Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. True Zero Technologies is a veteran-owned small business focused on enabling people and technology to deliver high-quality outcomes for its customers. The Technical Project Manager will lead cross-functional technical programs from planning through deployment, providing technical oversight, managing risks and dependencies, coordinating stakeholders, and optimizing delivery processes.
Responsibilities
- Project planning and execution: Define program vision, create project plans, and guide cross-functional teams through the full lifecycle of a project, from idea to deployment
- Technical leadership: Contribute to technical decisions, participate in design reviews, and ensure the program's technical feasibility and alignment with engineering standards
- Risk and dependency management: Identify and mitigate risks, negotiate dependencies, and proactively address issues that may arise during the project
- Communication and stakeholder management: Serve as a liaison, communicate progress and blockers to senior management, and ensure clear information flow between technical teams, customers, and other stakeholders
- Problem-solving: Act as a central point for solving technical and program-related problems, removing roadblocks for the team, and ensuring the team stays on track
- Process and tool establishment: Establish the necessary tools, technologies, and processes to ensure a program's success and improve overall system operations
- Technical acumen: Strong understanding of system architecture, software development, and testing methods
- Program management: Experience in planning, executing, and closing cross-functional programs
- Leadership and influence: Ability to lead teams, build trust, and guide projects without direct authority
- Communication: Ability to clearly articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Strategic thinking: Ability to connect technical execution to a larger business vision and prioritize initiatives accordindly
- Cross-Functional Leadership: Coordinating and facilitating communication and collaboration among diverse teams (engineering, product, IT, QA, marketing, vendors, and senior leadership) to ensure alignment and cohesive execution
- Risk Management: Identifying, assessing, and mitigating technical and operational risks that could impact project success, developing contingency plans as needed
- Technical Oversight: Using their strong technical background (e.g., in software development, cloud platforms, system architecture) to engage with engineers, understand technical trade-offs, solve problems, and ensure sound design and architecture decisions
- Monitoring and Reporting: Tracking program progress, performance metrics (KPIs), budgets, timelines, and resource allocation. They generate clear, concise reports for various stakeholders, including executive leadership
- Process Optimization: Advocating for best practices and implementing methodologies like Agile, Scrum, or Kanban to improve efficiency, quality, and velocity of project delivery
Skills
- - 7-10+ years of experience of leading with technical expertise
- - Bachelors Degree
- - Familiarity with various project management methodologies
- - Experience in leadership roles, with or without direct reports
- - Willing to Communicate clearly and openly**:** Use precise language, avoid assumptions, and be transparent with intentions and progress
- - Offer feedback that helps improve group processes and be open to hearing others' suggestions
- - Willing to collaborate with others
Benefits
- Remote work arrangement
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