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# Technical Program Manager at Kunai

- **Company:** Kunai
- **Location:** United States
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-08-19
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-08
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/kunai/jobs/5215401007

## Job description

Kunai builds full-stack technology solutions for banks, credit and payment networks, infrastructure providers, and their customers. Together, we are changing the world’s relationship with financial services. At Kunai, we help our clients modernize, capitalize on emerging trends, and evolve their business for the coming decades by remaining tech-agnostic and human-centered.

You'll drive the delivery of complex payments programs, keeping engineering, product, and business stakeholders aligned as systems like authorization switches and fraud platforms move from plan to production, all while keeping compliance and audit requirements on track.

## WHAT YOU'LL DO

- Own the end to end delivery roadmap for payments authorization and fraud initiatives, from planning through go live
- Coordinate across engineering, QA, risk, and business teams to keep dependencies visible and on track
- Manage RAID logs, escalate risks early, and drive resolution before they become blockers
- Translate technical constraints around auth switch behavior and fraud detection logic into plans stakeholders can act on
- Run governance ceremonies including status reviews, steering committee updates, and release readiness checks
- Own audit readiness for the program, coordinating with compliance and internal audit teams to keep documentation and controls evidence current
- Track program health using data, not gut feel, and adjust scope or sequencing when the numbers say to
- Partner with client stakeholders to manage expectations, priorities, and tradeoffs in real time, including around PCI and SOX control requirements
- Identify process gaps across international and domestic auth switch workstreams and fix them before they compound
- Keep documentation and reporting clean enough that anyone, including an auditor, can step in and understand where things stand

## WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

- 5+ years managing technical programs, ideally within payments, banking, or financial services
- Direct exposure to authorization switch systems, domestic, international, or both
- Familiarity with fraud detection or fraud management systems and how they interact with transaction flows
- Experience working within PCI DSS and SOX control environments, including audit prep and evidence gathering
- Experience running agile or hybrid delivery models across multiple technical teams
- Comfort managing RAID logs, dependency mapping, and cross-team risk tracking
- Strong stakeholder management skills, including with senior client leadership and internal or external auditors
- Nice to have: experience with payments modernization, migration, or platform replacement programs
- A clear communicator who stays organized under pressure and asks good questions before assuming

Our success over the past 20 years is rooted in our exceptional team, which thrives in a culture of collaboration, creativity, and continuous learning.

We are proud to offer our employees a range of benefits, including competitive compensation, professional development opportunities, and flexible work arrangements, all designed to help them thrive. As we continue to expand, we remain committed to cultivating an environment where people feel valued, have a voice, and are given the tools to grow—both personally and professionally—while pushing the boundaries of innovation in the fintech industry.

Minimum Degree Required:

- Bachelor’s Degree, in lieu of a degree, demonstrating in addition to the minimum years of experience required for the role, three years of specialized training and/or progressively responsible work experience in technology for each missing year of college is required

## About Kunai

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Kunai is a digital product development consultancy specializing in AI, cloud engineering, data engineering, and product development for the world's leading financial institutions.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Acquired by PwC in August 2025)
- **Headquarters**: San Ramon, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2015
- **Founders**: Sandeep Sood

## Core Business
- Primary industry/industries: Financial Services Technology (Fintech), IT Consulting, Digital Transformation
- Target customers: B2B — specifically large banks, credit and payment networks, financial infrastructure providers, and other financial institutions
- Mission or purpose statement: "Building the future of finance" by accelerating innovation for the world's leading financial institutions.

## Products & Services
- **Product Development**: Full-stack software engineering to turn new ideas into market-ready financial products, from concept to code.
- **AI & Automation**: Optimizing workflows, improving speed, cutting costs, and enhancing customer experiences through AI-driven solutions.
- **Cloud Engineering**: Migrating and scaling cloud services with a team of experienced cloud-native builders.
- **Data Engineering**: Structuring data for success, creating AI-ready data for decisions, predictive analytics, and personalized financials.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (acquired by PwC in a deal whose financial terms were not disclosed)
- **Key Metric**: Acquired by PwC in August 2025; 25 employees as of the acquisition announcement
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: PwC (acquirer); clients include the world's largest banks and leading payment networks
- **Growth Signals**: The acquisition by PwC positions Kunai to scale its offerings with access to PwC’s extensive resources and global network. PwC stated the acquisition accelerates its strategy to lead in tech-enabled transformation within the Financial Services sector.

## Competitive Advantages
- Deep domain expertise in financial services, with a team that hails from the biggest names in banking, fintech, and financial services.
- A "tech-agnostic" approach that allows them to choose the best technology for each client's specific problem.
- A rapid-prototyping model that helps clients (especially CFOs) see early evidence of ROI before committing full budgets to large-scale transformations.
- A culture of "sweating the decimals" — recognizing that there is no 80/20 rule in banking and striving for precision in every task.

## Strategic Focus
- Post-acquisition, Kunai is focused on accelerating innovation and amplifying its impact for clients by leveraging PwC’s global network and resources.
- The company aims to challenge outdated RFP processes in financial services, helping firms execute digital transformation faster with smaller, more agile teams.
- Kunai emphasizes building and hosting platforms, then transitioning them back to clients so they can take control long-term.
- AI is treated as a standard part of the engineering process, not a standalone product, and is incorporated holistically into each project.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Described as "fanatical about fintech," with a focus on solving hard problems, client obsession, and precision. Values include "Get Fanatical," "Be the Reason Why," "Hard Problems Are the Reward," "Sweat the Decimals," "Stamp Your Passport" (global flexibility), and "Take Care of Yourself."
- **Remote/Hybrid Policy**: Remote-first company, with employees across the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the United Kingdom.
- **Notable Perks**: Strong emphasis on healthy, balanced lifestyles and personal/professional growth. The company states its mission is "to become the best place to work in the tech industry because that's what the best talent deserves."
- **Engineering Culture**: The team is made up of mid- to senior-level engineers who are described as "evangelists for software best practices." The company is human-centered and tech-agnostic, encouraging engineers to think outside the box and solve problems that haven't been solved yet.

## Sources
1. [kunaico.com](https://kunaico.com/)
2. [kunaico.com/careers](https://www.kunaico.com/careers/)
3. [Greenhouse Jobs Board](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/kunai)
4. [PwC Press Release](https://www.pwc.com/us/en/about-us/newsroom/press-releases/kunai.html)
5. [CB Insights](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/kunai)
6. [CFO Dive Article](https://www.cfodive.com/news/pwc-kunai-acquisition-bank-cfos/725634/) (Referenced via CB Insights)

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