Technical Project Manager
Leads end-to-end release management for a Data Technology team, coordinating scope, schedules, dependencies, readiness, deployments, and retrospectives. Requires 4+ years of technical project management experience, cloud delivery expertise, and a bachelor's degree.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Own the end-to-end release management process for the Data Technology team, from planning through deployment and post-release review.
- Define release scope with engineering leads and product management, prioritizing features, fixes, and technical work.
- Develop, maintain, and communicate release plans and schedules across cross-functional teams.
- Track dependencies, risks, critical paths, milestones, blockers, and release readiness.
- Adapt and enhance internal release tooling to improve automation and reliability in the release pipeline.
- Coordinate code freezes, testing sign-off, deployment checklists, and rollback planning.
- Report release status and risks to stakeholders with mitigation plans.
- Lead release retrospectives and drive continuous improvement.
- Use AWS and cloud-infrastructure knowledge to communicate deployment and pipeline requirements.
- Foster collaboration, communication, and problem-solving across the team.
Requirements
- 4+ years of technical project management experience in a technology or SaaS company, including release management or software delivery.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business, or a related field.
- Experience managing releases or deployments in a cloud environment.
- Experience with release tooling, CI/CD pipelines, or deployment automation; internal-tool improvement experience strongly preferred.
- Strong understanding of project management principles, methodologies, and best practices.
- Excellent organizational, leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to manage multiple releases with varied timelines in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to work under tight deadlines.
Nice-to-haves
- AWS familiarity.
- Knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies.
Compensation and Benefits
- Compensation: $110,000–$130,000 per year.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- HSA and FSA accounts.
- Life and disability insurance.
- 401(k) plan with employer contributions.
- Employee Assistance Program.
- Flexible paid time off.
- Commuter benefits, pet insurance, and continuing education assistance.
Skills
AWS, CI/CD, Release Management, Deployment Automation, Cloud Infrastructure, Agile, Scrum, Project Management, SaaS, Release Planning
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