Technical Project Manager
United States6h ago
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Key details
- Location
- United States
- Work style
- Remote
- Level
- Senior
- Job type
- Full-time
- Experience
- 5–8 yrs
- Function
- Product / Program management
- Focus area
- other
- Posted
- 6h ago
Skills
About the role
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Technical Project Manager based in the United States.
The Technical Project Manager will lead the successful delivery of complex, enterprise-scale technology initiatives across engineering, infrastructure, data, and business teams. In this role, you will oversee projects from initial planning through execution, ensuring that timelines, budgets, resources, and business objectives remain aligned. You will coordinate cross-functional stakeholders, manage risks and dependencies, and establish effective governance frameworks to maintain delivery excellence. Working closely with engineers and technical architects, you will translate business requirements into actionable project plans without needing to perform hands-on engineering work. Experience with modern data platforms such as Databricks and Snowflake will be particularly valuable in supporting platform implementations, migrations, and modernization initiatives. This is an opportunity to drive meaningful technology transformation in a fast-paced enterprise environment while continuously improving project delivery practices.
Accountabilities
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Lead the end-to-end delivery of complex technical projects, including platform implementations, infrastructure initiatives, data migrations, and modernization programs.
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Define project scope, timelines, milestones, deliverables, and resource requirements, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
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Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, budgets, and resource allocation strategies.
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Manage project changes through structured change control processes and ensure all stakeholders remain informed of adjustments.
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Identify, assess, and proactively manage project risks, issues, dependencies, and constraints, driving mitigation strategies through resolution.
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Monitor project budgets and resource utilization, ensuring delivery remains within approved financial and operational parameters.
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Provide regular, clear, and executive-ready status reports to stakeholders and leadership.
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Coordinate engineering, analytics, infrastructure, security, and business teams around shared priorities and delivery objectives.
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Translate business needs into clear requirements, work breakdown structures, and actionable execution plans.
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Facilitate project meetings, Agile ceremonies, technical working sessions, and decision-making forums.
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Manage external vendors and consulting partners, including statements of work, deliverables, timelines, and performance expectations.
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Serve as the primary delivery liaison between technical teams and business stakeholders, ensuring effective communication and collaboration.
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Work closely with engineers and architects to understand technical designs, sequence activities, track dependencies, and coordinate implementation.
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Validate that proposed technical solutions address business and functional requirements while ensuring key decisions and trade-offs are properly documented.
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Establish and maintain project governance frameworks, delivery standards, RAID logs, and project documentation.
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Ensure project execution aligns with applicable security, privacy, and regulatory requirements.
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Apply Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid project management methodologies depending on project needs.
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Capture lessons learned and implement continuous improvements to strengthen delivery processes and project outcomes.
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At least 5 years of experience managing technical projects within enterprise environments.
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Proven track record of successfully delivering complex, multi-workstream projects on time and within scope.
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Strong understanding of project management fundamentals, including scope definition, scheduling, budgeting, resource planning, risk management, and change control.
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Hands-on experience managing projects using both Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
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Familiarity with project management tools such as Jira, Smartsheet, Microsoft Project, or equivalent platforms.
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Sufficient technical knowledge to collaborate effectively with engineering teams on infrastructure, cloud, and data-related initiatives.
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Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills, including experience presenting project updates to executive audiences.
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Strong organizational and problem-solving abilities, with the capacity to manage competing priorities in complex, fast-moving environments.
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Experience delivering data and analytics projects, including platform implementations, migrations, or data warehouse modernization initiatives, is preferred.
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Working knowledge of big data platforms such as Databricks, Snowflake, or Spark/Hadoop ecosystems is an advantage.
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Familiarity with data pipeline concepts, including ETL/ELT, data warehousing, and lakehouse architecture, is preferred.
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Exposure to cloud environments such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is beneficial.
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Understanding of data governance, data quality, and metadata management practices is a plus.
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Relevant professional certifications such as PMP, PMI-ACP, or Certified ScrumMaster are preferred. Databricks or Snowflake certifications are additional advantages.
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Experience working in regulated industries, particularly financial services or healthcare, is a plus.
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Full-time employment opportunity.
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Remote working arrangement.
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Opportunity to lead complex, enterprise-scale technology transformation initiatives.
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Exposure to modern data and analytics platforms, cloud technologies, and infrastructure modernization projects.
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Collaboration with multidisciplinary engineering, analytics, infrastructure, and business teams.
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Opportunity to influence project governance, delivery standards, and continuous improvement practices.
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Professional development through exposure to emerging technologies and enterprise-level initiatives.
As a key driver of enterprise technology initiatives, you will manage end-to-end project execution, coordinate cross-functional teams, and ensure that technical solutions deliver measurable business outcomes.
Requirements:
The ideal candidate brings strong enterprise project management experience, technical fluency, and the ability to lead complex initiatives while maintaining alignment across diverse stakeholders.
Benefits: