Technical Project Manager - Azure DevOps Delivery Lead

Highlights for Children; United States; On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Zaner-Bloser in the United States seeks a Technical Project Manager to lead planning, coordination, execution, and delivery of software initiatives across the digital product portfolio. You will bridge product, engineering, QA, business stakeholders, and external contractors to keep projects moving with clear scope and realistic plans.

The ideal candidate has hands-on experience with .NET backend, Angular frontend, API testing, and modern CI/CD practices, plus strong Agile/Scrum delivery skills.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in software delivery or project management.
• Experience with web apps, APIs, and integrations.
• Ability to coordinate cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Own project planning, scheduling, dependency tracking, risk management, and delivery communication for software initiatives.
• Partner with product owners, engineering, QA, UX, business stakeholders, vendors and leadership to define scope, priorities, milestones, and release expectations.
• Translate business needs into actionable delivery plans, user stories, tasks, acceptance criteria, timelines, and status reporting.
• Coordinate work across .NET backend, Angular frontend, QA, DevOps, and data/integration teams.
• Manage project execution in Azure DevOps, including boards, backlogs, sprint planning, test planning visibility, reporting, and release tracking.
• Lead recurring ceremonies and working sessions such as planning meetings, backlog refinement, standups, release readiness reviews, and retrospectives as needed.
• Identify project risks, blockers, scope changes, resource constraints, and quality concerns early, then drive clear resolution paths.
• Coordinate QA readiness with test plans, regression scope, automated testing coverage, defect triage, and release sign-off activities.
• Support API and integration delivery by coordinating validation efforts involving tools such as Postman and automated test coverage where appropriate.
• Lead and coordinate external contractors, ensuring clear assignments, expectations, timelines, quality standards, and accountability.
• Prepare clear project updates for technical and non-technical audiences, including status, risks, decisions needed, and delivery confidence.
• Coordinate after-hours deployments every three weeks or as needed, including readiness checks, stakeholder communication, issue escalation, and post-release follow-up.
• Help improve delivery processes, documentation, release practices, QA handoffs, and cross-team communication.

Skills

Project planning

Agile/Scrum

Communication

Stakeholder management

Tools

Azure DevOps

Postman

Job description

Zaner-Bloser in the United States seeks a Technical Project Manager to lead planning, coordination, execution, and delivery of software initiatives across the digital product portfolio. You will bridge product, engineering, QA, business stakeholders, and external contractors to keep projects moving with clear scope and realistic plans.

The ideal candidate has hands-on experience with .NET backend, Angular frontend, API testing, and modern CI/CD practices, plus strong Agile/Scrum delivery skills.