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Since 2014, the mission-driven team at the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) has helped fuel the tremendous growth of the Stellar blockchain network, an open-source platform that operates at high-scale today. Developers and companies around the world build on it, and the SDF team is expanding to support the rapidly growing and changing Stellar ecosystem.\nThe Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) is looking for a talented and experienced Senior Program Manager, Partner Programs to help key partners integrate with the Stellar Network. In this role, you will coordinate across our partners and internal stakeholders (Engineering, BD, Marketing, Product, Account Management) to build innovative blockchain solutions. SDF's partners span the globe and include some of the most innovative software and financial companies in the world.\nIn this role, you will:\nManage, plan, and direct software and product development activities from launch to completion, with overall responsibility for delivering on time and at high quality.\n\nOwn long-term partner integration roadmaps and the success of multiple partners in the Stellar ecosystem.\n\nHost and drive partner meetings with technical and business stakeholders.\n\nIdentify and manage technical dependencies and blockers across partner and internal engineering teams.\n\nMaintain partner-related documentation, including milestone plans, dependencies, schedules, risks, and meeting notes.\n\nMeasure program performance, analyzing the successful completion of short- and long-term goals against company and team OKRs.\n\nDefine process frameworks, program plan templates, tools, and best practices that can be adopted throughout the organization.\n\nYou have:\n7+ years of experience managing software development programs in the financial services industry, some of which took place in a blockchain startup or small-company environment.\n\nComfort engaging in technical discussions - APIs, integration flows, system dependencies - enough to coordinate credibly with engineering, track technical risks and blockers, and translate fluidly between technical and business stakeholders. You don't need to write the code, but you need to understand what's being built well enough to drive it.\n\nFamiliarity with blockchain/crypto concepts, or a demonstrated ability to ramp quickly on a complex, unfamiliar technical domain.\n\nA habit of using AI tools to work smarter - you look for ways to apply AI to your day-to-day, whether that's drafting and summarizing documentation, accelerating research, streamlining reporting, or automating repetitive workflows, and you're eager to help the team do the same.\n\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills.\n\nExcellent leadership skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with partners from various backgrounds and positions.\n\nGreat organizational skills, including attention to detail, multitasking, and creating and instituting processes to streamline workflows.\n\nExperience with program and project management tools like Jira, Airtable, Asana, Confluence, and Google Suite.\n\nAn independent nature and results-driven attitude - you're good at identifying priorities and working in an environment with dynamic objectives.\n\nA knack for problem-solving - you have an eye for untold problems in the program life cycle and create solutions to minimize or mitigate them.\n\nAn aptitude for advocating for partners while supporting the company's mission.\n\nWillingness to travel as needed (mostly to the Americas/Europe).\n\nEnthusiasm for working in a startup environment with some level of ambiguity and wearing multiple hats.\n\nBonus Points if (optional):\nYou have a deeper curiosity about new blockchain technologies (for example, DeFi, Earn, contract tokens) and cryptocurrencies.\n\nYou have worked directly with external partners in the capacity of program manager, project manager, delivery manager, technical program manager or consultant.\n\nWe offer competitive pay with a base salary range for this position of $145,000 - $195,000 depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, we offer lumen-denominated grants along with the following perks and benefits:\nUSA Benefits/Perks:\nCompetitive health, dental & vision coverage with most plans covered at 100% for the employee + any dependents\n\nFlexible time off + 15 company holidays including a company-wide holiday break\n\n401(k) with 4% match\n\nCommuter benefits with $250/month employer contribution\n\nHealth & Dependent Care FSA Accounts\n\nHealth Savings Account (HSA) with monthly employer contribution\n\nGym reimbursement ($80 per month)\n\nLife & ADD (1x salary, up to $250K)\n\nShort & Long term disability\n\nGenerous paid parental leave for all parents, plus paid pregnancy disability leave for birthing parents\n\nFamily building benefits through Kindbody\n\nWellbeing benefits (One Medical, Rightway, Headspace)\n\nL&D budget of $1,500/year\n\nDaily lunch and snacks in office\n\nCompany retreats\n\nAbout Stellar\nStellar is more than a blockchain. Powered by a decentralized, fast, scalable, and uniquely sustainable network made for financial products and services and a thriving and passionate ecosystem that includes a non-profit organization driven by a mission, Stellar is paving the path to unlock the world’s economic potential through blockchain technology. Built with speed and low costs in mind, the Stellar network provides builders and financial institutions worldwide a platform to issue assets, and to send and convert currencies in real time creating real world utility. Founded in 2014, the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) supports the continued development and growth of the Stellar network and also serves the ecosystem of NGOs, corporations, universities, small businesses, governments, and solo entrepreneurs building on the Stellar network through tooling, funding and strategic collaborations. Together, Stellar is where blockchain meets the real world.\nAbout the Stellar Development Foundation\nThe Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) is a non-profit organization focused on working with and supporting change-makers to create equitable access to the global financial system through blockchain technology. SDF provides grants, investments, funding, and other awards to builders and organizations. SDF also develops resources and tooling on the Stellar network to help unlock real world utility. As a nonprofit foundation, SDF puts the health of the Stellar network and the Stellar ecosystem and its mission above all else.\nWe look forward to hearing from you!\nPrivacy Policy\nBy submitting your application, you are agreeing to our use and processing of your data in accordance with our Privacy Policy.\nSDF is committed to diversity in its workforce and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. 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