Sr. Technical Program Manager, Technology Portfolio Management (AI)

Location: Austin, TX, United States; hybrid with at least 3 days in the office. Work hours vary according to department needs; travel is required 5–10% of the time.

Salary: $146,300–$234,400 USD per year, with potential bonus and equity eligibility.

Company

hirify.global is a global payments technology company facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories.

What you will do

• Lead portfolio management and governance across multiple technology organizations, including prioritization, roadmap visibility, dependency tracking, risk management, and execution oversight.
• Coordinate Technical Program Managers and Project Managers, aligning project milestones, dependencies, delivery risks, and activities with portfolio priorities and governance standards.
• Build scalable frameworks, metrics, reporting mechanisms, operating rhythms, and resource coordination processes to improve portfolio transparency and execution.
• Influence senior leaders, technology, product, business, engineering, and architecture stakeholders without direct authority; facilitate discussions and resolve conflicts.
• Translate technical concepts, roadmaps, platform strategies, architecture considerations, and delivery dependencies into business-focused communications and actionable plans.
• Prepare executive presentations, portfolio reviews, strategic recommendations, business updates, and data-driven reporting while identifying AI, automation, and digital capability improvements.

Requirements

• At least 8 years of relevant experience with a Bachelor’s degree, or at least 5 years with an advanced degree, or 2 years with a PhD.
• Strong technical foundation covering software delivery practices, Agile methodologies, technical roadmaps, architecture considerations, delivery dependencies, cloud-based applications, APIs, databases, containerization, CI/CD pipelines, and scalable application architectures.
• Experience leading complex technology portfolios across multiple organizations, including governance, prioritization, roadmap alignment, dependency management, risk tracking, and portfolio health reporting.
• Experience with technical systems, requirements and functional specifications, database design, technical architecture, project management, technical leadership, and simultaneous multi-project delivery.
• Exceptional communication, facilitation, negotiation, relationship-building, conflict-resolution, analytical, organizational, systems-thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Proven ability to influence stakeholders and drive outcomes without direct authority in large matrix organizations.
• Experience with portfolio and project management tools such as Jira, Clarity, Azure DevOps, Power BI, Smartsheet, or similar platforms.
• Experience in operational management, including operating models, process establishment, resource and priority coordination, performance monitoring, issue resolution, and continuous improvement.

Nice to have

• 9 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor’s degree, or at least 5 years with an advanced degree, or 2 years with a PhD.
• Experience using AI, automation, analytics, or modern digital capabilities to improve portfolio visibility, reporting efficiency, decision-making, execution discipline, and operational effectiveness.

Culture & Benefits

• Office-based work with at least three days per week in the office, confirmed by the Hiring Manager.
• Collaboration, accountability, transparency, learning, innovation, and continuous improvement are emphasized.
• Responsibilities include mentoring and coaching teams and leading through influence, credibility, and relationships.
• Benefits may include medical, dental, vision, 401(k), FSA/HSA, life insurance, paid time off, wellness programs, bonus, and equity.