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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 help drive the retirement, remediation, and migration of legacy applications across a large payments platform program, working closely with engineering teams to define scope, sequence the work, and keep it moving. This is client-facing engagement work with a leading professional services firm, where the systems you help modernize actually go live. WHAT YOU'LL DO Manage a portfolio of legacy application retirement and migration projects across a payments platform program Work with engineering and architecture teams to define disposition paths for legacy systems: retire, remediate, or migrate to new infrastructure Build and maintain project plans, timelines, and dependency maps across multiple concurrent workstreams Identify risks and blockers early, and drive them to resolution with the right technical and business stakeholders Track progress against milestones and report status clearly to program leadership and client stakeholders Coordinate across engineering, infrastructure, security, and compliance teams to keep migrations on track Facilitate program-level ceremonies (planning, status reviews, retros) to keep teams aligned Maintain clear documentation of application disposition decisions and migration progress Flag scope or timeline changes early and help the team adjust plans accordingly WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR 7+ years experience running technical programs involving application migration, modernization, or retirement, ideally at scale Comfort working directly with engineering teams on technical scoping and sequencing, even if you're not writing the code yourself Experience in payments, banking, or another regulated financial services environment Familiarity with cloud migration concepts and target infrastructure (AWS or similar) Working knowledge of Agile delivery practices and tools like JIRA and Confluence Experience managing risk, dependencies, and stakeholder communication across multiple workstreams A clear communicator who can translate technical detail for both engineers and business stakeholders Organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable keeping several moving parts on track at once     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