Role: Project Manager
Location: Remote in USA
Duration: Contract
Work Authorization: Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
Required Qualifications
10+ years of experience in IT delivery, with 5+ years as a TPM, Program Manager, on technical programs
Demonstrated experience managing E2E delivery of large, cross-functional programs
Strong experience writing epics, features, user stories, and acceptance criteria from real business use cases
Proven experience in estimation, capacity planning, and prioritization
Hands-on experience with program budget management and financial tracking
Working knowledge of the mobile app lifecycle: development, testing, store submission, review, and phased release for iOS and Android, including regional/market availability timelines
Strong command of risk management, dependency tracking, and release governance (Go/No-Go)
Experience building executive-level status reports and presenting to senior leadership
Familiarity with observability and monitoring concepts and tools (e.g., Datadog, Splunk, Grafana, Firebase Crashlytics, New Relic)
Advanced Excel skills: pivot tables, XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP, INDEX-MATCH, SUMIFS/COUNTIFS, conditional formatting, dashboards, and basic macros or Power Query
Practical experience with Jira, Confluence, and Agile/SAFe frameworks
Working knowledge of AI/GenAI tools and their practical use in program delivery
Excellent written and verbal communication, stakeholder management, and influencing skills
Program Delivery & Ownership
Own end-to-end delivery from discovery and requirements through build, test, release, and post-release support
Define program scope, milestones, roadmap, and delivery plans across multiple engineering, QA, and business teams
Drive Agile ceremonies and ensure alignment between product, engineering, design, QA, and operations
Requirements & Feature Definition
Write and groom epics and features grounded in real business use cases, covering business context, user personas, functional and non-functional requirements, dependencies, assumptions, out-of-scope items, and measurable success criteria
Define clear, testable acceptance criteria (e.g., Given/When/Then) for every feature
Prioritize the backlog using structured frameworks (e.g., WSJF, RICE, MoSCoW, value vs. effort)
Estimation, Capacity & Budget
Lead estimation exercises with engineering leads (story points, T-shirt sizing, bottom-up estimates)
Calculate and manage team capacity, accounting for availability, leave, ceremonies, velocity, and skill mix
Own program budget tracking: forecast vs. actuals, resource cost, vendor spend, and variance reporting
Risk, Dependency & Issue Management
Maintain a living RAID log (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies) with clear owners, mitigations, and escalation paths
Track and manage internal and external dependencies (third-party vendors, APIs, partner teams, app store requirements)
Proactively identify delivery risks and drive timely escalation and resolution
Release & Go/No-Go Management
Own the release process, including release planning, readiness checklists, code freeze, regression and UAT sign-off, and rollback planning
Facilitate Go/No-Go decisions with objective criteria (defect severity, test coverage, performance, security, and business readiness)
Coordinate mobile app releases for iOS (App Store) and Android (Google Play), including review/approval timelines, phased rollouts, regional/market availability, and hotfix handling
Ensure mobile features are validated before production through device/OS matrix testing, beta programs (TestFlight, internal/closed tracks), and staged rollout
Observability & Reporting
Define and monitor delivery and product health metrics: velocity, burn-up/burn-down, defect leakage, cycle time, release success rate, crash-free sessions, and app performance
Work with engineering on observability (dashboards, alerting, logging, and monitoring) to enable fast post-release detection and response
Publish regular status reports and executive dashboards (RAG status, milestones, risks, budget, decisions needed) tailored to leadership audiences
AI & Productivity Tools
Leverage AI tools to improve program productivity, such as drafting documentation, summarizing meetings, analyzing data, and building presentations
Stay current on AI capabilities and identify opportunities to embed AI into delivery processes and products
Equal Employment Opportunity
Themesoft Inc is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
Thank you
Praveen praveen.s@themesoft.com