The Program Manager will serve as a key operating partner to the Head of Fintech and Specialty Sales, North America.
This role will help drive execution across the organization by translating business priorities into action, coordinating work across teams, and establishing the operating discipline required to run the business effectively.
The successful candidate will be a highly organized, proactive operator who thrives in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment. They will bring structure to ambiguity, maintain visibility across key initiatives, anticipate risks and dependencies, and ensure decisions result in measurable progress. In this fast-paced, matrixed environment, you’ll turn strategy into action - managing large initiatives, establishing governance, and ensuring accountability. Ideal candidates excel at stakeholder engagement, program discipline, and delivering results through collaboration and influence.
This is a hybrid role - 3 days per week in our Atlanta office.
Business Execution and Program Management
- Translate leadership priorities into clear plans, deliverables, owners, milestones, and measures of success.
- Lead high-priority initiatives across Fintech, HCM, ISVs, Strategic Alliances, and other specialty sales areas.
- Coordinate execution across Sales, Finance, Revenue Operations, Product, Marketing, Customer Success, Implementation, People, and partner teams.
- Identify risks, dependencies, and blockers early and drive them to resolution.
- Maintain visibility into priorities, commitments, decisions, and next steps.
- Ensure critical initiatives move from discussion to completed action.
Business Operations and Leadership Support
- Manage the operating cadence for the Head of Fintech and Specialty Sales, including leadership meetings, business reviews, planning sessions, and strategic partner reviews.
- Prepare executive briefings, business updates, presentations, agendas, and decision materials.
- Coordinate annual and quarterly planning activities across the organization.
- Support hiring, onboarding, organizational planning, and team communications.
- Build scalable operating processes that improve clarity, accountability, and execution.
- Anticipate business requirements and ensure leadership is prepared for key decisions and deliverables.
Business Performance and Visibility
- Partner with Finance, Revenue Operations, and other functional teams to provide leadership with the information required to effectively run the business.
- Consolidate commercial, operational, and performance insights into a clear view of business priorities, risks, and opportunities.
- Surface gaps, conflicting information, or unresolved decisions and coordinate the appropriate response.
- Connect business insights to clear actions, owners, and timelines.
- Maintain visibility into organizational priorities and ensure alignment across stakeholders.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience managing complex, cross-functional programs or projects in SaaS, software, or technology organizations.
- Experience in Business Operations, Strategic Program Management, Sales Operations, Revenue Operations, or a related function.
- Proven ability to manage complex cross-functional initiatives from planning through execution.
- Demonstrated success driving results and accountability without direct authority.
- Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, judgment, and follow-through.
- Ability to bring structure to ambiguity and manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
- Demonstrated success in driving executional discipline, meeting deadlines, and achieving measurable outcomes.
- Excellent written communication, executive preparation, facilitation, and stakeholder-management skills.
- Experience supporting a senior commercial leader or business unit is preferred.
- Experience in fintech, payments, B2B SaaS, ERP, HCM, or a partner-led technology business is highly preferred.
What Success Looks Like
- The organization operates with clear priorities, ownership, and accountability.
- Leadership meetings and business reviews result in timely decisions and measurable follow-through.
- Cross-functional initiatives progress despite complex dependencies and distributed ownership.
- Risks and blockers are identified early and resolved effectively.
- Leaders have a clear view of business priorities, performance, and required actions.
- The Head of Fintech and Specialty Sales spends less time coordinating activities and tracking follow-up items and more time focused on strategy, customers, talent, partnerships, and growth.
- The organization executes with greater speed, consistency, and operational discipline.
Plenty of perks:
- Competitive salaries that landed us top 5% of similar sized companies (according to Comparably)
- Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage
- 401(k) retirement match (100% matching up to 4%)
- 32 days paid time off (21 personal days, 10 national holidays, 1 floating holiday)
- 18 weeks paid parental leave for birth, adoption or surrogacy offered 1 year after start date
- 5 days paid yearly to volunteer (through Sage Foundation)
- $5,250 tuition reimbursement per calendar year starting 6 months after hire date
- Sage Wellness Rewards Program ($600 wellness credit and $360 fitness reimbursement annually)
- Library of on-demand career development options and ongoing training offerings
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United States
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Hybrid
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