Job Summary
The Technical Project Manager will support technology projects and delivery teams by bridging business and technology functions and driving project planning, execution, and delivery. The role requires strong stakeholder management, technical understanding, and experience managing complex technology initiatives. The individual will collaborate with business partners, product leaders, solution architects, and engineering teams to translate business requirements into actionable plans, manage risks and dependencies, and ensure successful project delivery. The role also focuses on improving delivery practices, system quality, data integrity, and overall platform performance.
Key Responsibilities
• Align project scope, objectives, and roadmaps with product, business, and technology strategies.
• Manage multiple projects of low to medium size or complexity, or a single high-visibility project involving significant complexity or risk.
• Partner with product, program, and technology leaders to develop project plans, identify risks and dependencies, and establish release schedules.
• Maintain project documentation and ensure transparency through structured communication channels.
• Lead and facilitate activities supporting backlog prioritization, planning, and execution across multiple projects or complex initiatives.
• Track and report delivery health to stakeholders using leading and lagging indicators.
• Facilitate trade-off discussions using empirical delivery data to support milestone achievement.
• Drive shared accountability for delivery against capacity, quality standards, and business value.
• Identify, manage, and communicate project risks and dependencies.
• Coordinate internal and external communications and training plans to support project execution.
• Implement and refine delivery processes using data insights and historical trends to improve predictability and efficiency.
• Optimize workflows and work sequencing to support continuous delivery and reduce context switching.
• Identify lifecycle-based strategy updates and opportunities for improvement.
• Maintain engineering excellence by managing quality standards, technical debt, incidents, and change processes.
• Oversee integrated release management, ensuring readiness across teams and clear communication.
• Motivate and guide teams by fostering ownership and accountability.
• Support team development, training, and continuous improvement through feedback and learning opportunities.
• Collaborate with business partners, business analysts, solution architects, and engineering teams to translate complex requirements into scalable solutions.
• Support improvements in system quality, data integrity, and overall platform performance.
Required Qualifications
• 5-7 years of experience in project or delivery management roles.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Experience supporting technology delivery teams in large enterprise environments.
• Strong professional communication skills, including the ability to present to senior leaders at the VP level and above.
• Understanding of technical concepts, including REST, SOAP, and APIs.
• Experience with project planning and roadmap development.
• Strong risk and dependency management skills.
• Experience managing technology project delivery, schedules, resources, and budgets.
• Ability to define project scope, objectives, and timelines aligned with business goals.
• Experience identifying risks, managing dependencies, and ensuring release readiness.
• Ability to use metrics and trends to improve delivery predictability and efficiency.
• Strong stakeholder communication and influencing skills.
• Experience monitoring performance, managing KPIs, and reporting progress against milestones.
• Ability to lead change, adapt to evolving priorities, and promote modern delivery practices.
• Deep understanding of iterative delivery frameworks, including Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, Lean, and Six Sigma.
• Strong understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), including requirements, development, testing, and deployment.
• Ability to understand and assess the impact of technical challenges across the SDLC.
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience managing mainframe projects.
• Experience managing cloud-based technology projects.
