Full-Time
Technical Program Manager
Kunai
51-200 employees
End-to-end product development for enterprises
No salary listed
Remote in USA
Remote
Bachelor's
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- At least 7 years of experience as a Technical Program Manager running programs involving application engineering, modernization, migration, or retirement, ideally leading multiple products or a portfolio in large organizations.
- A software engineering background or sufficient technical depth to scope and sequence work directly with engineering teams.
- Exposure to product management and understanding of how technical roadmaps connect to product priorities.
- Experience in banking, payments, credit, debit, settlements, or another regulated financial services environment.
- Familiarity with cloud migration concepts and target infrastructure such as Amazon Web Services.
- Working knowledge of Agile delivery practices and tools such as JIRA and Confluence.
- Experience managing risk, dependencies, and stakeholder communication across multiple workstreams.
- A Bachelor's Degree, or, in lieu of a degree, three years of specialized training and/or progressively responsible technology work experience for each missing year of college in addition to the minimum required experience.
- Manage a portfolio of legacy application retirement and migration projects across a payments platform program.
- Partner with engineering and architecture teams to define disposition paths for legacy systems: retire, remediate, or migrate to new infrastructure.
- Bring a software engineering lens to technical scoping, sequencing, and tradeoff discussions with engineering leads.
- Build and maintain project plans, timelines, and dependency maps across multiple concurrent workstreams and products.
- Identify risks and blockers early, and drive them to resolution with the appropriate technical and business stakeholders.
- Track progress against milestones and report status clearly to program leadership and client stakeholders.
- Coordinate across engineering, infrastructure, security, and compliance teams to keep migrations on track.
- Facilitate program-level planning, status review, and retrospective ceremonies to keep teams aligned.
- Maintain clear documentation of application disposition decisions and migration progress.
- Flag scope or timeline changes early and help the team adjust plans accordingly.
- Experience leading multiple products or a portfolio in large organizations.
Kunai is a software development partner that helps established companies and fast-growing startups turn ideas into scalable, shipped digital products. It combines engineers, designers, and product managers to take concepts from napkin sketches to live products used by millions, offering end-to-end execution and long-term partnerships. Unlike some vendors that work in silos, Kunai emphasizes enduring collaboration—evidenced by a long-term relationship with Capital One that led to a partial acquisition and a portfolio spanning four major payment networks, four top-ten US banks, seven Fortune 500 technology companies, and ten unicorn startups. The company’s goal is to turn ideas into reliable, scalable products and maintain lasting relationships that help clients grow."
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
San Ramon, California
Founded
2001
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- PwC still hires Kunai roles in 2026, signaling active demand and retained capability.
- June 2026 PwC materials spotlight Kunai for payments, core banking, and automation work.
- Financial institutions keep spending on legacy migration, benefiting Kunai's existing modernization pipeline.
What critics are saying
- PwC now owns Kunai's fate; integration mistakes can erase its boutique edge.
- Clients can replace Kunai with Accenture, EPAM, or in-house platform teams by 2027.
- If PwC standardizes delivery, Kunai becomes a commoditized labor pool, not a brand.
What makes Kunai unique
- PwC acquired Kunai on August 15, 2025, validating its fintech engineering niche.
- Kunai combines payments, core banking, AI, cloud, and mobile product delivery.
- Its 500-person workforce gives PwC instant scale in financial-services modernization.
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Fully remote
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Company News
PwC US has agreed to acquire nearly all assets of Kunai, a software consultancy specializing in AI and cloud-first platforms for the financial services sector. This strategic acquisition supports PwC's commitment to enhancing client services.
PwC US announces agreement to acquire Kunai.
Sandeep Sood, Founder and CEO of Kunai, has spent the past two decades building elite software teams. In 2015, he sold his first agency, Monsoon, to Capital One, where he spent the next three years gaining firsthand experience in how financial products are developed within a large corporation. This experience now informs the work at Kunai, enabling the company to deliver even more effective solutions.Kunai develops full-stack technology solutions for banks, credit and payment networks, infrastructure providers, and their customers. Leveraging a team of skilled designers, developers, and product managers, Kunai transforms ideas from initial concepts to large-scale deployment. By focusing on modernization and emerging industry trends, the company helps clients optimize their operations and position themselves for long-term growth in the evolving financial landscape.We discuss the future of AI, fintech, and stablecoins.What inspired you to start Kunai after your experience at Capital One, and how did your time at Monsoon and Capital One shape your approach to building Kunai?At Monsoon, I spent twenty years working with financial institutions from the outside – as a vendor. After our acquisition by Capital One, I learned what it was like to sit at the other side of the table – as an executive who managed teams and vendors