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At FIS you’ll have the opportunity to work on some of the most challenging and relevant issues in financial services and technology. Our talented people empower us, and we believe in being part of a team that is open, collaborative, entrepreneurial, passionate and above all fun.\nAbout the position\nThe Senior Platform Portfolio & Program Lead creates the integrated operating view across Platform Engineering. Working with the delivery leads for each platform pillar, this role brings together progress, risks, escalations, dependencies, financial information, and executive-level communications into one coherent portfolio narrative.\nThis is not a project-administration role. The successful candidate can absorb complex information from multiple technology organizations, challenge inconsistencies, identify what matters, and translate detail into concise insights, decisions, and actions for senior leadership.\nWhat you will be doing\nThe integrated portfolio-management view of Platform Engineering and the operating mechanisms leadership use to understand where the organization stands, what is changing, what is at risk, what is blocked, and where intervention is required.\nKey Responsibilitie s\nPartner with delivery leads across Platform Engineering pillars and external stakeholders, including but not limited to TPO, Finance, Technology Leads, and Business Leads to gather, validate, and synthesize portfolio information.\nBuild consistent views of progress, delivery health, milestones, risks, dependencies, escalations, and financial information.\nEstablish effective portfolio-level operating rhythms, reporting standards, and leadership review mechanisms.\nIdentify dependencies, conflicts, and risks that may not be visible from within an individual program.\nConvert detailed program information into concise executive narratives, decision points, and recommended actions.\nTrack significant escalations through resolution and maintain clarity on ownership, dates, impact, and next steps.\nImprove the quality and consistency of portfolio data while reducing duplicative or low-value reporting.\nAnalyze trends and surface areas requiring leadership attention before they become material delivery issues.\nPartner with Finance, TPO, Delivery, Activation, and Platform Engineering leaders whenever an integrated point of view is required.\nPrepare modern leadership communications and materials that clearly distinguish status, risk, decision, dependency, and action.\nRequired Qualifications\nExtensive experience in technical program management, portfolio management, engineering operations, technology transformation, or strategy and execution.\nDemonstrated success managing complex portfolios with multiple interdependent programs and senior stakeholders.\nStrong financial, analytical, and business acumen with the ability to connect investments to delivery outcomes.\nExcellent executive communication, presentation, and narrative-development skills.\nFluency in portfolio metrics, delivery health, dependency management, risk management, and escalation practices.\nAbility to distinguish meaningful risk and decision points from routine reporting noise.\nCredibility working with senior engineering, product, finance, and technology leaders.\nAbility to drive clarity and accountability without direct authority over delivery teams.\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience in platform engineering, developer experience, infrastructure, cloud, or large-scale technology modernization.\nAdvanced PowerPoint and data-reporting skills, including the ability to create executive-ready visual narratives.\nExperience supporting an executive portfolio review, transformation office, engineering operations function, or technology chief-of-staff model.\nWhat Success Looks Like\nLeadership can quickly understand what is happening across Platform Engineering, what has changed, where risk is concentrated, what decisions are required, and where intervention is needed without reconstructing the story from individual programs.\nWhat we offer you\nA competitive salary and benefits.\nVaried and challenging work to help you grow your technical skillset.\nA multifaceted job with a high degree of responsibility and a broad spectrum of opportunities.\nA modern, international work environment and a dedicated and motivated team.\nPrivacy Statement\nFIS is committed to protecting the privacy and security of all personal information that we process in order to provide services to our clients. For specific information on how FIS protects personal information online, please see the Online Privacy Notice.\nEEOC Statement\nFIS 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\nFor positions located in the US, the following conditions apply. If you are made a conditional offer of employment, you will be required to undergo a drug test. 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.\nSourcing Model\nRecruitment at FIS works primarily on a direct sourcing model; a relatively small portion of our hiring is through recruitment agencies. 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