Technical Project Manager

Responsible for working collaboratively with cross-functional technical teams to ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope and with a high degree of quality

Responsibilities

• Responsible for actively engaging with cross-functional technical and product management teams to prioritize tasks/work effort by understanding scope, requirements, level of effort, and pipeline, and clarify tradeoffs when changes are made to that plan 

• Create and monitor active work, backlog, priorities and risks to team members, internal and external stakeholders 

• Provide advice to business partners on options to accomplish requested projects 

• Manage project documentation and report on project status, backlog, and resources 

• Resolve and/or escalate issues in a timely fashion 

• Implement, measure and report on key performance indicators and ensure project dashboards are up to date. 

• Adhere to enterprise-wide project management methodology standards 

Qualifications
Required

• Bachelor's degree or relevant work experience 

• At least 3 years experience with project coordination or management of IT and/or software development projects 

• Proven track record leading agile development teams and delivering enterprise software projects on time and within budget 

• Expert in project management methodologies such as Agile and Waterfall 

• Strong technical background with ability to effectively communicate complex concepts to stakeholders at all levels 

• Demonstrated experience with project management tools such as Jira or MS Project and creating detailed project plans, timelines and resource allocations 

Preferred

• Project Management Professional (PMP) or Project Management Institute (PMI) certification  

• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certification 

• Understand fundamentals of release and change management to deliver successful projects 

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