Technical Application Project Manager

Job#: 3049260

Job Description:
Technical Project Manager

Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Onsite)

Role Overview

An opportunity is available for a Technical Project Manager in Milwaukee, WI. This role will program manage Epics and the Delivery Program, such as Scrum of Scrums, across HR and Law & Public Affairs delivery teams. The position involves planning, coordinating, and actively managing the technical delivery plans for complex, cross-functional technical digital product solutions that span multiple technical products.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive specific aspects of a larger program with medium complexity.
• Make connections across teams to identify and manage inter-dependencies.
• Define the program structure and create a single, unified plan to deliver on program objectives.
• Establish clarity on objectives, priorities, and measures.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate program risks and issues, and remove impediments.
• Lead multidisciplinary project teams or initiatives and provide thought leadership.
• Solve unique problems with broad impact on the business, using conceptual and innovative thinking to develop solutions.
• Impact the direction and resource allocation for programs, projects, or services.
• Explain difficult or sensitive information and work to build consensus.

Required Qualifications

Education: A bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience is required.

Experience: A minimum of four years of program management experience in technology and/or business functions is required. Experience managing large-scale, cross-functional initiatives using various delivery methodologies (e.g., waterfall, agile, lean, scrum) and SDLC is necessary. Portfolio management and maintenance experience, including epics oversight, is also required.

Technical Skills: An understanding of how software is developed, tested, and implemented, as well as technical concepts, is needed. The role requires the ability to work with stakeholders, including engineers, product managers, and business leaders. Analytical problem-solving skills and attention to detail are important.

Key Skills

• Adaptive Communication: Formulate strategies to convey complex information about services, products, systems, or processes to targeted audiences; communicate between technical and non-technical audiences.
• Agile Leadership: Lead with transparency and encourage feedback to enable continuous testing of products with a flexible approach. Facilitate self-organization of team members to support thinking and decision-making skills.
• Cross-Functional Partnering & Planning: Facilitate collaboration, communication, coordination, and planning with individuals and teams from different functions to achieve common goals.
• Dependency Management: Identify, evaluate, report, and manage program and project dependencies to minimize schedule slippage and increase the likelihood of success.
• Program Management: Oversee the realization of larger workstream goals and manage activities that span across the program. Understand technical aspects, define scope, develop schedules, and manage resourcing, risks, and dependencies.
• Risk Management: Identify risks, conduct analysis, and prioritize them based on severity. Ensure appropriate reporting, monitoring, and control of risks.

Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

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Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

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