Engineering Program Manager

The Company

PayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years. Creating innovative experiences that make moving money, selling, and shopping simple, personalized, and secure, PayPal empowers consumers and businesses in approximately 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy. 

We operate a global, two-sided network at scale that connects hundreds of millions of merchants and consumers. We help merchants and consumers connect, transact, and complete payments, whether they are online or in person. PayPal is more than a connection to third-party payment networks. We provide proprietary payment solutions accepted by merchants that enable the completion of payments on our platform on behalf of our customers.

We offer our customers the flexibility to use their accounts to purchase and receive payments for goods and services, as well as the ability to transfer and withdraw funds. We enable consumers to exchange funds more safely with merchants using a variety of funding sources, which may include a bank account, a PayPal or Venmo account balance, PayPal and Venmo branded credit products, a credit card, a debit card, certain cryptocurrencies, or other stored value products such as gift cards, and eligible credit card rewards.  Our PayPal, Venmo, and Xoom products also make it safer and simpler for friends and family to transfer funds to each other. We offer merchants an end-to-end payments solution that provides authorization and settlement capabilities, as well as instant access to funds and payouts. We also help merchants connect with their customers, process exchanges and returns, and manage risk. We enable consumers to engage in cross-border shopping and merchants to extend their global reach while reducing the complexity and friction involved in enabling cross-border trade. 

Our beliefs are the foundation for how we conduct business every day.  We live each day guided by our core values of Inclusion, Innovation, Collaboration, and Wellness. Together, our values ensure that we work together as one global team with our customers at the center of everything we do – and they push us to ensure we take care of ourselves, each other, and our communities.

Job Description Summary:

Job Description:

Job Title: Engineering Program Manager

Meet Our Team:

The Technology PMO organization is responsible for driving large scale and complex multi-year technology investments at PayPal. Our teams execute and deliver programs across PayPal, building new products, platforms and launching them globally. This role will partner with the PMO and Engineering Leaders to drive program execution across multiple teams, projects, locations and involve complex technologies.

Your Way to Impact:

This team is part of a larger Technology PMO, Office of the CTO (OCTO PMO) org currently supporting security and developer platform portfolios. This role will focus on one or more projects directly contributing to either of these portfolios.

Your Day-to-Day:

• Be responsible for programs and projects to ensure the tasks and risks are properly identified and driven to completion.
• Organize and lead planning activities resulting in the creation of a release/project roadmap. Ensure all teams align with enterprise planning expectations.
• Partners closely with Product Owners, Product Development teams to execute and deliver projects aligning to product vision and project goals, objectives and timelines. Makes sure appropriate domain resources are engaged.
• Track & manage long term OKRs (objectives & key results) with business partners for Go/No-go decisions.
• Drives resolution of project-level issues leveraging scrum-of-scrums as needed.
• Monitors health of project delivery. Tracks project-level status, risks, issues and dependencies.
• Proactively addresses delivery team impediments. Resolves project-level roadblocks to enable successful project execution.
• Lead program retrospectives and commitment to improvement on a regular cadence.
• Assess the current methodology, identify / rationalize gaps vs. best practices, and continuously improve the process to support our aggressive deployment schedule.

What You Need to Bring:

• A successful candidate should have at least 3+ years of experience within program or project management
• Experience working across multiple teams delivering on software / product development initiatives using various methodologies such as Agile & waterfall is required
• Proficiency in project management, planning and execution is required
• Good knowledge of project management process, software tools, templates and techniques.
• Successful experience in developing project level artifacts to support a major software implementation project with concurrent releases.
• Strong problem-solving skills, able to prioritize among many conflicting needs, advocate a course of action, and pursue it consistently.
• Ability to adapt, be flexible and responsive to dynamic situations.
• A Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in a related field is preferred but not required.

Additional Job Description:

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Travel Percent:

For the majority of employees, PayPal's balanced hybrid work model offers 3 days in the office for effective in-person collaboration and 2 days at your choice of either the PayPal office or your home workspace, ensuring that you equally have the benefits and conveniences of both locations.

Our Benefits:

At PayPal, we’re committed to building an equitable and inclusive global economy. And we can’t do this without our most important asset—you. That’s why we offer benefits to help you thrive in every stage of life. We champion your financial, physical, and mental health by offering valuable benefits and resources to help you care for the whole you.

We have great benefits including a flexible work environment, employee shares options, health and life insurance and more. To learn more about our benefits please visit https://www.paypalbenefits.com.

Who We Are:

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Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion 

PayPal provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.  In addition, PayPal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.  If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at talentaccommodations@paypal.com.  

Belonging at PayPal: 

Our employees are central to advancing our mission, and we strive to create an environment where everyone can do their best work with a sense of purpose and belonging. Belonging at PayPal means creating a workplace with a sense of acceptance and security where all employees feel included and valued. We are proud to have a diverse workforce reflective of the merchants, consumers, and communities that we serve, and we continue to take tangible actions to cultivate inclusivity and belonging at PayPal.

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