Senior Technical Project Manager

Sidebench; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Sidebench is looking for a Senior Technical Project Manager in Los Angeles to own multiple high-impact healthcare engagements. The role requires deep ownership from discovery to launch and demands strong leadership and project management skills. Applicants should have over 3 years of relevant experience, particularly in healthcare, along with a proven track record managing significant project budgets. Join a team that values impact, craftsmanship, and continuous learning, making a difference in the healthcare sector.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in technical project management or consulting.
• Experience managing project budgets ranging from $200k-$2M.
• Technical fluency to understand architecture tradeoffs.

Responsibilities

• Own 2 to 4 concurrent healthcare technology engagements.
• Lead client workshops and steering meetings.
• Run executive steering with client stakeholders.

Skills

Technical project management

Client-facing leadership

Healthcare project experience

Budget management

Technical fluency

SQL and cloud literacy

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

About the job Senior Technical Project Manager

Senior Technical Project Manager, Healthcare

About Us

Sidebench is a healthcare digital transformation firm that designs, builds, and scales digital products and data platforms for leading health companies and high-growth ventures. We bring together four strengths in a single team: enterprise technology & product strategy, UX-first product design, pragmatic systems and data architecture, and secure, HIPAA-compliant engineering. Our integrated approach moves us from strategy to delivery fast, delivering the first measurable win and building toward sustainable competitive advantage.

We are chosen by enterprise digital transformation leaders and founding teams to solve the hardest product and data problems. Our process aligns product, tech architecture, data, design, and strategy experts to accelerate decisions and reduce risk.

At Sidebench, you'll work with smart, collaborative teammates who care about impact, craftsmanship, and continuous learning, while helping shape the future of healthcare and digital products.

Why this role matters

You will be a high-velocity TPM who owns delivery for multiple, high-impact healthcare engagements from discovery to launch. This is a rapid-growth role for someone who wants deep, hands-on ownership, direct client exposure, and the chance to shape new products and business lines that improve care.

Sidebench values relentless drive, humility, ownership, and results. We hire people who move quickly, learn continuously, and are team-first.

Impact and scope you will own

• Own 2 to 4 concurrent healthcare technology engagements. Accountability includes timeline, budget, scope, quality, and client satisfaction.
• Own scoping, estimation, and solution shaping for the proposals you deliver. Be the named delivery lead on SOWs.
• Lead client workshops, steering meetings, sprint planning, backlog prioritization, and risk mitigation.
• Own project financials: forecasting, burn, change control, and escalation.

Day in the life

Run executive steering with client stakeholders, lead cross-functional sprint planning with product, design, and engineering, produce crisp status and decision materials, run client workshops, and coach teammates on delivery plans. You will switch between strategy and scoping and hands-on execution.

Who you are - required signals

• 3+ years in technical project management or consulting, delivering custom software projects, with clear career progression and ownership examples.
• At least one end-to-end healthcare project or 2+ years in healthcare-adjacent work with transferable outcomes.
• Experience managing project budgets and roadmaps for work in the $200k-$2M range.
• Technical fluency: able to understand architecture tradeoffs, evaluate APIs, and assess integration risk. Comfortable with Jira, Confluence, and product discovery practices.
• Client-facing leadership: ran workshops and maintained executive relationships.
• Measured impact: can describe quantified outcomes you drove and how you achieved them.

HIPAA, HITRUST, or clinical workflow experience.

SQL and cloud literacy, experience integrating EHR systems.

• AI-forward mindset with hands-on experience using automation or LLM-based tools to support delivery. Candidates should be comfortable discussing how theyve applied these tools in real workflows and the impact on speed, quality, or team effectiveness.

Interview process and evaluation

We follow a rigorous and transparent process to identify high-potential hires. Typical stages:

Hiring manager screen - 20 to 30 minutes.

• Take-home scoping exercise - 90 minutes.
• Panel interview - delivery playbook, technical fluency, and client simulation.

Reference checks and values interview.

Candidates will be evaluated on technical fluency and risk judgment, outcome orientation and metrics-driven delivery, client leadership, and culture fit (humility, grit, team-first).

This is not for you if

You prefer rigid, low-ambiguity roles or manage only ceremonies without owning delivery outcomes. If you are not excited by direct client work, multiple concurrent projects, and hands-on scoping, then this is NOT the right role.

How to apply

Please submit:

Resume.

• Short portfolio: 2-3 engagements you led with measurable outcomes (total 500 words). For each, include your role, budget, timeline, biggest risk and mitigation, and the client outcome.
• A 250-word note explaining why you are taking a leap now and what you want to learn at Sidebench.

Applications without the portfolio will be deprioritized.

Total Compensation

Sidebench offers rapid career advancement and significant ownership of both product and business initiatives for high-achieving individuals.