Technical Project & Performance Manager

Fdj United; Stockholms kommun; On-site; SEK 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

FDJ UNITED is seeking a Technical Project & Performance Manager to blend hands-on delivery with strategic portfolio governance. You'll drive end-to-end technical projects, and develop dashboards, reports, and documentation to reflect portfolio health for leadership.

You will work with senior stakeholders across the business, manage risks, and ensure alignment of goals, budgets, and timelines. The role requires strong analytics, data visualization, and excellent communication.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in software development, engineering, or QA roles
• Experience governing a portfolio of projects
• Excellent data visualisation and documentation skills
• Strong analytical mindset with KPI experience
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management
• Hands-on with Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban)

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of technical strategic projects with clear baselining and monitoring
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders to align goals, deliverables, and resources
• Identify risks and issues and design mitigation strategies
• Coordinate technical resources across teams with the right skills
• Communicate progress to stakeholders across levels
• Govern broader technical project portfolio with business cases and KPI frameworks
• Gather and consolidate performance updates including status, financials, risks
• Develop automated dashboards showing portfolio health and project performance
• Translate performance data into clear reports for technical and non-technical audiences
• Maintain documentation of strategic initiatives and performance over time
• Drive continuous improvement and stakeholder engagement
• Analyze data to surface bottlenecks and improvement opportunities
• Integrate lessons learned into future delivery practices
• Act as liaison between project teams, Tech Management, and stakeholders
• Contribute to governance processes and reporting frameworks

Skills

Programme management

Technical delivery

Data visualisation

Stakeholder management

Agile methodologies

Education

Master's degree preferred

Computer Science / Engineering / IT degree

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Power BI

Kanban

Job description

Technical Project & Performance Manager is a blended, high-impact role sitting at the intersection of technical project delivery and strategic portfolio performance management. It both governs and directly drive the execution of key technical projects, while also playing a key part in how we document, visualize, and communicate the health of our overall technology project portfolio and strategy.

The role works closely with the Head of Strategic Planning and Delivery and partner with Tech Management, including directors and senior technical leads, making this a role that demands both strong hands-on delivery capability and the ability to operate comfortably at a strategic level.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and drive the end-to-end delivery of key technical strategic projects, ensuring timelines, budgets, and scope are clearly defined, baselined, and continuously monitored
• Work closely with senior stakeholders across departments to align project goals, deliverables, and resource allocation
• Proactively identify risks, dependencies, and issues that could impact delivery, and develop clear mitigation strategies
• Coordinate technical resources across project teams, ensuring the right skills and tools are in place to succeed
• Communicate progress efficiently and transparently to stakeholders at all levels, from technical teams to senior leadership
• Support the governance of the broader technical project portfolio, ensuring all initiatives have well-defined business cases, clear success criteria, and robust KPI frameworks
• Oversee a structured, recurring process for collecting and consolidating performance updates from project teams, covering status, financials, risks, and key metrics
• Develop and maintain visually engaging, automated dashboards that give leadership and stakeholders real-time visibility into portfolio health and project performance
• Translate complex performance data into clear, actionable reports and presentations tailored to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Maintain comprehensive, well-structured documentation of strategic initiatives and their performance over time
• Continuous Improvement & Stakeholder Engagement
• Analyse project and portfolio performance data to surface bottlenecks, inefficiencies, and improvement opportunities
• Integrate lessons learned from completed projects into future delivery practices
• Act as a key liaison between project teams, Tech Management, and wider business stakeholders to maintain alignment and foster collaboration
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of governance processes and reporting frameworks

Requirements

• Proven experience as a Technical Programme Manager or Senior Project Manager, ideally within a technology-driven organisation
• Strong understanding of technical project delivery, with at least 5 years of experience starting in software development, engineering, or QA roles.
• Demonstrated ability to govern and report on a portfolio of projects, not just manage individual deliveries
• Excellent data visualisation and documentation skills - you know how to make complex information clear, structured, and visually compelling
• Strong proficiency with project management and reporting tools (e.g. Jira, Confluence, Power BI, or similar)
• Hands-on experience with Agile methodologies, particularly Scrum and/or Kanban
• Solid understanding of project management frameworks and governance best practices
• Strong analytical mindset with experience defining and tracking KPIs and performance metrics
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills - equally comfortable presenting to a CTO and working alongside a delivery team
• Organised, structured, and detail-oriented, with a proactive and hands-on approach to getting things done

Education / Qualifications / Tools & Methodologies

• Technical background, perhaps started off your career working with software development or within QA
• Degree education in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field (Master’s degree preferred)
• Familiarity with strategic planning processes and portfolio-level reporting

How will success be measured in this role

• Regular performance reviews with your line manager
• Acting in line with FDJ UNITED values
• Compliance with all relevant trainings and other activities related to the role