Technical PM

Apptad Inc; Milpitas (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Apptad Inc. in Milpitas, CA is seeking an experienced Technical Program Manager to lead IT business applications initiatives. You will drive strategy, manage multiple projects across teams and geographies, and deliver business value.

Ideal candidates bring 10+ years of IT program leadership, strong communication, and expertise in SDLC, Agile, and security practices. The role emphasizes cloud, AI/GenAI capabilities, and enterprise transformations with stakeholder collaboration.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of IT experience.
• PMP certification preferred but not required.
• 10+ years leading across diverse projects and programs.
• Strong understanding of security scanning: SAST, DAST, Pen Test.
• Security certifications like Security+, CISSP are a plus.
• Experience with ServiceNow development projects.
• SDLC, Agile & Scrum methodologies.
• Strong cross-group collaboration and communication.
• Experience with MS Project, O365, Visio, Excel, PowerPoint, Smartsheet, Jira.

Responsibilities

• Execute IT projects in Enterprise Applications and Information Security.
• Develop plans covering definitions, scope, requirements, cost, dates, resources and quality.
• Partner with IT teams to apply processes and templates for success.
• Accountable for multiple deliverables; communicate vision and align resources.
• Maintain project budgets and manage resource levels for success.
• Use both agile and waterfall methods to meet business requirements.
• Develop corrective action plans when budgets or schedules diverge.
• Create and manage short- and long-term program roadmaps.
• Prioritize work based on business needs and IT capability.
• Engage stakeholders to understand needs, document requirements and perform analysis.
• Facilitate vendor selection and manage vendor relationships.
• Identify risks and report project health to leadership.
• Escalate complex issues to Portfolio management when needed.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional collaboration

Agile & Waterfall

Cloud leadership

Vendor management

Tools

MS Project

O365

Visio

Excel

PowerPoint

Smartsheet

Jira

Job description

Job Role: Technical PM

Location: Milpitas, CA

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