Technical Project Manager

An IT solutions branch of a major Japanese company is seeking a Technical Project Manager who can analyze, plan, and implement various Technical Projects for clients.
Position: Technical Project Manager
Industry: IT Solutions
Location: Plano, TX (Hybrid: required to be onsite whenever requested)
Employment Type: Contract (Full-time; 6mo contract w/possible extension)
Pay: Up to $66.50/hr
Key Responsibilities:

• Manage projects with top-down oversight throughout the entire execution to ensure success as defined by adherence to standards of scope, budget, and timeline.
• Collaborates with stakeholders to co-develop a project roadmap and drive them from start to finish in a fast-paced environment.
• Conduct compliance audits to ensure adherence to automotive cybersecurity standards and regulations.
• Support audit requests.
• Examining and reviewing work outputs for verification.
• Document Security & IT procedures according to the policy and standards.
• Translate product roadmap features into well-defined project requirements including features, user stories, and acceptance test criteria.
• Turns data insights into projects with actionable outcomes.
• Works in an Agile environment and continuously reviews the business needs, refine priorities, outlines milestones and deliverables, and identifies opportunities and risks.
• Prioritizes and maintains the sprint backlog for assigned products, balancing the requirements of stakeholders.
• Lead the process based on an intimate knowledge of stakeholders.
• Develop comprehensive project plans that merge requirements with project goals and coordinate various managers and technical personnel during all project phases, from initial development through implementation.
• Monitor project progress continuously and make detailed scheduled reports on measurable items, such as milestones and deliverables.
• Communicate proactively with all involved personnel to provide encouragement, identify problems, create solutions, and implement efficiency improvements.
• Analyze the project plans and provide actionable feedback for improvements.
• Review proposed modifications o project plans, including meeting with interested parties to approve and implement beneficial changes.
• Work with overseas members especially in Japan by attending early morning or late evening meetings, resolve conflicts coming from cultural and/or business practice differences, and establich collaboration with all members towards the same goal.

Supervisory Responsibility:

• This position has no supervisory responsibilities, however, at times this role is expected to lead, train, and mentor project team members.

Qualifications:

• Balance of technical knowledge and business acumen
• Extensive leadership experience and strong teaming abilities
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Proactive, self-starter with excellent project management skills and ability to manage multiple tasks effectively
• Must work well within a diverse integrated team environment that includes members from overseas
• Excellent organization & time management skills in addition to a high level of problem-solving and analysis
• Strong written and spoken communication skills
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Engineering or Management Information Systems
• 5-8 years of experience in project management and project management skills
• 2-4 years of experience using Scrum methodology
• Success in multiple projects in Product Management and/or Product Development

Certifications (Nice to Have):

• Professional Project Management Certification from an accredited institution preferred such as Prject Management Professional (PMP), Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Certified Scrum Project Owner (CSPO)

Travel:

• This position requires up to 5% of travel (both domestic and overseas)

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