldwide, with US equities, ETFs, mutual funds, fixed income, options, and fractional shares.

Our culture blends the pace and agility of a fintech start-up with the stability and discipline of Wall Street. We encourage creativity and experimentation while holding ourselves to institutional-grade execution and compliance. Join us and help build the future of global investing!

About the Role

As a Program Manager, you'll play a pivotal role in driving releases and deliverables across high-impact initiatives. Operating within a Scaled Agile environment, you'll manage complex dependencies, ensuring seamless execution from planning to end-user adoption. This role requires team-building skills, as well as close collaboration with engineers, product managers, and stakeholders to deliver holistic and scalable solutions. You’ll join a high-performing Product Development team at DriveWealth, focused on building best-in-class investing infrastructure that powers global fintechs and banks. This team drives strategic initiatives from concept to launch, ensuring that our products meet the needs of both partners and end-users. We work closely with engineering, operations, and compliance to bring investing products to life in a highly regulated and fast-paced environment.

What You’ll Do

• Lead and manage scrum teams from strategy through execution and delivery, guiding
  multi-phase releases across engineering, product, compliance, and operations

• Run crisp and effective agile ceremonies, including standups, sprint planning, refinement
  sessions, and retrospective activities focused on self-improvement

• Prepare scrum teams for quarterly PI Planning, including guiding them through the
  product intake process to create working tasks ready for development

• Develop clear goals and measurable outcomes while maintaining adaptability in a fastpaced, Scaled Agile environment

• Facilitate cross-functional communication and decision-making, ensuring alignment on
  priorities and trade-offs across teams

• Assist technical leads and senior developers with release planning

• Drive operational excellence across programs and mentor squads on Agile best
  practices

• Work within the larger PMO of the organization to raise its level of agile maturity

• Coach teammates along the organizational journey towards agile transformation

• Use data to evaluate progress, highlight risk, and communicate program health to both
  technical and non-technical stakeholders

• Leverage tools like Jira, Confluence, and G-Suite to manage workflows, reporting, and
  communication
  
  

What You’ll Need

• 5+ years of program management experience, ideally in technical environments with
  multiple cross-functional development teams

• Deep familiarity with Scaled Agile; CSM or similar Agile certification a plus

• Demonstrated success leading initiatives in fintech, trading, or brokerage verticals

• Proven ability to manage dependencies and deliver high-impact releases in
  environments with multiple competing priorities

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with experience influencing across
  technical and business teams

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience

Nice to Have, But Not Required

• Background in brokerage, wealth management, or regulated financial services

• Experience working with APIs and embedded finance platforms

• Familiarity with money movement, transaction handling, or compliance workflows
  

Location

This role is open to candidates in the following locations: Chicago, IL - Hybrid

• This role is expected to come into the office on a cadence set by the Hiring Manager/Team.

• If you're not based in one of the locations listed above, this role is not a fit, and we cannot accommodate remote work outside these locations.

• Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. DriveWealth does not sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.
  
  

Pay Range: $175,000 USD – $200,000 USD

Working at DriveWealth

We do our best work when we're in the same room. To maintain the speed our partners expect, our New York, Chicago, and Lithuania teams work in office on a hybrid schedule. We've found that being physically side-by-side is the only way to solve complex problems in real-time and stay truly accountable to the products we ship. When you're here, you're working directly with the people making the decisions.

To support that work, we provide competitive compensation, equity, and a 401(k) match. We also offer Medical insurance, Dental insurance, Vision insurance, Disability insurance, and Paid Parental Leave, along with a wellness reimbursement, a company-provided phone, and a personal development allowance. Finally, we value the time you spend away from the office with generous Paid Time Off (PTO) and observed holidays.

Work Authorization

Applicants must possess the legal right to work in the country where the position is located at the time of application. DriveWealth requires all employees to provide original documentation verifying their work authorization on or before their first day of employment.

For US-based roles: Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without the need for current or future visa sponsorship. DriveWealth does not provide visa sponsorship or support for employment authorization, including transfers, at this time. Offers of employment are strictly contingent upon an individual’s ability to secure and maintain the legal right to work at the Company.

How We Think About AI

We leverage AI to work smarter and move faster. We seek AI-curious talent who are proactive about using emerging tools to increase signal quality, reduce friction, and improve outcomes to deliver products faster, provide better service to our partners, and to streamline processes. Your ability to leverage our internal tools and technology to drive results is as important to us as your core domain expertise.

Compensation

Pay is generally based on the level, complexity, responsibility, location, and job duties/requirements of the specific position. We then source candidates with the requisite skills, expertise, education, training, and experience. If you are selected for an interview, please feel welcome to speak to a recruiter about our compensation philosophy and other available benefits. This role is eligible for base, bonus, equity, 401(k) match, and heavily subsidized benefits and perks.

Equal Employment Opportunity

To build technology and products that are used and loved by people and solve real-world problems, we need to build a team with many different perspectives and experiences. We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

Agency Disclaimer

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