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# Technical Program Manager - Parallel Testing/Platform Modernization

- **Company:** The Judge Group
- **Location:** Bensenville, IL, United States
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), JIRA, Databases, Continuous Integration, Disaster Recovery, Distributed Systems, Operational Databases, Data Streaming, Cloud Platform System, Kubernetes, Apache Kafka, Database Replication, Cloud Migration
- **Published:** October 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.disabledperson.com/jobs/75903142-technical-program-manager-parallel-testing-platform-modernization

## About the Role

* 15+ years of experience leading complex technology programs, platform migrations, or modernization initiatives.
 * Proven success managing large-scale testing, conversion, or production-readiness programs.
 * Strong technical knowledge of cloud platforms, distributed systems, databases, APIs, data flows, and infrastructure.
 * Experience running parallel operations and validating results across legacy and replacement platforms.
 * Advanced Jira expertise and exceptional executive communication skills.
 * Experience in highly regulated industries, preferably financial services, capital markets, clearing, or payments.

Preferred

 * Cloud migration, disaster recovery, and operational readiness experience.
 * Familiarity with Kafka, Kubernetes, CI/CD, enterprise scheduling, and data replication technologies.
 * Experience presenting to executive leadership, risk committees, regulators, or boards.

## Description

A leading financial services organization is seeking a Technical Program Manager to lead the external parallel testing phase of a large-scale clearing platform modernization.

This is a hands-on leadership role responsible for driving testing execution as the organization transitions from a legacy platform to a new cloud-based environment. You'll lead cross-functional teams across technology, operations, risk, data, and business functions to ensure successful validation, reconciliation, and production readiness.

Key Responsibilities

 * Own the external parallel testing strategy, roadmap, governance, and execution.
 * Coordinate production data refreshes, environment readiness, and testing cycles.
 * Lead reconciliation efforts between legacy and target platforms, driving issue resolution and retesting.
 * Manage Jira-based planning, dependencies, defects, risks, and delivery governance.
 * Partner with internal teams and external participants to ensure testing readiness and successful execution.
 * Develop executive dashboards, readiness metrics, and go-live recommendations.