Technology Alignment Manager Jobs in Chicago, IL

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The Senior Technology Relationship Manager (STRM) is a strategic, partner-facing role responsible for owning and executing the day-to-day technology relationship with key B2B partners. This role works in close partnership with the Account Management team to ensure partner technology solutions are stable, compliant, scalable, and aligned to business objectives.

As a newly established function, the STRM serves as both a technology relationship lead and operational quarterback, bridging partners with internal technology, product, compliance, and delivery teams. The role emphasizes governance, execution excellence, proactive communication, and the creation of repeatable processes that enable scale across the partner ecosystem.

Partner Technology Relationship & Account Team Enablement

• Serve as the day-to-day technology relationship owner for assigned partners
• Act as the primary technology point of contact for Account Executives and internal stakeholders
• Partner closely with Account Management to support relationship growth, renewals, and technology alignment
• Coordinate and lead bimonthly digital experience and technology review meetings
• Provide internal teams with context on partner history, unique technology approaches, and operating models
• Function as SME for partner solutions, communicating capabilities, constraints, and dependencies to U.S. Bank teams

Governance, Compliance & Risk Management

• Own and coordinate partner technology compliance reviews, including CAT submissions and follow-ups
• Gather, track, and maintain PRISM documentation and audit evidence
• Coordinate CAT approval processes for integrated technology releases (e.g., CardHub, SpendTrack)
• Manage partnerspecific technology controls and remediation actions
• Ensure timely completion of attestations, reviews, and riskrelated action items

Solution & Technology Portfolio Management

• Develop and maintain Partner Technology Roadmaps
• Track, evaluate, and manage current and future technology solutions, including those outside standard Connectivity Solutions
  • Examples: Real-Time Payments, Mobile App capabilities, PCSP, batch files
• Coordinate with Connectivity Solutions Strategy prior to committing to nonstandard solutions
• Follow up on and resolve outofbounds technology questions and requests
• Lead requirements discovery and quarterback new solution intake, documentation, and approvals
• Manage and prioritize the partner technology backlog

API, Platform & Certificate Management

• Coordinate API version management and lifecycle planning with partners and internal platform teams
• Act as point of contact for certificates, secrets, and keys, including renewals and partner communications
• Monitor and report on API usage, performance, and stability
• Translate platform and API updates into businessfriendly communications for partners
• Ensure partner alignment with platform standards and lifecycle expectations

Delivery, Support & Issue Management

• Manage and triage a backlog of partner and internal technology requests
• Triage production issues and actively engage in Production Support channels
• Assist with testing, troubleshooting, and ticket resolution
• Manage downtime communications and escalation, including understanding internal development and environment cycles
• Ensure proactive, transparent communication to highly integrated partners

Testing, UAT & Release Management

• Own UAT environment management, including refresh coordination and account conditioning
• Support test data setup and postrefresh ad hoc testing requests
• Coordinate partner testing for Elan and Fiserv technology updates
• Manage partner release readiness, validation, and signoff activities
• Drive proactive technology change communication across Elan and Fiserv platforms

Reporting, Insights & Continuous Improvement

• Produce and deliver solution usage, performance, and experience reporting
• Review CSAT feedback and partner input to identify improvement opportunities
• Drive workflow, platform, and API experience enhancements
• Identify trends, risks, and scalability opportunities across partner implementations

Training, Leadership & Function Development

• Act as a player/coach, mentoring future Technology Relationship Managers
• Define and document standard operating processes for onboarding, governance, compliance, UAT, and releases
• Create repeatable work products, including:
  • Intake and requirements templates
  • Compliance and audit checklists
  • Partner communication artifacts
  • API, certificate, and environment playbooks
• Improve efficiency through process standardization and reduced manual effort
• Help establish the long-term operating model for Technology Relationship Management

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong background in B2B technology relationships, integrations, and platformbased solutions
• Proven experience liaising between business, technical, compliance, and product teams
• Working knowledge of APIs, UAT environments, certificates, and platform lifecycle management
• Ability to manage complex partner ecosystems with multiple dependencies
• Excellent communication skills with both technical and nontechnical stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to manage ambiguity and build new processes or functions

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent relevant experience
• 8+ years of experience in technology relationship management, technical account management, or similar roles within the financial services, payments, or related industry
• Experience working with enterprise partners and regulated environments

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in financial services or payments technology strongly preferred
• Familiarity with compliance frameworks such as CAT and PRISM
• Experience supporting thirdparty platforms such as Fiserv or similar providers
• Prior experience mentoring or building new operational functions
• Experience training and coaching others, with interest in continued people leadership

Key Competencies

• Strategic Thinking & Execution
• CrossFunctional Leadership
• Partner Advocacy
• Operational Excellence
• Risk & Compliance Awareness
• Process Design & Continuous Improvement
• Influence Without Authority
• Clear, Proactive Communication

If there's anything we can do to accommodate a disability during any portion of the application or hiring process, please refer to ourdisability accommodations for applicants.

Benefits:

Our approach to benefits and total rewards considers our team members' whole selves and what may be needed to thrive in and outside work. That's why our benefits are designed to help you and your family boost your health, protect your financial security and give you peace of mind. Our benefits include the following:

• Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)

• Basic term and optional term life insurance

• Short-term and long-term disability

• Pregnancy disability and parental leave

• 401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan

• Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)

• Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities

• Adoption assistance

• Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law

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Posting may be closed earlier due to high volume of applicants.