Technical Project Manager

The Technical Project Manager combines the functions of a Project Manager, Scrum Master, and Technical Business Analyst, requiring a unique blend of business acumen, agile project leadership, and technical expertise. This role works closely with business stakeholders on requirements clarity and projected ROI; and works closely with the technical teams to ensure on-time completion of high-quality software and other project deliverables.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

Plan, execute, and oversee technical projects from initiation and discovery phases to production deployment and post-production transition to supporting teams, with heightened emphasis on Dev / QE execution phase.

Gather and analyze business requirements, translating them into technical deliverables like user stories, function specifications, and workflow diagrams to clearly articulate current functionality vs future functionality.

Serve as Scrum Master for technical project team, leading agile ceremonies like daily standups, grooming / refinement, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and agile team retrospectives.

Assess risks to project and / or team health and take appropriate steps to mitigate risk, ensuring project success.

Facilitate effective communication and collaborate with stakeholders across all levels of the organization as relevant to the project : understand scope, project goals, projected ROI, business impact, project timeline, project status, and pertinent impacts to project.

Act as a liaison between both technical and non-technical team members as well as stakeholders, ensuring clear communication and understanding of technical issues and solutions.

Create and maintain project documentation including requirements specifications, project plans, forecasted timelines, user stories, subtasks, and reports to provide enterprise-level visibility of project plans vs deviations, timelines, status, issues, and remediation plans.

Act as subject matter expert within FFC tools, tech stack, lending platform applications, and user experience to ensure understanding of business and technical requirements; and ability to independently represent those requirements in project discussions and UAT activities.

Guide and mentor the project team, fostering a healthy, collaborative and high-performing environment that promotes continuous improvement.

Other duties as assigned by management.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field.

PMP, CSM, Agile PO, or similar certifications related to Project Management, Agile Team Leadership, and Technical Business Analyst workstreams preferred.

Minimum 3 years of combined experience as a Project Manager, Scrum Master, and technical Business Analyst in a software development environment; lending industry preferred.

Strong understanding of Agile methodologies like Scrum and Kanban; proficiency with supporting tools such as Jira, Confluence, PlanIt Poker and ability to create / maintain JQL queries, team boards and other Agile tools.

Demonstrated ability to facilitate routine Agile team ceremonies and accurately assess team progress during sprint.

Strong experience with project management tools like Jira, Trello, Microsoft Project, Atlas, and MS Office suite products to generate project plans, Gantt charts, resource plans, roadmaps, and other project-related elements.