POSITION TITLE: 

Technical Program Manager

REPORTS TO: 

Chief Technical Officer

SUMMARY:

Work closely with engineering, quality assurance, and product management staff to coordinate and manage the development of product releases from specification through release in a timely manner.

PEOPLE:

No direct reports, but responsible for technical management of product teams.

• Gather, review, analyze, and evaluate Adapx core products’ requirements;
• Independently develop and maintain the Use Cases, Functional Specifications, and other core materials throughout the SDLC (software development lifecycle), making all necessary revisions for defect correction and requirement clarification/refinement;
• Key interaction shall be with:
  • Dev for creating/enhancing the product and developing the product roadmap;
  • QA for robust quality control; technical writing staff for the generation of user documentation;
  • Products team to understand business goals, for hand-off on release management, to assist with the deployment and configuration of applications in customer’s production environment;
  • Management and engineering team to identify potential delivery risks and to formulate integration strategies;
• Create and maintain product plan and task/test prioritizations to ensure timely deliveries and on-target release dates;
• Conduct Kick-off and project review meetings;
• Act as a SCRUM master and manage the project execution of a team of software engineers;
• Develop cross-functional project plans and schedules;
• Manage change within the product. Manage changes to product scope and communicate as necessary;
• Facilitate technical issue resolution;
• Respond to risks as necessary and communicate decisions.

• Three to five years of related, hands-on Technical Project Management experience for software development in a non-marketing role at software product companies;
• Knowledgeable about all stages of the software development process;
• Experience with Agile software development methodologies (Scrum in particular)
• Strong project and team management skills;
• Experience modeling functional requirements through usage models, domain models, and user interface models. (Examples include use cases, activity diagrams, personas, and screen sketches)
• Demonstrated success in driving strategies and projects, ability to handle multiple tasks with strict deadlines;
• Outstanding organization skills and time management;
• Highly developed written and oral communication skills, and the ability to effectively communicate with all levels of the business community, including technical staff, internal non-technical staff and customer management and users;
• Must be able to support multiple projects with competing priorities, work effectively in a rapidly changing environment and meet ongoing and overlapping deadlines;
• Strong Microsoft Project and Excel skills;
• Ability to work in a team environment as a team player, as well as with a high degree of autonomy;
• Quality-focused, customer-focused;
• B.A./B.S. in Computer Science or Business or related discipline.