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Job Title Chief of Staff, Technical Programs & Strategy
What does a successful Chief of Staff, Technical Programs & Strategy do at Fiserv? A successful Chief of Staff, Technical Programs & Strategy at Fiserv will partner closely with the Head of Engineering (CTO) and the leadership team as a force-multiplier-turning strategic priorities into predictable execution, removing organizational friction, and enabling engineering teams to deliver high-impact results. You combine technical credibility with program and people leadership to drive outcomes across complex, cross-functional initiatives.
What you will do: - Translate executive strategy into actionable roadmaps, OKRs and quarterly objectives for engineering and product; own program rollout, prioritize initiatives and drive follow-through to measurable outcomes.
- Lead high-visibility technical programs end-to-end: plan milestones, manage scope and interdependencies, surface and mitigate risks, and remove cross-team blockers to ensure on-time, on-scope delivery.
- Design and scale engineering operations and governance (release, incident, design-review, CI/CD): define and track KPIs for quality, velocity and reliability, run retrospectives and continuous-improvement initiatives to reduce cycle time and increase reliability.
- Serve as the primary integrator and communicator across engineering, product, go-to-market and executive stakeholders: prepare concise executive briefings, status reports and board materials; facilitate architecture, security and compliance reviews to maintain standards and alignment.
- Drive resource and capacity decisions and manage external partnerships: lead headcount prioritization, contractor/vendor and budget trade-offs; manage strategic vendor and cloud provider relationships, negotiate SLAs, and advise on organizational design, career paths, onboarding and leadership development.
What you will need to have: - 20+ years of professional experience in technology, engineering or related fields.
- 5+ years of demonstrated experience driving cross-functional strategy execution and leading complex technical programs end-to-end.
- Proven, metrics-driven impact across three core domains-engineering processes, delivery performance and incident management-with hands-on experience in three operational areas: resource/capacity planning, vendor management and organizational design; strong technical literacy to engage with architects on architecture, security and operations.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field preferred; advanced degree a plus.
What would be great to have: - Inclusive engineering leader with a track record of measurable people outcomes - e.g., improved retention or engagement by ~10-25% within 12-18 months and experience scaling team headcount while improving diversity representation.
- Strategic operator who drives measurable delivery results - e.g., has led 3-7 cross-functional technical programs per year and delivered ?80% of program milestones on schedule while translating priorities into quarterly OKRs.
- Deep technical enabler with measurable operational impact - e.g., led architecture/security/CI-CD initiatives that reduced cycle time or MTTR by ~20-40% and mentored 10+ engineers; advanced technical degree is a plus.
Salary Range $155,000.00 - $258,000.00
These pay ranges apply to employees in New Jersey and New York. Pay ranges for employees in other states may differ.
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For incentive eligible associates, the successful candidate is eligible for an annual incentive opportunity which may be delivered as a mix of cash bonus and equity awards in the Company's sole discretion.
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