Technical Project Manager - Austin, TX - Georgia IT Inc.

Austin, TX

About the Job

Job Title : Technical Project Manager (TPM)
Location : Austin, TX
Position Type : Contract
Interview mode : Phone
Rate : DOE $/hr on W2 or 1099

US Citizen, Green Card and GC-EAD Preferred.

(No sponsorship available for this job, direct hire and No C2C)

URGENT New Position

Responsibilities

Prefer a developer/engineer who moved into project management *
Prefer a TPM who can code at least 10% of the time *
Prefer a TPM who has high level architecture skills *

MUST HAVES: must have long tenures at clients at least 3-4 years each.
Must have a Master's Degree

Responsible for consistent application of all standard project management methodology processes, tools, and documentation throughout the project lifecycle.
Manage projects which are to be executed by a development team of 10 developers and across an organization of over 700 team members.
Drives all aspects of program management activity, including collaborating and coordinating across the organization and ensuring the following
You will be responsible for identifying and managing risks, making sound judgments about quality, and stopping (or speeding up) production at the right time.
-Leading and coordination of design/implementation efforts between internal teams and external customers and/or partners
-Driving user story brainstorming, review, and clarification sessions with software and quality engineering teams
Deep diving on key architectural components; discuss, debate and influence technical teams on system design

Qualifications

8+ years IT Project Management or engineering experience preferably with external customer facing web software/ecommerce projects.
Experience managing large programs with distributed teams (global) - this PM will manage 4 different teams
Expert with agile/SCRUM development methodologies and software development lifecycle principles.
Strong and demonstrable external client facing skills specifically in the areas of communication, issue and escalation management.
Ability to build relationships across the enterprise, and understand at a high level what initiatives are moving forward in other IT areas.
Ability to identify leverage opportunities and communicate them to the project teams and/or business partners.
Strong understanding of the links and dependencies between the projects and other in-flight projects and/or business initiatives.
-PMP and Scrummaster certification preferred
-Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or Engineering preferred

Sprint Planning & Execution:

Translate Feature requirements into Technical requirements to enable Dev to solution it
Do an impact analysis to identify impacted apps, dependencies and manage interlocks
Drive the solutioning for the expected functionality with architect/dev lead
Work with POs to understand prioritization and do the capacity planning
Create Sprint backlog in TFS (including, requirements, tasks)
Continually and proactively identify and mitigate risks early on
Ensure SDETs understand the functional delivery and have exhaustive test coverage
Ensure engineering practices are followed (e.g. code reviews, toxicity)
Collaborate with Program Managers to ensure that they get required updates
Adhere to all milestones (DIT, SIT, UAT, Perf, Feature Complete, end-2-end)
Deliver demo and retrospectives at the end of the Sprint and get a sign off from POs
Ensure that TFS is a single source of updated status for Sprint deliverables
Be the best Scrum Master

Operational Excellence (measurement of the Sprint output)::

Ensure your burn down chart is optimal throughout the Sprint
Consistently size requirements to drive optimal Story points and build predictable Velocity
Ensure you get a sign off from POs for your Sprint demo (green/yellow/red)—stay green!
Meet release milestones
Update and communicate weekly OPS metrics to the management
Continually identify process improvements

Release Management & Deployment (Coordination):

Ensure scope for the Release is communicated to all stakeholders, Program Managers, Release Management, end-2-end)
Engage Security consultant (GSRM) & Perf team
Plan your CRQ, Deployment, LOD
Publish a roster to support Release where applicable
Ensure that your Sprint deliverables are validated in Production
Manage Audit and Compliance deliverables

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Source : Georgia IT Inc.