Technical Project Manager (Saas)
We are looking for a Technical Project Manager to join our Product Development Organization. We drive cross-functional alignment, create process efficiencies and deliver large-scale strategic initiatives in a rapidly growing Legal Technology space.
Primary Job Responsibilities:
Drive end-to-end program planning and execution across multi-disciplinary teams
Support strategic cross-functional planning, leading discovery and prioritization by closely collaborating with product and engineering leads to develop program plans
Partner with product and engineering to develop project milestones, track progress, handle cross-team dependencies, resource planning, mitigate risks and run effective communications
Proactively identify and remove impediments to drive momentum and progress. Identify communication gaps, lead issue resolution and provide support to teams balancing competing priorities
Work closely with stakeholders and product managers to ensure that requirements are translated to the technology requirements that subsequently drive the execution of software development from design through successful deployment and adoption.
Collaborate to define the technical architecture of solutions for services and support technical implementation and integration efforts.
Document project plans for cross-team initiatives and drive on-schedule delivery of results
Contribute to the definition, development and tracking of product and team metrics and operational improvements
Drive consistent, high-quality project management practices by creating and maintaining a repository of templates and best practices
Communicate project risks, progress, launches and retrospectives across all stakeholders and teams – consistently and transparently
Skills and Qualifications:
5+ years of experience in technical project management working directly with software engineering teams
5+ years of experience working at a technology company, preferably within a SaaS model
3+ years of experience leading software development projects with schedules and deadlines
Direct experience using iterative or agile methodologies
Proven track record of successful program delivery and handling complex initiatives across a variety of cross-functional teams
Must have experience using project planning, road mapping and issue tracking tools - JIRA, Confluence, Smartsheet, Roadmunk
BS/BA degree required, preferably in computer science or technical disciplines
Preferred Qualifications:
Scrum Master, Scaled Agilist or PMP Certification
Experience working cross-functionally with product management, design, engineering, marketing, customer support and operations
Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership
Skilled at dealing with ambiguity in a rapidly growing and changing environment
Ability to lead without authority to coordinate cross-functional teams towards value delivery
Experience in a company that has scale or previous work in a large software development organizations