Technical Project Manager

Location: Ahmedabad, India; Hyderabad, India

Department: Z-Michaels-COE

Experience: 8+

• • Champion Agile adoption across project teams and facilitate key Scrum ceremonies such as Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives.
  • Provide guidance and support to project teams, ensuring alignment with delivery goals and eliminating blockers.

• • Define project scope and objectives, ensuring alignment with strategic organizational goals.
  • Develop comprehensive project plans, timelines, and deliverables with effective resource allocation.
  • Identify risks proactively and implement appropriate mitigation strategies.
  • Coordinate and deploy technical resources such as developers and engineers to meet project demands.

• • Act as the liaison between technical teams, Scrum Masters, PMO Leadership, and Engineering Leadership to maintain alignment and transparency.
  • Facilitate regular team ceremonies including stand-ups, sprint reviews, backlog refinements, and retrospectives.
  • Manage stakeholder expectations effectively by communicating progress, risks, and roadblocks clearly.

• • Oversee QA testing cycles and ensure adherence to quality standards throughout the project lifecycle.
  • Ensure timely delivery of all project milestones within scope and quality parameters.

• • Utilize project management tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence, MS Project) to monitor project health and progress.
  • Provide regular status updates and performance metrics to all stakeholders.
  • Collaborate post-project with Scrum Masters and PMO Leads for retrospectives to identify successes and areas for improvement.

• • Serve as a communication bridge between PMO and engineering teams to align expectations, deliverables, and timelines.
  • Manage change requests in project scope or schedule while keeping PMO leadership informed and engaged.
  • Promote a collaborative culture fostering motivation, ownership, and accountability within project teams.

• • Strong technical background with understanding of software development lifecycle, architecture, and systems integration.
  • Proficiency in project management tools like Jira and Confluence.
  • Deep knowledge of Agile and Scrum methodologies, with proven experience facilitating Scrum ceremonies.
  • Excellent communication skills, capable of bridging complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
  • Demonstrated leadership and problem-solving abilities with strong analytical thinking.
  • Any DevOps /Support Services knowledge will be great.
  • Provide oversight and direction to project teams, ensuring delivery alignment, removing blockers, and promoting team ownership and accountability.