Technical Project Manager IV

Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions; North East; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail technology firm in North East England is seeking a Technical Project Manager IV. This role involves leading large complex projects, managing stakeholder communications, and overseeing financial performance. Candidates must have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and substantial experience in technical project management. The firm offers a competitive salary and generous benefits, including health coverage and paid vacation. This position provides the opportunity to mentor junior staff and drive process enhancements in a dynamic work environment.

Benefits

Group health coverage (medical, dental & vision)

Employee Assistance Programs

Generous paid holiday schedule

Qualifications

• 8 years of technical project/program management experience.
• 4 years in client-facing software delivery.
• Experience managing budget adherence and variance control.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of large multi-team initiatives.
• Provide updates on progress and risks to executives.
• Serve as delivery authority in technical discussions.
• Forecast and track financial performance.
• Coach and develop junior project managers.
• Drive process enhancements for quality and predictability.

Skills

Managing large cross-functional software delivery programs

Financial management skills

Backlog management

Proficiency with project management tools

Excellent communication and presentation

Stakeholder influencing

Mentoring project managers

Technical fluency in system architecture

Experience with retail IT environments

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Jira

MS Project

Smartsheet

Job description

Overview

Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions is seeking a Technical Project Manager IV. The Technical Project Manager IV leads large complex projects from planning through delivery ensuring results are achieved on time within scope budget and quality standards. This role manages risk, dependencies and resources across multiple teams while driving backlog planning, estimation and scheduling discipline. The TPM IV mentors junior project managers, strengthens delivery practices and resolves escalated issues. Operating with executive and client-facing visibility, the TPM IV represents delivery in senior forums and technical discussions credibly explaining system architectures, data dependencies and product impacts to build confidence and ensure predictable high-quality outcomes.

Areas of Expertise & Special Skills

Education: Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field (or equivalent experience).

Experience: 8 years of technical project or program management including 4 years leading client-facing software delivery.

Core Skills and Competencies:

• Proven success managing large cross-functional software delivery programs.
• Strong financial management skills including forecasting, variance tracking and budget control.
• Deep knowledge of backlog management, scheduling, risk mitigation and dependency resolution.
• Skilled in governance processes such as ARB and SDLC.
• Proficiency with tools including Jira, MS Project, Smartsheet and other project management platforms.
• Excellent communication and presentation abilities for both technical and executive audiences.
• Demonstrated success in influencing and aligning stakeholders across business and engineering functions.
• Experience mentoring and developing junior project managers.
• High sense of ownership, accountability and urgency in driving project outcomes.
• Technical fluency in system architecture, integrations and data dependencies, able to credibly represent delivery in client and executive settings.
• Experience with store-level retail IT environments will be considered a strong asset.

Key Responsibilities

1. Program Delivery: Lead delivery of large multi-team initiatives ensuring scope, schedule, budget and quality goals are consistently met.
2. Stakeholder Communication: Provide transparent, timely updates on progress, risks and mitigations to executives and clients.
3. Technical Representation: Serve as the delivery authority in discussions involving system architecture, data flow, integrations and product impacts.
4. Financial Oversight: Forecast and track financial performance, ensuring alignment between planned vs. actual costs, resource allocation and profitability targets.
5. Leadership & Mentorship: Coach and develop TPMs, fostering strong delivery discipline and leadership capability within the team.
6. Continuous Improvement: Drive process enhancements across estimation, scheduling and delivery to optimize predictability, quality and risk management.

Financial Impact

The TPM IV provides financial oversight for large-scale projects, managing forecasting, budget adherence and variance control. They deliver transparent visibility into delivery health, enabling informed decisions at the executive level.

Complexity

This role manages complex, high-impact programs with significant cross-team dependencies and executive visibility. The TPM IV must balance technical, financial and operational challenges while maintaining credibility with customers and leadership. Success requires a deep understanding of system architecture and delivery processes to influence customer satisfaction, profitability and organizational trust.

About the Company

Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions is a dynamic billion-dollar global company based in Research Triangle Park, NC, providing retail store solutions to leading brands. Our in-store solutions and impressive customer base have established us as a global market leader. The nature of retail is changing quickly, and if you share our Together Commerce vision of a seamless two-way participatory shopping experience, let’s get together to drive the new economy.

Benefits

Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions Inc. offers a competitive salary and generous benefits package including:

• Group health coverage (medical, dental & vision)
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Company provided life insurance
• Employee discounts
• Generous paid holiday schedule, paid vacation & sick/personal days

EEO & Diversity

EEO: Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that evaluates qualified applicants without regard to age, ancestry, color, religious creed, disability, marital status, medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status, national origin, race, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression and sexual orientation, or any other protected factor. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Individuals who need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process should email to request an accommodation.

DIVERSITY EQUITY & INCLUSION: We firmly believe that our people are integral to the success of our customers. We are committed to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for all our people as highlighted by our 5 Core Principles: Create, Outreach, Foster Belonging, Unleash Opportunity, Diverse Cultural Engagement and Culture of Transparency. We are passionate about our customers, the retail industry and becoming a more responsible company as we help create a brighter future.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to compensation information as part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

Required Experience: IC

Key Skills: Abinitio, Editorial, Account Management, Drafting, Android Development, Brokerage

Employment Type : Contract

Experience: years

Vacancy: 1