Technical Project Manager

About the role

This position will manage complex and challenging software projects related to our custom SaaS product and other business-critical applications. The successful candidate will build project schedules, track milestones, identify dependencies, and coordinate activities across diverse and distributed teams to ensure successful and timely outcomes of project deliverables. You will drive decisions among cross-functional teams, escalate challenges to leadership, and act as a single point of contact for project-related communications.

Responsibilities

• Manage resources and deliverables related to project tasks, schedules, scope, risks, and acceptance criteria. Update related project documents as necessary.
• Conduct thorough risk assessments and develop thoughtful risk mitigation strategies as well as contingency plans. Anticipate problems and take decisive action. When issues materialize, provide guidance to keep the team moving forward.
• Prioritize tasks to meet project goals, assign work across multiple work streams, and follow up to ensure successful and timely completion. Provide assistance with competing priorities, offering guidance, resources, and tools to address constraints.
• Drive decisions essential to project success across a diverse group of stakeholders by facilitating meetings, organizing working sessions, and providing clarity around requirements and deadlines.
• Monitor project milestones and metrics. Utilize data to inform leadership of progress and support future decision-making. Prepare status reports by gathering, analyzing, and summarizing relevant information.
• Aid in communication and change management. Serve as the single point of contact for project communications and partner with team members to ensure change management initiatives support desired outcomes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field. Work experience in place of formal education will be considered.
• Minimum of 5-7 years of project management work experience.
• Experience developing and overseeing project schedules, mitigating risks, controlling scope, and consistently applying standard project management processes.
• Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively lead cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple initiatives, prioritize tasks, and adapt to changing priorities in a dynamic environment.
• Familiarity with project management tools, processes, and methodologies. Experience with Microsoft Project is a plus.
• Experience leading software and/or IT projects required; demonstrated ability to lead teams using Agile methodologies strongly preferred.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is preferred.

Benefits

• Full medical, dental, and vision insurance with day-one coverage.
• 401k with company matching beginning on day one.
• Life, Short-Term, and Long-Term Disability insurance at no cost to employees.
• Paid holidays and paid time off.
• Leadership development training programs and additional benefits to support team member development.

About the company

GPRS is the nation’s largest company dedicated to Intelligently Visualizing the Built World®. Since 2001, we’ve grown from a single GPR unit into a $200M industry leader helping teams across the U.S. plan, build, and manage safer, smarter projects. We deliver critical insight through utility mapping, GPR and concrete scanning, 3D modeling, reality capture, and digital facility records, giving our clients confidence from design through construction and beyond.

Our purpose is to provide possibility for our team members and customers by intelligently visualizing the built world.

• Integrity
• Teamwork
• Mutual Respect
• Growth Mindedness
• Safety