Senior Program Manager

Lead is a fintech building banking infrastructure for embedded financial products and services. We operate an FDIC-insured bank headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri.  Additionally, we have offices in San Francisco, Sunnyvale, and New York City, where our technical, product, design, and legal teams operate.

 

We are built for a constantly evolving financial landscape, where new ventures and technological advancements emerge daily. Guided by a team of entrepreneurs and technologists with decades of experience navigating intricate banking and payments regulations, Lead blends regulatory and technological expertise to help our fintech partners scale their operations with compliance and creativity.

Simply put, Lead offers the essential attributes that every fintech seeks in a partner bank. First, unparalleled technical expertise from a distinguished team of developers with an extensive understanding of the banking and payments systems. Second, oversight expertise, automated compliance systems, and bespoke program management to navigate the ever-shifting regulatory landscape. Finally, a commitment to transparency and operational rigor to ensure everyone’s money does what it’s supposed to do. 

Role Description: We are seeking a Senior Program Manager to oversee the program lifecycle of all Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) fintech partnerships from early stage business development conversations to partner sunsetting. This includes, but is not limited to, establishing scalable mechanisms for reporting and operationalizing key BaaS processes that elevate the client experience. This role will also be accountable for project management of partner onboarding and ongoing oversight. The ideal candidate will be comfortable working independently in a fast-paced, multi-tasked, high energy environment. The candidate will be comfortable driving client-facing conversations, as well as working closely with internal stakeholders ie: product & technology, compliance & legal and operations. Additionally this individual will have the opportunity to interface with c-suite executives, fintech founders and executives and create partnerships internally and externally.  Ultimately, the Senior Program Manager will be motivated by a desire to optimize the client experience and deliver results.