Technical Project Manager - FullTime Role

Pozent Corporation; Raritan (NJ); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Pozent is seeking an accomplished IT leader to drive end-to-end delivery of data, analytics, and AI programs in a complex, global environment. You will oversee cross-functional teams, define governance, and ensure on-time delivery across discovery, build, deployment, and stabilization phases.

You will translate business problems into technical designs, guide data lake and AI/ML initiatives on GCP, and partner with executives to manage scope, budgets and risk while maintaining a strong client

Qualifications

• 12+ years IT experience with 6+ years in technical project/program management delivering data and analytics solutions.
• Strong AI/ML background with ML lifecycle knowledge and GenAI/LLM patterns.
• Leadership of 10+ engineers across distributed teams.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum, JIRA/Confluence and modern delivery tooling.
• Experience running production operations with SLAs, incident, problem and change management.
• Excellent client-facing skills and stakeholder influence.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of GCP Data Lake and AI/ML programs through discovery, build, deployment and stabilization.
• Define and maintain project plans, RAID logs, sprint cadences, release calendars, and milestone roadmaps.
• Drive delivery governance with status reports, steering committees, executive readouts and risk escalation.
• Manage scope, budget and timelines through change control, vendor coordination and SOW management.
• Apply Agile/Scrum/SAFe or hybrid methodologies as appropriate.

Skills

IT program management

AI/ML background

team leadership

Agile/Scrum

stakeholder management

client-facing

Bachelor's degree

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

• 12+ years of IT experience with at least 6+ years in technical project / program management delivering data and analytics solutions.
• Strong AI/ML background — understanding of ML lifecycle, Vertex AI / MLOps , and modern GenAI / LLM patterns (RAG, agentic workflows, evaluation).
• Demonstrated team leadership of 10+ engineers across distributed onshore/offshore models.
• Hands-on experience with Agile/Scrum, JIRA/Confluence, and modern delivery tooling.
• Experience running production operations with formal SLAs, incident, problem, and change management.
• Excellent client-facing skills — executive communication, negotiation, and stakeholder influence.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline.

Key Skills

• 12+ years of IT experience with at least 6+ years in technical project / program management delivering data and analytics solutions.
• Strong AI/ML background — understanding of ML lifecycle, Vertex AI / MLOps , and modern GenAI / LLM patterns (RAG, agentic workflows, evaluation).
• Demonstrated team leadership of 10+ engineers across distributed onshore/offshore models.
• Hands-on experience with Agile/Scrum, JIRA/Confluence, and modern delivery tooling.
• Experience running production operations with formal SLAs, incident, problem, and change management.
• Excellent client-facing skills — executive communication, negotiation, and stakeholder influence.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline.

Responsibilities

Project & Delivery Management

• Own end-to-end delivery of GCP Data Lake and AI/ML programs across discovery, build, deployment, and stabilization phases.
• Define and maintain project plans, RAID logs, sprint cadences, release calendars, and milestone roadmaps.
• Drive delivery governance — status reporting, steering committees, executive readouts, and risk escalation.
• Manage scope, budget, and timelines through change control, vendor coordination, and SOW management.
• Apply Agile / Scrum / SAFe or hybrid methodologies appropriate to the engagement.

Technical Leadership — GCP Data Lake & AI/ML

• Architect and oversee build-out of enterprise data lakes on GCP leveraging BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Dataproc, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, Composer, and Dataplex .
• Guide ingestion, transformation, and curation patterns (batch + streaming) with strong data quality, lineage, and governance controls.
• Direct AI/ML solutioning — model selection, feature engineering, Vertex AI , MLOps , evaluation, and responsible-AI practices.
• Translate business problems into technical designs spanning data engineering, ML, and GenAI use cases.
• Champion security, compliance, and FinOps — IAM, VPC-SC, CMEK, cost optimization, and quota management.

Team Management

• Lead cross-functional teams of data engineers, ML engineers, cloud architects, BI developers, and QA — typically 10-30+ resources across onshore/offshore.
• Coach, mentor, and grow engineers and leads; conduct performance reviews, career planning, and capability building.
• Plan capacity, allocations, and skills mix against the delivery roadmap.
• Foster a culture of engineering excellence — code reviews, design reviews, retrospectives, knowledge sharing.

Operations Management

• Run production operations for data and AI platforms — SLAs/SLOs, incident management, on-call, and RCA / problem management .
• Establish observability — monitoring, alerting, cost dashboards, model drift, and data-quality SLAs.
• Own DevOps / DataOps / MLOps disciplines — CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code (Terraform), environment promotion, release management.
• Drive continuous improvement through KPIs, runbooks, automation, and operational maturity assessments.

Client & Stakeholder Management

• Serve as the primary client interface — build trusted relationships with business sponsors, IT leadership, and end-users .
• Lead consultative discovery — elicit requirements, shape solutions, and influence roadmaps.
• Manage commercials — SOWs, change orders, MSAs, T&M / fixed-bid models, and revenue forecasting.
• Identify and pursue account growth opportunities; partner with sales/pre-sales on proposals and estimates.
• Run executive cadences — QBRs, monthly reviews, and value-realization reporting.

Preferred Education

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or related discipline

Why This Role

• Opportunity to directly impact business growth by identifying and hiring the right IT talent for critical projects.
• Hands-on exposure to diverse technologies and stakeholders, strengthening recruitment and domain expertise.

Company Name: Pozent

• Pozent is a rapidly growing company focused on delivering next-generation digital, data, and AI-driven solutions to global clients and achieve measurable business outcomes.
• Our team is geared towards innovation and thrives where talent meets opportunity.
• We work on Generative AI, Cloud, Data Engineering, Automation, and Full-Stack Development, delivering impactful projects

Why join us

• Exciting Global Projects and career growth: Work directly with top clients and cutting-edge technologies providing a rapid learning curve, skill development, and clear career progression.
• Innovation Culture and supportive environment: You are not just joining a company — you're becoming part of a dynamic innovation ecosystem that empowers you to learn, explore, create, grow and lead.