The Technical Project Manager oversees large technical projects, leading cross-functional teams, managing risks, ensuring quality, and communicating with stakeholders consistently.
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A Technical Project Manager oversees the planning, execution, and delivery of large technical projects that span multiple engineering teams. They coordinate cross-functional teams, manage risks, ensure quality, and communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders to meet business outcomes.
Here’s How You Make an Impact:
- Lead cross-functional teams to define, plan, and execute technical projects aligned with business goals and timelines.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to clarify project requirements, prioritize features, and ensure alignment across teams.
- Drive project progress by managing timelines, tracking milestones, and addressing risks or roadblocks.
- Communicate project updates and status reports to stakeholders, ensuring transparency and managing expectations.
- Ensure technical solutions are delivered with high quality, meeting scope, performance, and compliance standards.
- Identify opportunities to improve processes, optimize workflows, remove bottlenecks and enhance team efficiency and work with Engineering leadership to make improvements.
- Monitor project budgets and resource allocation, ensuring efficiency while meeting timelines.
- Monitor performance metrics.
- Foster a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement within technical teams, promoting innovation and accountability.
- Enable organizational agility by supporting cross functional teams to do iterative planning and value delivery.
You Thrive Here By Possessing the Following:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
- 5+ years of experience in project management, with at least 2 years managing technical projects in a technology company
- Proven experience in managing cross-functional teams, including engineering, product, and business stakeholders
- Working on teams with modern software development workflows with continuous delivery
- Demonstrated success in delivering projects on time, within scope, and within budget in a fast-paced environment
- 2+ years experience being part of the software development team, e.g., hands on coding or testing
- Strong understanding of technical concepts and software development methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Waterfall)
- Proficiency in project management tools (e.g., Jira, Asana, Trello) and version control systems (e.g., Git)
- Basic knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud) and CI/CD processes is a plus
- Agile or Scrum certifications (e.g., CSM, PMI-ACP) are a plus
- Project Management Professional or similar project management certification is a nice to have
- Excellent verbal and written communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Strong organizational, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously
- Strong attention to detail with the ability to adapt to changing priorities
At Wave, we value diversity of perspective. Your unique experience enriches our organization. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds. Let’s talk about how you can thrive here!
Wave is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible candidate experience. If you require accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing [email protected]. We will work with you to meet your needs.
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