Technical Project Manager

• Execute software development/delivery squads and projects day to day
• Deliver projects on time, within budget and scope, and with quality
• Proactively manage project risks, mitigate risks, identify and escalate project variance
• Partner with internal and external stakeholders to meet business objectives
• Define and document project deliverables and timelines
• Hold stakeholders accountable for their responsibilities
• Develop, maintain, and report on squad progress throughout the SDLC and/or project plan
• Lead scrum teams, manage sprints and agile cadences, and oversee end-to-end project schedules
• Participate in working groups and steering committees
• Manage project execution through risk and issue management, monitoring, tracking, reporting, workflow, quality assurance, change, and communication management
• Manage cross-stream internal and external project dependencies
• Align technical deliverables with business objectives
• Review functional specifications, solution design, and user stories to map requirements, identify dependencies, and establish a critical path

Technical Project Manager – Delivery Lead

• Manage end-to-end delivery of technical projects, including requirements gathering, milestone planning, technical solutioning, documentation, execution, and final delivery
• Act as the main client-facing point of contact for technical projects
• Set expectations around scope and timelines and reprioritize as needed
• Collaborate with Engineering, Content, Ops/DevOps, Deployment, and client teams
• Identify risks, create mitigation strategies, and resolve project roadblocks
• Maintain transparent communication with internal and external stakeholders
• Use Jira, Confluence, and Asana dashboards for project visibility and performance tracking
• Identify and implement project delivery process improvements
• Facilitate Agile processes and scrum ceremonies
• Drive prioritization and foster continuous improvement within engineering teams

• Coordinate between business, product, and engineering teams to identify project deliverables, address stakeholder needs, and meet deadlines.
• Gather requirements and identify crucial resources.
• Assist with task completion and provide regular project status updates.
• Coordinate research and strategically develop project plans.
• Translate unique customer requirements into tasks.
• Facilitate software development and partner with operations to deliver solutions to the marketplace.
• Establish project scope, timeline, technical direction, and success metrics with Business, Product, Engineering, Operations, Support, and other leaders.
• Execute projects and provide visibility into resource allocation and prioritization.
• Develop execution frameworks and adapt them to team needs and context.
• Develop understanding of the technical stack and interdependencies, contributing to scalable, reliable, and efficient designs.
• Track, prioritize, and execute projects, enhancements, or bugs from the team backlog.
• Manage communications to leadership and across teams for accountability and timeline management.
• Document project artifacts, including work steps, deployments, release notes, and monthly reporting.
• Gain sign-off from user-acceptance testing and coordinate releases.
• Facilitate retrospective meetings after project completion.

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