Technical Project Manager, Agile, Integration, AWS/Camuda, Asset Mgt 12 Mths Cont Alpharetta, GA

About the role

The Technical Project Manager is a project management expert responsible for the technical project delivery roadmap and product success. They collaborate with engineering teams, business leaders, and other key stakeholders to set a vision, define priorities, execute an ambitious agenda, and be accountable for product results and evolution.

Responsibilities

• Leading and managing large, complex enterprise-level projects
• Define, shape and drive product and technology roadmap, create clarity to guide plans and drive success
• Meet business objectives by successfully designing, implementing, and guiding programs to completion
• Create fast and effective solutions when issues arise
• Document all aspects of work and present progress to leadership and stakeholders
• Proven ability to manage relationships at all org levels
• Develop a program plan, including goals, scope, schedule, and resources
• Align program objectives with the company's strategic goals and ensure consistency with organizational priorities
• Establish project tasks and milestones
• Assign responsibilities to team members
• Monitor the progress of projects and make updates when necessary
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders and create progress reports
• Collaborate with vendors, contractors, and external partners to ensure they meet program objectives and deliverables
• Identify and mitigate risks and issues impacting program delivery and ensure projects meet deadlines and budgets
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues that arise during projects
• Identify areas for improvement in project management practices
• Engage with program/process owners, stakeholders and business partners as necessary to communicate project objectives, strategy, tactics, and ongoing progress
• Drive alignment and build trust with stakeholders
• Facilitate and enhance the communication and process between IT and the business to establish software engineering priorities, work direction, and best practices; includes working with key stakeholders in the business, business analysts, and developers
• Drive effective teamwork, communication, collaboration and commitment across multiple disparate groups with competing priorities while maintaining strong business relationships
• Effective balance member, business, and technical goals with available resources (this is really about resource allocation)

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in related field required, or combination of equivalent work/education experience
• A minimum of 7+ years of experience leading complex development and integration projects, strategy, Business Analysis or System analysis, preferably in the finance/asset management industry
• Excellent communication - both verbal and written - with technology and business partners to include strong discussion, debate and listening skills and the ability to look beyond obvious answers to understand impacts
• Advanced experience working with Scaled Agile software development processes
• Demonstrated success leading and directing others to achieve measurable results
• Ability to empathically understand and articulate user needs
• Demonstrated ability to articulate solution or product vision and/or customized solutions to meet business objectives
• Advanced skills using a variety of tools to document workflows and data mapping including but not limited to Miro/Lucid, Excel, SQL and Visio
• Understanding of analysis and artifact goals throughout the solution lifecycle
• Ability to learn quickly and work in a changing environment and under tight deadlines
• Ability to independently manage personal timelines and meet tight deadlines
• Strong experience with Agile, Miro/Lucid, SQL, Excel, Visio, Balsamiq, Jira, Tableau
• Experience with AWS Step Functions and Camunda workflows tools