Technical Project Manager

Responsibilities

Drive the successful delivery of technology projects by proactively managing risks and minimizing variance, ensuring alignment with project goals from initiation through closure

Define and document project deliverables and timelines, holding all stakeholders accountable for their specific responsibilities

Develop, maintain, and report on the squad progress throughout the SDLC and/or project plan, ensuring coverage of all technical tasks and achievement of agreed milestones

Actively lead scrum teams, manage sprints and agile cadences, while overseeing the end-to-end project schedule and delivering key milestones

Participate in working groups and steering committees to ensure risks and issues are escalated promptly through appropriate channels, driving effective decision-making

Manage project execution through risk and issue management, project monitoring, tracking reporting, workflow management, quality assurance, change and communication management

Strong management of cross-stream internal and external project dependencies

Understanding of technical deliverables and effectively align them to business objectives

Review functional specs, solution design, and user stories to ensure business and technical requirements are mapped, dependencies identified and a clear critical path established, enabling effective planning and delivery

Capabilities

Highly developed written and verbal communication skills

Expert understanding of project management including scheduling, resource capacity planning, risk mitigation strategies, and stakeholder management

Solid knowledge of project risk management frameworks

Qualifications

Relevant tertiary qualifications or certifications within Project Management, Agile, and/or IT

Project management experience of 7+ years delivering complex, enterprise-grade digital applications/solutions

Knowledge of solution architecture for digital solutions

Experience delivering software projects with budgets of $3M+

Experience presenting to senior executive stakeholders (mandatory) including exposure to C-suite (preferred)

Experience delivering technical projects across multiple streams of work

Experience with software project management across all phases of the SDLC, delivering multiple projects from inception to completion

Experience within Agile and waterfall software delivery

Previous experience as a technical business analyst, product owner, or developer (preferred)