Technical Project Manager | Las Vegas, NV

Photon; Nevada (IA); On-site; USD 33,000 - 118,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

401k retirement plan

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Contractor option

Job summary

Photon is seeking a Technical Project Manager to lead cross-functional engineering teams, drive the overall planning effort, and provide technical guidance across multiple products. You will understand current state architecture, plan future enhancements, and own the delivery of features through the full Agile lifecycle.

Required are 8+ years in IT with 5+ years in leadership, strong communication skills, and proven ability to operate across decentralized teams including offshore groups.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in IT/tech industry with 5+ years leading engineering teams.
• Experience leading technology investments across multiple products or product families.
• Experience leading onsite and offshore Agile teams.
• Agile certification and/or PMP preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own technical program delivery by driving feature development through the full Agile SDLC.
• Drive visibility, accountability, and execution across software development areas.
• Understand requirements, current architecture, and plan future enhancements.
• Produce architectural diagrams, specifications, launch criteria, and test plans.
• Lead cross-functional collaboration with product and design teams to craft scalable solutions.
• Mentor team members on system design, best practices, and coding standards.
• Plan capacity, manage risks, and drive continuous improvement.

Skills

Technical leadership

Cross-functional teamwork

Agency/PM governance

Communication

Requirements analysis

Education

BS or Advanced degree in CS or related field

Job description

Greetings Everyone
Who are we?
For the past 20 years, we have powered many Digital Experiences for the Fortune 500. Since 1999, we have grown from a few people to more than 4000 team members across the globe that are engaged in various Digital Modernization. For a brief 1 minute video about us, you can check https://youtu.be/uJWBWQZEA6o.
What will you do?

• List out the Instructions

What are we looking for?
This Person must be able to wear the multiple hats of Technical Project Manager. He / She must be able to lead cross functional teams, drive the overall planning effort, provide technical guidance, and partner with key internal engineering teams as well as the product and design. He must be able to understand the requirements, current state architecture of the system and drive the effort for the future enhancements. They must possess good knowledge in system design, and technical problem-solving skills. This person must possess strong communication and interpersonal skills and provide technical expertise and ownership of solutions.

Responsibilities

• Own technical program delivery by driving new feature development through every stage of the agile software development lifecycle
• Drive visibility, accountability, and execution across their areas of software development for the organization.
• Understand technology requirements, roadmap, dependencies, evolution, and develop a plan for mitigating risks and delivering features that meet the requirements across multiple products.
• Drive technical excellence within the team, coordinating and contributing to engineering deliverables including architectural diagrams, specifications, launch criteria, and test plans.
• Establish expertise in the technology area, becoming the go-to escalation point for execution, leader for driving visibility across the program, and orchestrator for managing the integration across your program area.
• Must be a dedicated member of the Scrum team and help the team to improve continuously, maximize velocity and deliver high quality products
• Provide hands-on program management during analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, and post implementation phases.
• Work cross-functionally to develop best practices and development processes in a quickly-changing and dynamic environment, drive impact through deployment of key initiatives and garner adoption of those processes.
• Own capability backlogs and participate in regular agile planning and grooming sessions to prioritize the work required in near, medium and long term
• Collaborate with partners, product, and development teams to craft technical solutions and provide detailed specifications that satisfy scalability, reliability, and performance goals
• Lead communications and relationships with internal and external partners
• Resolve conflicts, maintain clarity on priorities and drive progress on execution.
• Excellent project & team management skills, including active mitigation of risks to the plan, providing status updates, management of trade-offs to drive satisfactory completion of product/project, and facilitation of planning and governance activities with team(s)
• Understand the importance of system and technology integration and the basic features and facilities involved in the integration process
• Participate in weekly, monthly, and annual reviews and planning sessions with senior leadership and technology partners.
• Manage and assist with org-wide ad-hoc, monthly, quarterly and annual reporting
• Constructively drives for improvements over time through efficiencies, process improvements or automation
• Plan capacity based on known work and new roadmap items
• Mentor and guide the team members with system design, best practices and coding standards
• Identify bottlenecks and issues and provide solutions to mitigate and address these issues
• Estimate efforts and ensure that work is completed in a timely manner

Preferred Skills

• BS or advanced degree in Computer Science, or related field
• 8+ years of experience in IT industry with 5+ years of experience leading / managing engineering teams
• Experience leading technology investments across multiple products or product families from innovation to delivery.
• Experience leading onsite and offshore agile teams
• Experience solutioning and estimating requirements
• Demonstrated experience leading execution across highly ambiguous, complex products and programs, with experience making technical and product tradeoffs balancing business needs and technical constraints.
• Knowledge of user needs, gathering requirements, and defining scope.
• Experience operating autonomously across multiple teams, demonstrated critical thinking, and thought leadership.
• Experience in leading complex execution across multiple teams in different time zones, anticipating roadblocks and creating a path forward.
• Analytical and problem-solving experience with large-scale systems.
• Proven communicator who can translate high-level goals into tangible action plans, and vice-versa & expertise communicating with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Agile Certification and / or PMP

Compensation, Benefits And Duration

• Minimum Compensation: USD 33,000
• Maximum Compensation: USD 118,000
• Compensation is based on actual experience and qualifications of the candidate. The above is a reasonable and a good faith estimate for the role.
• Medical, vision, and dental benefits, 401k retirement plan, variable pay/incentives, paid time off, and paid holidays are available for full time employees.
• This position is also available for independent contractors
• No applications will be considered if received more than 120 days after the date of this post