Technical Project Manager (Cebu, Hybrid)

Inspire Team Pty Ltd Philippines Branch

Cebu City

On-site

PHP 1,000,000 - 1,600,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid work

Equipment provided

HMO coverage from Day 1

Job summary

InspireX in Cebu, Philippines (Hybrid) is seeking a Technical Project Manager to lead the delivery of customer-facing software projects from initiation to release.

You will coordinate across engineering, QA, UX, and client teams, manage timelines, backlogs, risk, and ensure quality and on-time delivery in a multinational environment.

Qualifications

5+ years of dedicated project management experience within software development outsourcing, IT consulting, or remote delivery environments.
Deep, practical expertise in Agile and Scrum methodologies, project tracking tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence).
Proven track record of successfully managing client-facing projects with international stakeholders.
Experience with AI-enabled delivery is a plus.

Responsibilities

Timeline Ownership: Oversee end-to-end delivery of custom software projects, driving milestones, sprint goals and deployment deadlines.
Translating Requirements: Understand and translate requirements within the Discovery Phase.
Delivery Planning: Develop and maintain project plans, milestones, schedules, release plans and roadmaps.
Project Governance: Monitor project health with regular reporting, risk management and reviews.
Backlog Management: Maintain and prioritise backlogs reflecting scope, priorities and progress.

Job description

Position Title: Technical Project Manager

Reporting To: Technical Manager

Location: Cebu, Philippines (Hybrid)

About InspireX

InspireX specialises in software solutions for the professional Audio Visual (AV) industry, supporting product teams, manufacturers, and enterprise clients around the world. Our work spans from embedded systems and device drivers to cloud-based platforms, control interfaces, and collaboration tools that redefine how people interact with technology in hybrid environments.

With teams across Australia, Europe and the Philippines, we collaborate globally to deliver exceptional software for some of the biggest names in AV. Our focus is on innovation, usability, and reliability - empowering our partners to accelerate their product roadmaps and stay ahead in a rapidly evolving industry.

Position Purpose

Working directly under the Technical Manager, the Technical Project Manager is responsible for the structured execution, timeline management, and successful delivery of customer-facing software projects from project initiation through to release. This role focuses on delivery governance: turning defined technical proposals into operational reality.

The Technical Project Manager serves as the primary operational bridge between global clients and the delivery team. This role requires an outcome-focused professional with an exceptional sense of accountability, excellent cross-cultural communication skills, and a proactive approach to risk mitigation. You will keep engineering, QA, and UX teams aligned across regions, ensuring all deliverables meet strict quality and time standards.

Key Responsibilities

1. Project Planning, Delivery Governance & Execution

Timeline Ownership: Oversee the end-to-end delivery of custom software projects, driving the team to hit strict milestones, sprint goals, and deployment deadlines.
Translating Requirements: Understanding and translating requirements within the Discovery Phase.
Delivery Planning: Develop and maintain project plans, milestones, schedules. Release plans and delivery roadmaps.
Project Governance: Monitor overall project health through regular reporting, milestone tracking, risk management and delivery reviews.
Project Structure: Create and maintain, project boards, Epics, Features, User Stories, Releases and versions, ensuring work remains structured, traceable and aligned to delivery plans.
Backlog Management: Maintain and prioritise project backlogs to accurately reflect project scope, priorities and delivery progress.
Resource Optimization: Partner with the Technical Manager to monitor capacity planning, utilization, and daily task allocation across engineering teams.
Workflow Efficiency: Coordinate closely across Engineering, UI/UX, and QA teams to remove blockers, streamline handoffs, and keep execution smooth.

2. Client Engagement & Relationship Management

Voice of the Client: Act as the primary internal advocate for external customer expectations, ensuring the engineering team remains strictly aligned with client priorities, delivery expectations, and agreed business outcomes.
Clear Communication: Handle day-to-day operational updates for key international clients, confidently translating complex technical engineering updates into professional, transparent, and easy to digest progress reports.
Delivery Cadence & Client Updates: Establish structured, predictable communication loops with external stakeholders, ensuring clients have complete visibility over project health, timeline tracking, resource constraints, and upcoming milestone achievements.
Scope Control & Commercial Protection: Monitor active delivery against agreed external Statements of Work (SOWs), ensuring any shifting client requirements or scope drift are proactively identified, documented, and commercially communicated early to protect project timelines and delivery margins.
Issue Escalation & Resolution: Serve as the first line of defense for external client concerns regarding delivery timelines or project execution, working rapidly with the local Technical Manager to implement engineering fixes before issues escalates.

3. Risk Management & Contingency Planning

Proactive Mitigation: Anticipate project bottlenecks, resource constraints, or timeline threats well before they impact delivery.
Contingency Strategy: Work collaboratively with the Technical Manager to develop practical solutions for project risks, minimizing impact on client timelines.
Compliance: Ensure all project workflows adhere to organizational standards, security policies, and client compliance requirements.

4. Leadership & Team Accountability

Performance Cadence: Foster a culture of high performance and mutual accountability across geographically distributed delivery teams (including Europe, Australia, and the US).
Expectation Setting: Clarify delivery standards, quality metrics, and working rhythms for cross-functional team members.
Clear Reporting: Structure internal updates that keep executive leadership, P&C, and delivery managers aligned on project health.

5. Quality Assurance & Continuous Improvement

Release Standards: Collaborate with QA leads to enforce rigorous validation and testing processes before any client delivery or release.
Process Enhancement: Run constructive retrospectives at the project level to identify development inefficiencies and implement practical improvements in team performance.
Delivery Optimisation: Identify recurring delivery bottlenecks, inefficiencies and process gaps, and recommend practical improvements to enhance delivery predictability. Quality and team effectiveness.
Operational Excellence: Partner with the Technical Manager to evolve InspireX’s delivery methodologies, standards, and best practices.
Delivery Enablement: Champion improvements to project management tooling, reporting, automation and AI-assisted delivery practices that enable delivery teams to focus on high-value work.

Job Requirements

Education & Experience

Experience: 5+ years of dedicated project management experience within software development outsourcing, IT consulting, or remote delivery environments.
Methodology: Deep, practical expertise in Agile and Scrum methodologies, project tracking tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence), and delivery frameworks.
Context: Proven track record of successfully managing client-facing projects with international stakeholders. Experience with projects involving hardware integrations or the Pro-AV sector is a distinct advantage.
AI-Enabled Delivery: Experience leveraging AI-assisted tools to improve planning, documentation, reporting and project delivery.

Key Skills & Attributes

Communication Mastery: Superb verbal and written English communication skills, with the ability to build rapport with global clients while maintaining professional authority.
Execution Focus: A natural ability to drive progress, hold team members accountable, and cross the finish line on time.
Problem Solving: Strong analytical skills paired with a proactive, solution-oriented approach to handling delivery challenges and project risks.
Adaptability: Comfort working in a fast-paced environment across multiple time zones, supporting teams through changing project demands.

What You'll Enjoy

Competitive salary packagebased on experience and skills
Flexible hybrid and remote work setupthat promotes work-life balance
Professional growth opportunitiesthrough trainings, certifications, and exposure to global projects
Provision of company equipmentto help you perform at your best from day one
HMO coverage from Day 1, inclusive of one dependent
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family's mental health and well-being support
Regular company events and team activitiesthat keep our culture fun and engaging
Access to modern tools and technologiesused across our global teams
Supportive and collaborative culturewhere innovation and teamwork thrive
Inclusive and diverse workplacewhere your ideas and contributions truly matter

Why Join Our IX Collective?

At InspireX, we believe in aPeople First & #GotYourBackmentality. We’re a diverse, creative team that values authenticity, continuous learning, and meaningful collaboration. We champion: