Banking PMO Program Manager Sr. Lead

Job Description We are FIS. Our technology powers the world’s economy and our teams bring innovation to life. We champion diversity to deliver the best products and solutions for our colleagues, clients and communities. If you’re ready to start learning, growing and making an impact with a career in fintech, we’d like to know: Are you FIS?

About the Role

The Banking PMO Program Manager Senior Lead provides strategic leadership for a portfolio of enterprise initiatives, programs, products, and investments that support business objectives and organizational priorities. You will partner with senior leaders across business, technology, finance, operations, and client-facing teams to optimize portfolio performance, governance, and investment decisions. This role drives delivery excellence through effective prioritization, resource management, financial stewardship, risk mitigation, and measurable business outcomes. Success is defined by strategic alignment, stakeholder satisfaction, portfolio health, and realization of business value.

What You Will Be Doing

• Lead governance, planning, and execution across complex portfolios, programs, and strategic initiatives.
• Align portfolio priorities with business strategy, client commitments, operational goals, and organizational objectives.
• Establish and enhance portfolio management frameworks, governance standards, reporting practices, and delivery methodologies.
• Drive portfolio prioritization based on business value, risk, investment return, resource capacity, and strategic alignment.
• Monitor portfolio performance through financial metrics, delivery milestones, benefits realization, and key outcome measures.
• Develop portfolio roadmaps, investment recommendations, forecasts, and executive-level insights to support decision-making.
• Identify and mitigate portfolio risks, dependencies, constraints, and implementation challenges across multiple initiatives.
• Partner with executive stakeholders to define priorities, allocate resources, and ensure successful delivery of strategic outcomes.
• Lead and mentor program and project leaders, fostering accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Analyze portfolio demand, resource utilization, and organizational capacity to optimize delivery performance and investment value.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, technology, project management, or skills-based equivalent experience.
• Extensive experience leading enterprise portfolios, programs, strategic initiatives, or PMO functions in complex organizations.
• Strong expertise in portfolio governance, strategic planning, investment management, prioritization, and business case evaluation.
• Demonstrated success managing budgets, forecasting, financial performance, resource planning, and cost optimization.
• Experience leading large-scale, cross-functional initiatives involving business, technology, product, and operational stakeholders.
• Advanced risk management, problem-solving, decision-making, and organizational change management capabilities.
• Excellent executive communication, stakeholder engagement, negotiation, and presentation skills.
• Proficiency with portfolio management, project management, reporting, analytics, and resource planning tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience within financial services, fintech, banking, payments, capital markets, or other highly regulated industries.
• Professional certifications such as PMP, PgMP, PfMP, PMI-ACP, PRINCE2, SAFe, Agile, or equivalent.
• Experience leading enterprise transformation, modernization, digital strategy, or technology-enabled business initiatives.
• Knowledge of portfolio governance frameworks, regulatory environments, risk controls, and operational excellence practices.
• Familiarity with Agile, hybrid, product-based, and traditional portfolio delivery models.

What We Offer You

• A career at FIS is more than just a job. It’s the change to shape the future of fintech.
• A voice in the future of fintech
• Always-on learning and development
• Collaborative work environment
• Opportunities to give back
• Competitive salary and benefits

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EEOC Statement

FIS is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, genetic information, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics. The EEO is the Law poster is available here supplement document available here

ADA Disclaimer

In developing this job description care was taken to include all competencies needed to successfully perform in this position. However, for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) purposes, the essential functions of the job may or may not have been described for purposes of ADA reasonable accommodation. All reasonable accommodation requests will be reviewed and evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

Compliance Conditions

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Sourcing Model

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