Technical Program Manager

Artech (Chicago IL, USA) Follow 15 hours ago

Technical Program Manager

Locations: Onsite: Chicago, IL

Duration: 6+ months with possible extension. Pay Range: $50-$62/hour on W2/C2C (all inclusive)

Role Summary

The Technical Program Manager (TPM) will own the end-to-end planning, governance, execution, and delivery of complex Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) data transformation and cloud modernization programs across AML, KYC, transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, case management, and regulatory reporting platforms. This role requires a senior delivery leader who can translate business, regulatory, and technology objectives into executable program roadmaps while managing cross-functional dependencies, risks, decisions, and measurable outcomes.

Program Strategy & Governance

Own integrated roadmap, delivery plan, milestones, dependencies, RAID, budget, and executive governance across complex FCC transformation programs.
Translate business, regulatory, and technology objectives into executable plans, measurable outcomes, and clear decision paths.
Manage scope, schedule, resources, risks, issues, decisions, and escalations across multi-team and multi-vendor delivery.

Technical Delivery & Architecture Alignment

Lead FCC data transformation and cloud modernization across legacy, lakehouse, analytics, reporting, and operational platforms.
Partner with architecture and engineering teams to validate solution design, delivery sequencing, non-functional requirements, and operational readiness.
Oversee ingestion, ETL/ELT, data models, reconciliation, lineage, metadata, monitoring, integration, and platform cutover execution.

Regulatory, Risk & Data Controls

Ensure delivery aligns with AML, KYC, sanctions, transaction monitoring, audit, regulatory, and internal risk expectations.
Govern data quality, reconciliation, traceability, evidence, control validation, auditability, and production acceptance criteria.
Identify delivery, technical, compliance, and operational risks and drive mitigation through clear ownership, triggers, and escalation paths.

Agile Execution & Release Management

Break down complex initiatives into epics, features, milestones, sprint/release plans, and acceptance criteria.
Coordinate Agile, hybrid, and waterfall workstreams while maintaining disciplined program controls and executive visibility.
Manage environment readiness, testing, defect triage, deployment approvals, cutover, rollback, hypercare, and post-implementation reviews.

Stakeholder, Vendor & Value Management

Engage senior business, compliance, risk, technology, architecture, data governance, audit, and vendor stakeholders.
Communicate program status, risks, dependencies, decisions, and executive asks clearly and actionably.
Track value realization through improved data quality, reduced manual reconciliation, faster reporting, operational efficiency, and control automation.

Key Performance Indicators

Delivery Predictability

Milestone adherence
Dependency closure
Release readiness
Reduced schedule variance across program workstreams

Governance Effectiveness

Timely RAID resolution
Decision turnaround
Executive reporting accuracy
Escalation responsiveness

Data and Control Quality

Reconciliation accuracy
Data quality issue reduction
Lineage completeness
Audit evidence readiness
Control validation success

Operational Readiness

Successful cutover
Rollback preparedness
Defect burn-down
Production stability
Hypercare closure within agreed timelines

Business Value Realization

Faster regulatory reporting
Reduced manual reconciliation
Improved monitoring efficiency
Lower operational risk
Measurable stakeholder adoption

Essential Skills

Core Competencies

Program leadership and execution governance
Hands-on technical depth across data platforms, integration, and cloud modernization
FCC domain understanding across compliance, risk, audit, and regulatory expectations
Executive stakeholder management and outcome-driven delivery

Company Benefits & Culture