Technical Project Manager

Socket.dev; United States; Remote; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k)

Dental insurance

Job summary

Socket.dev is seeking an experienced Technical Project Manager to lead planning, execution, and delivery of software development and cloud-based technology projects. The role blends strong PM skills with knowledge of software architecture, APIs, cloud platforms, DevOps, security, and QA, collaborating with stakeholders, architects, developers, QA, UX, DevOps, and partners to ensure high-quality results.

You will own the complete lifecycle, translate objectives into technical deliverables, define

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT/Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in technology project management or related roles.
• Experience managing software development projects involving web/mobile apps, cloud platforms, APIs or integrations.
• Strong knowledge of Agile, Scrum, Kanban and traditional project-management practices.
• Experience with cross-functional and geographically distributed teams.
• Understanding of SDLC, DevOps delivery and cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/Google).
• Familiarity with APIs, databases, authentication, CI/CD, security, and production support.
• Experience using Azure DevOps, Jira, Confluence, MS Project, Monday.com or similar.

Responsibilities

• Own the complete project lifecycle from requirements and planning through development, testing, deployment and post-production support.
• Translate business objectives into clear technical deliverables, milestones, sprint plans, and actionable work items.
• Define project scope, timelines, dependencies, resource requirements, acceptance criteria, and delivery plans.
• Manage multiple projects or workstreams while maintaining visibility across priorities and deadlines.
• Identify delivery risks, technical blockers, resource constraints, and dependencies early.
• Develop mitigation and contingency plans for identified risks.
• Ensure projects are delivered within the agreed scope, schedule, budget, and quality expectations.
• Manage scope changes through a structured change-control process.

Skills

Technical project management

Agile and Scrum

Cloud platforms

Stakeholder management

Software architecture

Web and mobile apps

API integrations

DevOps practices

Risk management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or related field

Tools

Azure DevOps

Jira

Confluence

Microsoft Project

Monday.com

Job description

Benefits

• Health insurance
• 401(k)
• Dental insurance

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced Technical Project Manager to lead the planning, execution, and delivery of software development and cloud-based technology projects.

The ideal candidate will combine strong project management skills with a solid understanding of software architecture, application development, APIs, cloud platforms, DevOps, security, and quality assurance. This person will work closely with business stakeholders, product owners, architects, developers, QA engineers, UI/UX designers, DevOps engineers, and external partners to deliver projects on time, within scope, and to a high standard of quality.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the complete project lifecycle, from requirements and planning through development, testing, deployment, and post-production support.
• Translate business objectives into clear technical deliverables, milestones, sprint plans, and actionable work items.
• Define project scope, timelines, dependencies, resource requirements, acceptance criteria, and delivery plans.
• Manage multiple projects or workstreams while maintaining visibility across priorities and deadlines.
• Identify delivery risks, technical blockers, resource constraints, and dependencies at an early stage.
• Develop mitigation and contingency plans for identified risks.
• Ensure projects are delivered within the agreed scope, schedule, budget, and quality expectations.
• Manage scope changes through a structured change-control process.

Agile and Sprint Management

• Lead sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and release-planning sessions.
• Work with product owners and stakeholders to prioritize product backlogs.
• Ensure user stories include clear requirements, acceptance criteria, estimates, dependencies, and technical considerations.
• Track sprint capacity, velocity, burndown, carryover work, and delivery predictability.
• Remove delivery blockers and coordinate resolution across teams.
• Promote practical Agile practices without introducing unnecessary process overhead.

Technical Coordination

• Work closely with solution architects and engineering teams to understand system architecture, integrations, infrastructure, and technical dependencies.
• Facilitate technical discussions and ensure decisions, assumptions, and trade-offs are properly documented.
• Coordinate frontend, backend, mobile, database, API, DevOps, cloud, security, and QA activities.
• Understand REST APIs, databases, authentication, third-party integrations, CI/CD pipelines, cloud environments, and production deployment processes.
• Ensure non-functional requirements such as performance, scalability, security, availability, logging, monitoring, and maintainability are considered.
• Coordinate environment readiness across development, testing, UAT, staging, and production.
• Ensure technical documentation, deployment instructions, architecture diagrams, and operational handover materials are completed.

Stakeholder Management

• Act as the primary communication bridge between business stakeholders and technical teams.
• Conduct requirement workshops, project reviews, demonstrations, and steering meetings.
• Provide clear and accurate updates on progress, risks, dependencies, decisions, timelines, and budget.
• Convert complex technical topics into business-friendly language.
• Manage stakeholder expectations and elevate critical issues with appropriate context and recommended actions.
• Maintain decision logs, risk registers, action trackers, and project status reports.
• Cooperate with customers, vendors, implementation partners, and other external stakeholders if required.

Quality and Release Management

• Work with QA teams to define testing strategy, test coverage, defect-management processes, and release acceptance criteria.
• Ensure functional, integration, regression, performance, security, and user-acceptance testing is planned appropriately.
• Track defects and ensure critical issues are resolved before production releases.
• Coordinate release planning, deployment readiness, rollback planning, and go-live activities.
• Facilitate go/no-go meetings and ensure required approvals are obtained.
• Coordinate post-release validation, production monitoring, incident resolution, and lessons learned reviews.

Governance and Reporting

• Maintain project plans, sprint dashboards, RAID logs, release plans, resource plans, and project documentation.
• Track project health using measurable delivery, quality, risk, and financial indicators.
• Monitor project budgets, resource utilization, vendor costs, and delivery forecasts where applicable.
• Ensure adherence to organizational governance, security, privacy, compliance, and change-management requirements.
• Continuously improve project-management and software-delivery processes.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in technology project management, software delivery, or a related position.
• Demonstrated experience managing software development projects involving web applications, mobile applications, cloud platforms, APIs, or enterprise integrations.
• Strong knowledge of Agile, Scrum, Kanban, and traditional project-management practices.
• Experience working with cross-functional and geographically distributed teams.
• Strong understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle and DevOps delivery practices.
• Working knowledge of cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud.
• Familiarity with application architecture, APIs, databases, authentication, security, CI/CD pipelines, and production support.
• Experience using project-management tools such as Azure DevOps, Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Project, Monday.com, or similar platforms.
• Strong written, verbal, presentation, negotiation, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and make sound decisions in a fast-moving environment.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, risk-management, and organizational skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP, PRINCE2, Certified ScrumMaster, PMI-ACP, SAFe, or a similar certification.
• Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, ITIL, or DevOps certification.
• Previous experience as a developer, business analyst, technical lead, solution architect, or QA professional.
• Experience delivering SaaS, B2B, multi-tenant, AI-enabled, data, CRM, ERP, or integration-heavy solutions.
• Familiarity with React, Next.js, Node.js, .NET, SQL, NoSQL, microservices, and container-based deployments.
• Experience managing third-party vendors and customer-facing implementation projects.
• Understanding of application security, privacy, regulatory compliance, and cloud cost management.

Key Skills

• Technical project management
• Agile and Scrum delivery
• Project planning and estimation
• Requirements and backlog management
• Software development lifecycle
• Cloud and DevOps coordination
• Risk and dependency management
• Release and change management
• Stakeholder communication
• Vendor and customer management
• Budget and resource management
• Quality assurance and UAT coordination
• Leadership and conflict resolution
• Documentation and executive reporting

Success Measures

• On-time and within-budget project delivery
• Sprint predictability and milestone achievement
• Quality and stability of production releases
• Reduction in unresolved risks, blockers, and dependencies
• Stakeholder and customer satisfaction
• Clear and timely project reporting
• Effective utilization of project resources
• Completeness of technical and operational documentation
• Continuous improvement in delivery processes

Equal Opportunity Statement

We are committed to building an inclusive workplace and providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified candidates. Employment decisions are made based on skills, experience, performance, and business requirements without discrimination.

This is a remote position.