Technical Project Manager

Technical Project Manager - Web, Mobile Technology

Direct-Hire / FTE and Contract

Santa Clara, CA 95054 (Onsite)

looking for a dedicated, motivated, detail-oriented Technical Project Manager for their delivery execution team to support development and delivery of client projects. Responsible for managing customer engagements from onshore and leading the co-located teams to deliver project schedule, scope, quality, efficiency, resources throughout the software development life cycle. This role includes identifying and managing risks, issues, and change-requests also which are critical factors for delivery success.

Key Responsibilities:

• Project Management Project planning and management including scope, schedule, velocity, efficiency, quality; Create and manage detailed project plans for each milestone and releases
• Resource Coordination Resource allocation, ensuring availability and capacity management; Team members growth and trainings identification
• Risk and Change Management Manage changes to project scope, schedule, and costs using appropriate verification techniques; Perform risk management to minimize project risks
• Performance Measurement Measure project performance using appropriate systems, tools, and techniques; Report and escalate to management as needed
• Documentation and Quality Assurance Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation; Oversee quality assurance and ensure objectives are met
• Budget & Financial Management Planning and managing project budgets to ensure financial resources are used effectively; Budgeting, forecasting, and managing financial resources
• Technical Proficiency Provide technical guidance and support to the project team; Ensure technical feasibility of projects.
• Post-Project Evaluation Conduct post-project evaluation and identify successful and unsuccessful project elements; Applying learnings for future projects and sharing with delivery team for wider learning

Skills:

• Minimum 7+ years of experience in technical project management or similar experience / expertise
• Strong understanding of project management methodologies is required
• Experience of executing projects in Agile methodology using scrum framework
• Capable of providing gap analysis and needs assessments to uncover business needs
• Proactively identifying future blockers and gaps and working closely with the team and client to minimize productivity loss
• Experience of working with JIRA, ADO, or similar project management tools
• Generating data centric metrics, effective reports, and dashboards
• Have technical background with understanding and/or hands-on experience in web and/or mobile development technologies like Java, React, Node.js, Angular, HTML/CSS3, SQL or similar query languages
• Understanding of DevOps and CI/CD pipeline and processes, cloud infrastructure, and source code repositories
• Able to lead the technical team by providing guidance
• Identifying the need of aligning the technical architect, product owner, QE lead or right stakeholder with the team as per the requirement
• Working with multiple internal and stakeholders and vendors and resolving dependencies and blockers
• Strong experience in leading, facilitating and motivating teams for small to medium IT projects required
• Bachelor s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field
• PMP, SAFe, CSM, or similar project management certification is a plus
• Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills including attention to detail and multitasking
• Strong leadership, negotiation, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Being flexible and able to adjust plans as project requirements change