Technical Project Manager

Synectics APAC; Maharashtra; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Synectics APAC in India seeks an experienced Technical Project Manager to lead end-to-end planning, execution, and delivery of complex technology initiatives across cloud, APIs, microservices, and SAFe environments.

You will partner with Architects, Engineering Managers, Product Managers, QA and DevOps, drive Agile practices, manage budgets, track progress with metrics, and ensure production readiness and governance compliance.

Qualifications

• Experience leading end-to-end technology projects.
• Strong understanding of SDLC and Agile methodologies.
• Experience working with cloud-based technology projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end planning, execution, monitoring, and delivery of complex technology projects.
• Define project scope, objectives, milestones, timelines, dependencies, resources, and success criteria.
• Manage project budgets, resource utilization, cost tracking, and financial forecasts.
• Coordinate multiple technical workstreams and cross-functional engineering teams.
• Partner with Architects, Engineering Managers, Product Managers, Product Owners, QA, DevOps, Security, and Infrastructure teams.
• Drive Agile/Scrum delivery practices, sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and backlog discussions.
• Coordinate and facilitate PI Planning in scaled Agile/SAFe environments.
• Track project progress using Agile metrics such as velocity, burn-down/burn-up, cycle time, and throughput.
• Identify and manage project risks, issues, dependencies, resource constraints, and scope changes.
• Maintain project plans, RAID logs, dashboards, status reports, and governance documentation.
• Use JIRA and Confluence for project tracking, reporting, documentation, and collaboration.
• Manage technical dependencies across APIs, microservices, cloud infrastructure, integrations, and applications.
• Work closely with engineering and architecture teams on technical design, feasibility, dependencies, and delivery risks.
• Coordinate cloud-based projects involving AWS, Azure, or GCP environments.
• Ensure effective communication with senior leadership and provide regular project health/status updates.
• Drive stakeholder alignment, expectation management, escalation handling, and decision-making.
• Support production readiness, deployment planning, go-live activities, and post-production stabilization.
• Drive continuous improvement through retrospectives, root-cause analysis, and Agile best practices.
• Ensure projects follow required quality, security, compliance, and governance standards.

Skills

Technical Project Management

Agile / Scrum

JIRA

PI Planning / SAFe

Budgeting & Financial Tracking

Scrum Ceremonies

Cloud Projects

Risk, Issue & Dependency Management

Stakeholder & Vendor Management

SDLC and software delivery lifecycle

Cross-functional technical team mgmt

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Git

GitHub

Bitbucket

Job description

• Lead end-to-end planning, execution, monitoring, and delivery of complex technology projects.


• Define project scope, objectives, milestones, timelines, dependencies, resources, and success criteria.


• Manage project budgets, resource utilization, cost tracking, and financial forecasts.


• Coordinate multiple technical workstreams and cross-functional engineering teams.


• Partner with Architects, Engineering Managers, Product Managers, Product Owners, QA, DevOps, Security, and Infrastructure teams.


• Drive Agile/Scrum delivery practices, sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and backlog discussions.


• Coordinate and facilitate PI Planning in scaled Agile/SAFe environments.


• Track project progress using Agile metrics such as velocity, burn-down/burn-up, cycle time, and throughput.


• Identify and manage project risks, issues, dependencies, resource constraints, and scope changes.


• Maintain project plans, RAID logs, dashboards, status reports, and governance documentation.


• Use JIRA and Confluence for project tracking, reporting, documentation, and collaboration.


• Manage technical dependencies across APIs, microservices, cloud infrastructure, integrations, and applications.


• Work closely with engineering and architecture teams on technical design, feasibility, dependencies, and delivery risks.


• Coordinate cloud-based projects involving AWS, Azure, or GCP environments.


• Ensure effective communication with senior leadership and provide regular project health/status updates.


• Drive stakeholder alignment, expectation management, escalation handling, and decision-making.


• Support production readiness, deployment planning, go-live activities, and post-production stabilization.


• Drive continuous improvement through retrospectives, root-cause analysis, and Agile best practices.


• Ensure projects follow required quality, security, compliance, and governance standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end planning, execution, monitoring, and delivery of complex technology projects.


• Define project scope, objectives, milestones, timelines, dependencies, resources, and success criteria.


• Manage project budgets, resource utilization, cost tracking, and financial forecasts.


• Coordinate multiple technical workstreams and cross-functional engineering teams.


• Partner with Architects, Engineering Managers, Product Managers, Product Owners, QA, DevOps, Security, and Infrastructure teams.


• Drive Agile/Scrum delivery practices, sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and backlog discussions.


• Coordinate and facilitate PI Planning in scaled Agile/SAFe environments.


• Track project progress using Agile metrics such as velocity, burn-down/burn-up, cycle time, and throughput.


• Identify and manage project risks, issues, dependencies, resource constraints, and scope changes.


• Maintain project plans, RAID logs, dashboards, status reports, and governance documentation.


• Use JIRA and Confluence for project tracking, reporting, documentation, and collaboration.


• Manage technical dependencies across APIs, microservices, cloud infrastructure, integrations, and applications.


• Work closely with engineering and architecture teams on technical design, feasibility, dependencies, and delivery risks.


• Coordinate cloud-based projects involving AWS, Azure, or GCP environments.


• Ensure effective communication with senior leadership and provide regular project health/status updates.


• Drive stakeholder alignment, expectation management, escalation handling, and decision-making.


• Support production readiness, deployment planning, go-live activities, and post-production stabilization.


• Drive continuous improvement through retrospectives, root-cause analysis, and Agile best practices.


• Ensure projects follow required quality, security, compliance, and governance standards.

Mandatory Skills

• Technical Project Management


• Agile / Scrum


• JIRA


• PI Planning / SAFe


• Budgeting & Financial Tracking


• Scrum Ceremonies


• Cloud Projects


• Risk, Issue & Dependency Management


• Stakeholder & Vendor Management


• SDLC and software delivery lifecycle


• Cross-functional technical team management

Technical Knowledge

• Strong understanding of SDLC and Agile methodologies.


• Good understanding of modern software architecture, APIs, microservices, and integrations.


• Experience working on cloud-based technology projects.


• Exposure to AWS, Azure, or GCP.


• Understanding of CI/CD, DevOps, testing, deployment, and production processes.


• Familiarity with Jira, Confluence, Git/GitHub/Bitbucket, and collaboration tools.


• Understanding of project planning, scheduling, resource management, risk management, and change control.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with SAFe, Scrum, Kanban, or hybrid Agile methodologies.


• PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM, PSM, SAFe Agilist, or similar certification.


• Experience managing cloud migration, digital transformation, platform modernization, or enterprise technology projects.


• Exposure to financial services, banking, investments, insurance, or other regulated industries.


• Experience working with product-led organizations and engineering teams.


• Technical/engineering background is an added advantage.