Job Title: Technical Project Manager
Location: 100% Remote (US Based Only)
We cannot sponsor or transfer any visas, of any kind now or in the future
(ex. OPT, EAD, H1B, H4, etc.)
Hiring Manager: Solutions PMO
Estimated salary range: $80,000 to $130,000
The salary offered for this position will be based on a candidate’s
experience and skill demonstrated during interviews and other evaluations
Position Overview:
We're building a world class team with the aim of providing polished,
professional, Project Management for an emerging company and product. Ocient is
looking for ultimate team players who are dedicated to improving our Project
Management, product, and customer experience with every interaction. The Ocient
team consists of highly technical engineers and understanding the end-to-end
development, sales, and delivery cycle is key to adding unique value to the
organization. Our ideal Project Manager passionately understands complex
software development Project Management. They are driven to lead successful
projects coordinating across many participants and stakeholders, solve complex
problems, and push the bounds of what is possible with performance and scale.
Ocient Project Managers are self-motivated, enthusiastic leaders. They work
directly with Solutions Delivery, Systems, Customer Operations, Engineering,
Testers and Product Management personnel and with every part of the internal
Ocient organization.
Responsibilities:
• Own end-to-end planning and execution for technical programs and projects,
including scope, timeline, resourcing, risk, and budget tracking
• Manage hardware and software installation projects, including coordination of
procurement, site readiness, customer and/or vendor schedules, and go-live
cutovers
• Coordinate database-related workstreams - requirements definitions,
deployments, migrations, and workflow implementations
• Manage overall project organization to ensure requirements and project
deliverable dates can be clearly communicated to between teams
(Product/Engineering/Solutions/Systems/ Customer Operations/QA/Sales) as well as
business stakeholders
• Build and maintain project plans, RAID logs, status reports, and dashboards;
run stand-ups, steering committee updates, and retrospectives
• Identify risks and blockers early, drive them to resolution, and escalate
proactively when timelines or scope are at risk
• Manage a portfolio of concurrent projects, prioritizing based on business
impact and dependencies
• Continuously improve program management processes, templates, and tooling for
the team
• Must be legally authorized to work in the US
Ideal Qualifications:
• BS in management information science, computer science, computer engineering,
or related technical field
• 4+ years of program or project management experience, ideally in a technical
or engineering-adjacent environment
• Hands-on experience managing projects involving databases (in cloud, on-prem,
as a service), data workflows, or data platform operations
• Experience coordinating hardware and/or software installation or deployment
projects (on-prem, data center, or cloud infrastructure)
• Strong working knowledge of project management methodologies (Agile, Scrum,
Waterfall, or hybrid) and tools (Jira, Asana, MS Project, Smartsheet, or
similar)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; comfortable presenting
status and trade-offs to technical and executive audiences (both internal and
external)
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and competing
priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Strong organizational skills with sharp attention to detail and follow-through
An Exceptional Candidate Will Have:
• PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM, or equivalent certification
• Experience working in Adtech, Telecommunications, and/or Network Security
environments
• Familiarity with distributed systems, data warehousing, or large-scale data
infrastructure
• An understanding of SQL, database HA/DR, and database security.
• Interested in pushing the bounds of what’s possible in large-scale data
analytics
• Experience working directly with enterprise customers on technical deployments
• Background in a startup or high-growth, fast-paced and dynamic technical
organization
• A self-starter who can work projects from start to finish