GCP Technical PM

Apptad Inc; California; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Apptad Inc. seeks an experienced Technical Program Manager to lead IT business applications initiatives across multiple teams and geographies. You will drive strategic programs, align stakeholders, and ensure delivery of business value from strategy through execution.

You will coordinate operations, application teams, and security disciplines, balancing agile and waterfall methods, with a hands-on cloud focus and strong communication.

Qualifications

• Minimum of ten years of IT experience.
• Project Management Certification preferred but not required (PMP)
• 10+ years' experience in successfully leading and managing across diverse projects and programs
• Strong understanding of applications security scanning such as SAST, DAST, Pen Test
• Security certification like Security+, CISSP is a plus
• Experience with ServiceNow development projects and Security Vulnerability Remediations is a plus
• Technical experience with SDLC, Agile & Scrum methodologies
• Strong cross-group collaboration across multiple teams and the division/company
• Excellent interpersonal, written, verbal and listening communication skills
• Ability to assist in creating project roadmaps
• Experience with MS Project, O365, Visio, Excel, PowerPoint, Smartsheet, Jira

Responsibilities

• Execute IT projects in Enterprise Applications and Information Security.
• Develop plans defining scope, requirements, cost, dates, resources, and quality for complex programs.
• Partner with IT teams to ensure proper processes and templates for success.
• Manage multiple project deliverables and align IT resources with program vision.
• Maintain budgets and schedules; manage resource levels for success.
• Use both agile and waterfall methods to meet key business requirements.
• Develop corrective action plans for deviations from budgets or schedules.
• Create and manage short- and long-term program roadmaps.
• Prioritize projects based on business needs and IT capability.
• Drive expectation setting and leadership across IT and business.
• Assist in developing business cases and engage stakeholders to capture requirements.
• Facilitate vendor selection and manage vendor relationships.
• Maintains organization and communication to meet timelines and customer satisfaction.
• Identify risks and communicate project health to senior leadership.
• Escalate complex issues as needed and drive process improvements.
• Demonstrate flexibility in changing or ambiguous situations.

Skills

Leadership

Cross‑functional collaboration

Communication

Project management

Risk management

Vendor management

Agile & Scrum

Security awareness

Stakeholder management

Education

PMP Certification

Tools

MS Project

O365

Visio

Excel

PowerPoint

Smartsheet

Jira

Job description

Job Description

Looking for an experienced project manager to be part of a dynamic team supporting IT Business Applications. This position's primary responsibility is the management of strategic initiatives and programs within customer env. The Technical Program Manager will be responsible for working across multiple groups, towers, and geographies to successful deliver business value. This individual will need to have excellent communication skills, determination, and perseverance to be successful.

The Technical Program Manager will manage a set of projects as well as participate in short- and long-term strategy planning, will work closely with Operations Teams, Application Teams, and Business units to ensure proper execution of project and program plans.

The position requires broad experience across many core IT technologies and services, like IT Infrastructure, Data Analytics, AI implementation etc. to monitoring and management functions.

A hands-on cloud leader who can combine Google Cloud architecture expertise with modern AI/GenAI capabilities, drive enterprise transformations, advise business stakeholders, and lead technical delivery teams from strategy through implementation

Job Responsibilities:

Execution IT projects in various aspects Enterprise Applications, and Information Security.

Applies project management disciplines and experience, develops plans to include project definitions, scope, business requirements, cost, completion dates, resource allocation, and quality/reliability for a group of projects in 1 or more complex programs

Actively partners with IT teams to ensure appropriate processes and templates are utilized for project and program success

Accountable for establishing and managing multiple project deliverables, communicating project and program vision and ensuring IT resources are aligned properly

Maintains the project budget schedules, and manages resource levels to achieve project success

Utilize both agile and waterfall methodologies, driving technical and functional teams to complete critical path business requirements in a timely fashion

Develops and implements corrective action plans when deviations from budgets and/or schedules are evident

Develops and manages short- and long-term program roadmaps

Prioritizes work on projects and programs based on business need and IT capability

Drives expectation setting and leadership management within IT and the business

Drive and assist with the development of business cases

Engage with key business stakeholders to understand their needs, document requirements, and perform business analysis

Facilitates vendor selection process and manages vendor relationships

Maintains a high level of organization and planning while communicating with stakeholders to reach timelines and maintain customer satisfaction

Regularly identifies risks and communicates project health to senior leadership

Identifies and directs changes through appropriate review and approval mechanisms.

Resolves most conflicts between timeline, budget, and scope independently, but intuitively escalates complex issues to Portfolio management

Looks for process definition and improvement opportunities and leads others in adhering to existing IT processes and contributing to their improvement

Demonstrates flexibility and resilience in response to changing or ambiguous work situations

Qualifications

Minimum of ten (10) years of IT experience.

Project Management Certification preferred but not required (PMP)

10+ years' experience in successfully leading and managing across diverse projects and programs

Strong understanding of applications security scanning's like SAST, DAST, Pen Test

Security certification like Security+, CISSP is a plus

Experience with ServiceNow development project, Security Vulnerability Remediations Projects is a plus

Technical experience is required; SDLC, Agile & Scrum methodology experience required

Strong cross-group collaboration skills and experience working across multiple teams both within the division and across the company

Excellent interpersonal, human relations, written, verbal and listening communication skills

Ability to assist in creating project roadmaps

Experience with working with MS Project, O365, Visio, Excel, PowerPoint, Smartsheet, Jira