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Technical Project Manager | Las Vegas, NV

Photon · Nevada, United States · 4 wk ago
Information TechnologyFull-time

About Us

For the past 20 years, we have powered digital experiences for the Fortune 500. Since 1999, we have grown from a few people to more than 4,000 team members across the globe, engaged in various digital modernization initiatives.

Learn more about us in this brief video: https://youtu.be/uJWBWQZEA6o.

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 areas of software development for the organization.
  • Understand technology requirements, roadmap, dependencies, and evolution; develop a plan for mitigating risks and delivering features that meet 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 integration.
  • Serve as a dedicated member of the Scrum team, helping the team 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 processes in a dynamic environment, drive impact through key initiatives, and garner adoption of those processes.
  • Own capability backlogs and participate in regular agile planning and grooming sessions to prioritize work in the 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.
  • Demonstrate excellent project and team management skills, including active mitigation of risks, status updates, management of trade-offs, and facilitation of planning and governance activities.
  • Understand 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 drive improvements over time through efficiencies, process improvements, or automation.
  • Plan capacity based on known work and new roadmap items.
  • Mentor and guide team members on system design, best practices, and coding standards.
  • Identify bottlenecks and issues, providing solutions to mitigate and address them.
  • Estimate efforts and ensure work is completed in a timely manner.

Requirements

  • Ability to wear multiple hats as a Technical Project Manager, leading cross-functional teams and driving overall planning efforts.
  • Strong understanding of requirements, current state architecture, and ability to drive future enhancements.
  • Good knowledge of system design and technical problem-solving skills.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to provide technical expertise and ownership of solutions.

Qualifications

  • BS or advanced degree in Computer Science or a related field.
  • 8+ years of experience in the IT industry, with 5+ years leading or 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, 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, demonstrating critical thinking and thought leadership.
  • Experience 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 ability to translate high-level goals into tangible action plans and vice versa, with expertise communicating with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Agile Certification and/or PMP (preferred).

Pay

Compensation range: USD 33,000 – USD 118,000, based on actual experience and qualifications.

Benefits

  • Medical, vision, and dental benefits.
  • 401k retirement plan.
  • Variable pay/incentives.
  • Paid time off and paid holidays (for full-time employees).

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