Technical Project Manager (R-00113)

Team: Program Management Team

Location: Kansas City, MO, Kansas, USA

Commitment: Full-Time

Workplace Type: remote

Job Responsibilities

• Project planning and execution: Define program vision, create project plans, and guide cross-functional teams through the full lifecycle of a project, from idea to deployment. 
• Technical leadership: Contribute to technical decisions, participate in design reviews, and ensure the program's technical feasibility and alignment with engineering standards. 
• Risk and dependency management: Identify and mitigate risks, negotiate dependencies, and proactively address issues that may arise during the project. 
• Communication and stakeholder management: Serve as a liaison, communicate progress and blockers to senior management, and ensure clear information flow between technical teams, customers, and other stakeholders. 
• Problem-solving: Act as a central point for solving technical and program-related problems, removing roadblocks for the team, and ensuring the team stays on track. 
• Process and tool establishment: Establish the necessary tools, technologies, and processes to ensure a program's success and improve overall system operations. 
• Technical acumen: Strong understanding of system architecture, software development, and testing methods. 
• Program management: Experience in planning, executing, and closing cross-functional programs. 
• Leadership and influence: Ability to lead teams, build trust, and guide projects without direct authority.
• Communication: Ability to clearly articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strategic thinking: Ability to connect technical execution to a larger business vision and prioritize initiatives accordindly
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Coordinating and facilitating communication and collaboration among diverse teams (engineering, product, IT, QA, marketing, vendors, and senior leadership) to ensure alignment and cohesive execution.
• Risk Management: Identifying, assessing, and mitigating technical and operational risks that could impact project success, developing contingency plans as needed.
• Technical Oversight: Using their strong technical background (e.g., in software development, cloud platforms, system architecture) to engage with engineers, understand technical trade-offs, solve problems, and ensure sound design and architecture decisions.
• Monitoring and Reporting: Tracking program progress, performance metrics (KPIs), budgets, timelines, and resource allocation. They generate clear, concise reports for various stakeholders, including executive leadership.
• Process Optimization: Advocating for best practices and implementing methodologies like Agile, Scrum, or Kanban to improve efficiency, quality, and velocity of project delivery

Required Qualifications

• 7-10+ years of experience of leading with technical expertise
• Bachelors Degree
• Familiarity with various project management methodologies.
• Experience in leadership roles, with or without direct reports
• Willing to Communicate clearly and openly: Use precise language, avoid assumptions, and be transparent with intentions and progress.
• Offer feedback that helps improve group processes and be open to hearing others' suggestions. 
• Willing to collaborate with others