Senior Technical Project Manager

Role name: Senior Technical Project Manager

Work site: Columbus, OH or Nashville, TN (both locations would be for onsite work), US (ONSITE)

Role Overview

The Senior Technical Project Manager (Sr. TPM) is responsible for planning, executing, and delivering complex technical projects that span multiple teams, systems, and technologies. This role serves as a critical bridge between business stakeholders and technical delivery teams, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned to strategic objectives.

The role requires strong program and project management discipline, combined with sufficient technical acumen to engage effectively with engineering, architecture, DevOps, and infrastructure teams.

Job location: Columbus, OH or Nashville, TN (both locations would be for on site work)

Key Responsibilities

Project Planning & Delivery

• Lead end to end delivery of large, complex technical projects or workstreams.

• Define project scope, objectives, milestones, deliverables, and success metrics.

• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, and dependencies.

• Manage execution across agile, hybrid, or waterfall delivery models.

• Ensure projects remain on track for scope, timeline, budget, and quality.

Technical Coordination

• Partner closely with engineering, architecture, DevOps, data, and infrastructure teams.

• Translate business requirements into clear, actionable technical deliverables.

• Facilitate technical discussions, planning sessions, and issue resolution.

• Understand solution architectures well enough to identify risks and impacts.

Risk, Issue & Dependency Management

• Proactively identify and manage risks, issues, and cross team dependencies.

• Drive mitigation plans and escalation paths as needed.

• Balance competing priorities while maintaining delivery commitments.

Stakeholder Management & Communication

• Serve as primary point of contact for business, product, and technology stakeholders.

• Provide regular project status updates, dashboards, and executive briefings.

• Set clear expectations and manage change requests effectively.

• Influence outcomes across teams without direct authority.

Financial & Resource Management

• Manage project budgets, forecasts, and vendor engagements (as applicable).

• Coordinate resource planning across internal teams and external partners.

• Track spend, capacity, and utilization against delivery objectives.

Governance & Process

• Ensure compliance with enterprise project governance, SDLC, and control processes.

• Maintain project documentation, RAID logs, and delivery artifacts.

• Support audits, reviews, and regulatory requirements where applicable.

• Drive continuous improvement in delivery practices and tooling.

Required Qualifications

Experience

• 7 years of experience in technical project or program management.

• Proven track record delivering medium to large scale technology initiatives.

• Experience managing projects involving software development, cloud, infrastructure, data, or integrations.

Technical Acumen

• Strong understanding of:

o Software development lifecycles

o Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)

o APIs, integrations, and distributed systems (at a conceptual level)

• Comfortable working with engineers, architects, and platform teams.

Delivery Methodologies & Tools

• Experience with Agile (Scrum/Kanban) and traditional project delivery models.

• Proficiency with project management and collaboration tools (JIRA, Azure DevOps, MS Project, Smartsheet, Confluence, etc.).

• Strong documentation and reporting skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing multi workstream or enterprise transformation programs.

• Exposure to DevOps, CI/CD, data platforms, or cybersecurity initiatives.

• PMP, PgMP, SAFe, or Scrum certifications.

• Experience working in regulated industries (financial services, healthcare, government).

Leadership & Soft Skills

• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills.

• Strong organizational and problem solving abilities.

• Ability to manage ambiguity and complex technical dependencies.

• Comfortable operating at both execution and executive levels.

• Proven ability to lead cross functional teams without direct authority.