Technical Project Manager Microsoft

Techworkstalent Pvt Ltd; Chennai District; On-site; INR 2,600,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Techworkstalent is seeking an experienced Technical Project Manager to lead complex enterprise projects involving Microsoft Power Platform, CRM, and low-code solutions.

Responsibilities include end-to-end delivery, requirements management, risk mitigation and cross-functional team leadership. You will coordinate architects, developers, QA, and integrators to ensure timely, within-scope deployments across Microsoft 365, Dataverse, Power Automate and APIs.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software/technology project delivery experience.
• 3+ years of experience managing technical projects.
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycle.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Strong understanding of APIs and system integrations.
• Understanding of databases and data models.
• Understanding of cloud applications and enterprise architecture.
• Experience managing developers, QA and technical teams.

Responsibilities

• End-to-End Project Ownership: define scope, objectives, deliverables, milestones and timelines.
• Technical Project Management: coordinate solution architects, developers, BAs, QA and integration specialists.
• Requirement & Scope Management: translate business requirements into technical workstreams; manage changes, risks and dependencies.
• Team Management: lead cross-functional teams; assign tasks; monitor productivity; remove blockers; conduct reviews.
• Agile Delivery: plan sprints, stand-ups, backlog, velocity tracking, acceptance criteria and releases.
• Client & Stakeholder Management: act as primary delivery interface; communicate progress, risks and mitigation.
• Quality & Delivery Governance: ensure adherence to standards; coordinate SIT/UAT and production readiness; ensure timely deployments.

Skills

7+ years experience

3+ years PM

SDLC

Agile/Scrum

APIs & integrations

Databases & data models

Cloud applications

Lead developers/QA/teams

Power Platform experience

Power Apps

Dataverse

Power Automate

Microsoft 365

CRM implementations

Low-code/no-code

AI/GenAI projects

Enterprise API integrations

Education

Bachelors in CS/IT or related

Tools

Jira

MS Project

Confluence

Azure DevOps

Monday.com

Zoho Projects

Job description

Technical Project Manager – Microsoft Power Platform & Enterprise Applications

Work Mode: Full-time

Experience: 7–12 Years

Employment Type: Full-time

About Techworkstalent

Techworkstalent is an technology solutions company delivering enterprise application development, automation, CRM, low-code/no-code and digital transformation solutions to customers across India and international markets.

We are expanding our enterprise technology delivery practice and are looking for an experienced Technical Project Manager who can lead complex application development and digital transformation projects involving Microsoft Power Platform, enterprise integrations, AI/Copilot, CRM, workflow automation and low-code platforms.

Role Overview

The Technical Project Manager will be responsible for the end-to-end delivery of technology projects, from requirement discovery and solution planning through development, testing, deployment and post-production support.

The role requires a combination of:

• Strong project management
• Team leadership
• Risk and dependency management
• Commercial and scope control

The ideal candidate should be technically strong enough to understand architecture discussions, review estimates and challenge technical assumptions, while being commercially and operationally strong enough to own the overall delivery.

Key Responsibilities

1. End-to-End Project Ownership

• Own the project from kick-off to successful production deployment.
• Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, milestones and timelines.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans.
• Establish project governance and reporting mechanisms.
• Track project progress against agreed timelines, scope and budget.
• Ensure all project deliverables are completed on time and to agreed quality standards.
• Manage multiple projects/workstreams simultaneously when required.

2. Technical Project Management

Work closely with Solution Architects, Developers, Business Analysts, QA Engineers and Integration Specialists to ensure technical delivery is aligned with the approved solution.

The PM should be able to understand and coordinate projects involving:

• Microsoft Power Apps
• Microsoft Dataverse
• Power Automate
• REST API integrations
• SQL / relational databases
• SharePoint
• Microsoft 365
• CRM platforms
• Workflow automation
• Low-code/no-code platforms
• Cloud applications
• Third-party enterprise applications

You are not expected to be the primary developer, but you should be technically strong enough to understand what is being built, how it is being built, the dependencies involved and whether the proposed timeline is realistic.

3. Requirement & Scope Management

• Work with clients and Business Analysts to understand business requirements.
• Participate in requirement workshops and solution discussions.
• Convert business requirements into actionable technical workstreams.
• Ensure requirements are documented and approved.
• Identify gaps, ambiguities and dependencies early.
• Control scope throughout the project lifecycle.
• Manage Change Requests and assess their impact on:
• Cost
• Timeline
• Resources
• Delivery risk
• Work with technical leads to prepare project estimates.
• Validate effort estimates and delivery assumptions.
• Build project schedules and resource plans.
• Identify critical-path activities.
• Define development, integration, testing and deployment milestones.
• Highlight potential overruns early and recommend corrective action.

5. Team Management

Lead cross-functional technology teams consisting of:

• Solution Architects
• Power Platform Developers
• Software Developers
• Integration Developers
• Business Analysts
• UI/UX resources

Responsibilities include:

• Assigning tasks and ownership.
• Monitoring individual and team productivity.
• Removing delivery blockers.
• Conducting project reviews.
• Ensuring clear accountability.
• Escalating performance or capability issues when required.

6. Agile Delivery

• Sprint Planning
• Daily Stand-ups
• Sprint Reviews
• Maintain product/project backlog.
• Track sprint commitments and velocity.
• Ensure stories have clear acceptance criteria.
• Monitor sprint progress and impediments.
• Coordinate releases across development, QA and production environments.

Experience with Jira, Azure DevOps, Monday.com or similar project management tools is preferred.

7. Client & Stakeholder Management

Act as the primary delivery interface between Techworkstalent and the client.

• Present project progress, risks and dependencies.
• Communicate delays and corrective actions proactively.
• Handle escalations professionally.
• Coordinate requirement clarifications with client stakeholders.
• Obtain approvals/sign-offs at appropriate project milestones.
• Build strong relationships with client technology and business teams.

The candidate must be comfortable interacting with CXO-level stakeholders, IT heads, business leaders and enterprise technology teams.

• Maintain project RAID logs.
• Identify risks before they become delivery issues.
• Track:
• Risks
• Assumptions
• Issues
• Decisions
• Develop mitigation and contingency plans.
• Escalate critical risks to leadership in a timely manner.
• Monitor cross-team and third-party dependencies.

9. Quality & Delivery Governance

• Ensure development follows agreed technical and coding standards.
• Coordinate with QA to establish testing plans.
• Track SIT, UAT and production readiness.
• Ensure defects are appropriately prioritized and resolved.
• Coordinate UAT sign-off.
• Ensure deployment readiness checklists are completed.
• Coordinate production releases and hypercare.
• Conduct project closure and lessons-learned reviews.

The Technical Project Manager will also have responsibility for protecting project commercials.

• Track project effort against approved estimates.
• Identify scope creep.
• Work with management on billing milestones and deliverables.
• Ensure projects are delivered within approved commercial parameters.

Required Technical Skills

Must Have

• 7+ years of experience in software/technology project delivery.
• 3+ years of experience managing technical projects.
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycle.
• Experience working with Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Strong understanding of APIs and system integrations.
• Understanding of databases and data models.
• Understanding of cloud applications and enterprise architecture.
• Experience managing developers, QA and technical teams.

Strongly Preferred

Experience with one or more of:

• Microsoft Power Platform
• Power Apps
• Dataverse
• Power Automate
• Microsoft 365
• CRM implementations
• Low-code/no-code platforms
• AI/GenAI application projects
• Enterprise API integrations

The candidate does not need to be an expert developer, but should be technically conversant in these areas.

Project Management Skills

• Agile / Scrum
• Project planning
• Resource planning
• Change management
• Scope management
• UAT management
• Release management
• Project reporting
• Budget/effort tracking

Tools

Experience with:

• Jira
• Microsoft Teams
• Confluence
• MS Project
• Monday.com
• Zoho Projects or similar tools

Documentation & Reporting

The candidate should be comfortable preparing and maintaining:

• Project plans
• Schedules
• RAID logs
• Sprint reports
• Resource plans
• Requirement trackers
• Change Requests
• Meeting minutes
• UAT plans
• Project closure reports

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or a related discipline.
• PMP / PRINCE2 / Scrum Master certification is an advantage.
• Microsoft Power Platform certification is an advantage.
• Relevant technical certifications are preferred.

Ideal Candidate Profile

We are looking for someone who is not just a project coordinator.

The ideal candidate should be able to walk into a client meeting, understand the business requirement, participate meaningfully in the technical discussion, question unrealistic estimates, identify delivery risks, coordinate the technical team and communicate the situation clearly to management.

You should be comfortable moving between:

and ensuring that nothing falls through the gaps.

You should have a strong ownership mindset and be comfortable saying:

"This is the requirement, this is the proposed solution, these are the dependencies, this is the effort, this is the risk, and this is what we need to do to deliver it successfully."

Key Success Metrics

Success in this role will be measured by:

• Delivery within approved scope
• Project profitability/margin protection
• Client satisfaction
• Reduction in delivery escalations
• Quality of deliverables
• Successful UAT and production deployment
• Repeat business / expansion opportunities from existing clients