Technical Project Manager III (Technical Expertise)

Mitratech India; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology project management company in the United States is seeking a Technical Project Manager III to lead projects from inception to closure while managing partner expectations and driving process efficiency. The role necessitates strong skills in Scrum methods, effective communication, and technical problem solving. Ideal candidates will have 4-6 years of product or project management experience, preferably in a web application-based environment, coupled with hands-on software development experience.

Qualifications

• 4-6 years in product, project or program management in a web application-based product company.
• Hands-on software development experience preferred.
• Understanding of computer programming basics, data structures, algorithms, and API structures.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects from inception to closure, managing timelines and expectations.
• Facilitate discussions on requirements and design alternatives with teams.
• Implement product development standard operating procedures.

Skills

Scrum Master

Product Owner

Technical problem solving

Project management

Effective communication

Job description

Overview

Our Technical Project Manager III acts as both Scrum Master and Product Owner on their Scrum Team and has a passion for product design, development and technical excellence. In this role you will:

Responsibilities

• You will lead projects from inception to close, with superb planning and communication skills to establish timelines, prioritize work, and manage partner expectations.
• You will facilitate productive discussions to establish requirements and consider design alternatives with multi-functional teams.
• You will lead all scrum team activities and manage related artifacts.
• You will drive process efficiency and on-time completion of roadmap items.
• You will guide delivery team to execute on defined requirements, remove blocking issues from day-to-day operations of the team, and identify and communicate risks.
• You will write, groom, and prioritize user stories and clearly document requirements with a solid business understanding and strong attention to detail.
• You will define and drive testing across all impacted teams, including the coordination of User Acceptance Testing.
• You will be responsible for product release planning and release notes.
• Collaborate closely with Product Management team to ensure you understand, and can effectively convey, product strategy and direction to your development teams.
• Strongly serve and support the Development Team in their quest to do everything possible to bring value to customers.
• Implement our Product Development MiSOPs (Standard Operating Procedures).
• Guide and coach your Scrum Team toward self-organization and high performance.
• Build a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis on healing and problem solving.
• Facilitate discussion, decision making and conflict resolution.

Technical expertise

• Facilitate and actively participate in technical problem solving and implementation planning.
• Effectively understand and communicate complex technical information, and facilitate communication between the team and stakeholders.
• Effective communication in both technical and non-technical terms.
• Drive decision-making by analyzing complex information, extracting insights from incomplete data, and conducting comparative analysis.

Who you are

• 4-6 years in product, project or program management; preferably in web application-based product company. Hands on software development experience preferred.
• Can demonstrate experience with all responsibilities listed above and can execute on those responsibilities independently.
• Demonstrate understanding of basics of computer programming, data structures, algorithms and API structures.
• Capable of project managing two projects at the same time from concept to client implementation without supervision.
• Capable of working with the Product Manager and Designer to drive Discovery work in preparation for a project.

We are an equal-opportunity employer that values diversity at all levels. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veteran status.