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The Lead Technical Project Manager applies project management principles, practices, and techniques to lead and control project schedule, cost, and performance risks independently, for multiple complex technology projects. The Lead Technical Project Manager provides technical process expertise to customers and serves as a subject matter expert, providing technical guidance and oversight as well as mentoring and coaching to more junior PMs. The Lead Tech PM coordinates the activities of the project team by becoming familiar with the project scope and objectives, as well as the role and function of each team member. The Lead Tech Project Manager works closely with cross-discipline technology leadership and business partners to understand technical and business direction, milestones, and budget, as well as provide thought leadership to the project management team.
Basic Qualifications:
- 10 or more years of progressively complex Technical Project management experience.
- Experience with large software development projects.
- Mastery in Agile and Waterfall Project Management methods including scrum, kanban, and/or scaled agile.
- Expert knowledge and experience with the software development life cycle.
- Experience with development tools such as Jira.
- Experience with managing project budgets (resource forecasts, vendor bills, reporting forecast/actuals, etc).
- Excellent ability to understand architectural and technical aspects of projects.
- Excellent organizational and communication skills (written and verbal).
- Mastery of project management tools used in business/project areas.
- Interacts with internal and external peers and management to share highly complex information related to areas of expertise and/or to gain acceptance of new or enhanced technology/business solutions.
- Presents issues to and works with management and executive leadership to resolve critical resource conflicts.
Preferred Qualifications:
- MyPPM (Clarity).
- SmartSheet.
- Experience in Commerce Technology (Pricing, Yield Management, Sales).
- Project Management Certifications: PMP, CSM, SAFe.
- MS Office Suite (Excel, PP, Teams, Sharepoint, etc).
Required Education:
- BA in Information Tech., Business, or related field.
Benefits:
- 401(k).
- Dental Insurance.
- Health insurance.
- Vision insurance.
- We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity, equality, inclusion, and respect for people.
- The salary will be determined based on several factors including, but not limited to, location, relevant education, qualifications, experience, technical skills, and business needs.
Additional Responsibilities:
- Participate in OrangePeople monthly team meetings, and participate in team-building efforts.
- Contribute to OrangePeople technical discussions, peer reviews, etc.
- Contribute content and collaborate via the OP-Wiki/Knowledge Base.
- Provide status reports to OP Account Management as requested.
About us:
OrangePeople is an Enterprise Architecture and Project Management solutions company. Our most valuable asset is our people: dynamic, creative thinkers, who are passionate about doing quality work. As a member of the OrangePeople team, you will have access to industry-leading consulting practices, strategies & and technologies, innovative training & and education. An ideal Orange Person is a technology leader with a proven track record of technical achievements and a strong process/methodology orientation.
