Senior Technical Project Manager

Optomi; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Optomi, in partnership with a leading medical organization, seeks a Senior Technical Project/Program Manager to drive complex digital technology initiatives from planning through delivery and production transition.

You'll coordinate cross-functional teams across engineering, product, and business stakeholders, manage schedules, budgets, risks, and governance, and translate technical updates for executive leadership. 5+ years of technical PM experience required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field; advanced degree preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in technical or program/project management.
• Experience leading complex technology projects and enterprise initiatives.
• Strong ability to translate technical updates for executives.
• Experience with Agile, SDLC, release planning, governance, and dependency management.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional digital technology projects from planning to production transition.
• Coordinate schedules, risks, dependencies, budgets, and governance.
• Serve as primary contact for assigned projects and communicate to executives.
• Support Agile delivery through PI planning, sprint coordination, and cross-team execution.

Skills

Technical project management

Agile methodologies

Stakeholder communication

Cross-functional leadership

Risk and issue management

Budget and resource management

Release planning

Vendor coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Advanced degree preferred

PMP/Agile/SAFe certification a plus

Tools

Jira

Confluence

MS Project

SAFe/ Agile tooling

Job description

Optomi, in partnership with a leading medical organization, is seeking a Senior Technical Project/Program Manager to lead complex digital technology projects and enterprise initiatives from planning through delivery, release, and post-implementation transition. This role will be responsible for coordinating cross-functional teams, managing project schedules, risks, dependencies, budgets, governance, and stakeholder communication while ensuring predictable and successful delivery. The Senior Technical Project/Program Manager will serve as the primary point of contact for assigned projects and initiatives, partnering closely with Agile teams, engineering, product, business stakeholders, vendors, and enterprise technology teams. The ideal candidate has strong technical project management experience and can translate complex technical information into clear, actionable updates for business partners and executive leadership.

What You’ll Enjoy

• Leading complex digital technology projects and initiatives from planning through implementation and transition to production support.
• Working across Agile teams, engineering, product, architecture, business, vendors, and enterprise technology organizations.
• Managing project plans, roadmaps, milestones, release timelines, risks, dependencies, budgets, resources, and delivery constraints.
• Supporting Agile delivery through PI planning, sprint and release coordination, dependency management, governance, and cross-team execution.
• Serving as a key liaison between technical teams, business stakeholders, vendors, and leadership to maintain alignment and visibility.

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree or advanced degree preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in technical project management, program management, or a related field. In lieu of a degree, 7+ years of related experience.
• Significant experience leading complex technology projects, technical programs, or enterprise initiatives through planning, execution, implementation, and transition.
• Strong experience managing project risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, decisions, resources, budgets, forecasts, and stakeholder expectations.
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies, SDLC, technical dependencies, release planning, governance, and enterprise delivery practices.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional teams across technology, product, business, architecture, finance, vendors, and executive leadership.
• Ability to communicate complex technical information clearly through executive updates, project status reporting, risk escalations, and stakeholder communications.
• Experience with vendor management, business readiness, change management, release coordination, and production transition.
• PMP, Agile, Scrum, SAFe, or related project management certification is a plus.