Technical Project Manager
Job Responsibilities
● Overall accountability and leadership for complex technology projects, ensuring successful and timely implementations and achievement of business objectives.
● Serve as the primary point of contact for your team or area, delivering accurate status updates and project data to the appropriate audiences at the right time.
● Build and manage relationships with the project sponsor, senior management, and a wide range of project contributors, ensuring clear and consistent communication
● Identify key barriers and risks to a project success, proactively managing all mitigation activities
● Plan, develop, and execute project schedules to meet project deadlines and milestones.
● Adhere to defined implementation methodologies, including leveraging established escalation channels when needed.
● Translate business cases and functional requirements to technical requirements
● Maintain timely and effective communication with project teams throughout the project life cycle
● Monitor and manage project budgets and revenue to ensure financial accountability
● Acquire a deep understanding of platform capabilities and intended use cases
● Collaborate with cross-functional teams, coordinating effectively across roles to drive project success.
● Provide actionable and measurable insights into new products, processes, standards or plans in support of business objectives
● Manage multiple projects simultaneously with precision and efficiency.
● Mentor and guide junior Project Managers, fostering team development.
Must Have
● Proven Technical client-facing implementation experience
● Advanced knowledge and demonstrated expertise in the areas of strategy, planning, project management, development processes and techniques.
● Experience with structured methodology and project planning tools.
● Listening, oral, written and presentation skills and effective interpersonal skills.
● Organizational, planning, and multitasking skills
● Demonstrated leadership, interpersonal, relationship-building and negotiation skills, with a solid track record of cultivating strong internal and external relationships.
● Demonstrate high ethical standards and values that foster trust within teams.
● Existing knowledge of how technical integrations work, including understanding of how APIs are utilized
● Proficiency with the use of LLM in a role of Project Manager
Nice to Have
● Knowledge of Loyalty Platforms
● Knowledge of JIRA and Confluence
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