Technical Project Manager (Contract)
techholding • USA, Remote
Posted: July 24, 2026
Job Description
The Role:
We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to drive the successful delivery of complex technology projects through rigorous governance and structured execution. The ideal candidate brings 5-6 years of hands-on project management experience, focused on formal project management methodologies, cross-functional leadership, and establishing clear accountability. You will establish and maintain the delivery framework for projects, ensuring alignment, transparency, and excellence at every stage.
Key Responsibilities:
- Stand up projects end-to-end, defining clear scope, objectives, success metrics, governance model, and ways of working from day one.
- Create and maintain project governance artifacts (charter, RACI, RAID, decision log, integrated plan) as living tools
- Lead cross-functional teams across business, technology, vendors, and operations, aligning contributors to shared outcomes and timelines.
- Develop and manage integrated project plans, including milestones, dependencies, risks, and critical path across workstreams.
- Be able to lead and facilitate all Scrum ceremonies.
- Drive accountability and ownership, ensuring workstream leads and vendors clearly understand their responsibilities.
- Proactively manage risks, issues, and dependencies, escalating early with clear options and recommendations for leadership.
- Facilitate effective governance forums (SteerCo, working sessions, exec reviews) with clear agendas, decisions required, and documented outcomes.
- Provide concise executive reporting, translating delivery status into business impact, risks, decisions needed, and next steps.
- Ensure alignment to strategy, budget, and roadmap, validating that delivery supports agreed priorities and value realization.
- Close projects with discipline, including transition to operations, knowledge transfer, post-launch support planning, and lessons learned.
Required Skills:
- 5-6 years of hands-on technical project management experience
- Demonstrated success delivering complex technology projects on time in a consulting or agency environment
- Strong working knowledge of various tech stacks and the ability to engage meaningfully with engineering teams
- Excellent communication skills – you can clearly articulate ideas to technical and non-technical audiences alike
- Proven ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Deep expertise in Agile/Scrum methodologies and project management tools (Jira, Asana, Monday.com, or similar)
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a proactive, solutions-oriented mindset
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or related field (or equivalent experience)
Must have:
- Agile delivery leadership
- JIRA, Confluence
- KPI and CSF tracking/reporting
Nice to have:
- PMP, CSM or other relevant certifications
- Experience working in consulting, digital agency, or fast-moving startup environments
Employment type:
- Contract
*Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time
#LI-Remote
Additional Content
The Role:
We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to drive the successful delivery of complex technology projects through rigorous governance and structured execution. The ideal candidate brings 5-6 years of hands-on project management experience, focused on formal project management methodologies, cross-functional leadership, and establishing clear accountability. You will establish and maintain the delivery framework for projects, ensuring alignment, transparency, and excellence at every stage.
Key Responsibilities:
- Stand up projects end-to-end, defining clear scope, objectives, success metrics, governance model, and ways of working from day one.
- Create and maintain project governance artifacts (charter, RACI, RAID, decision log, integrated plan) as living tools
- Lead cross-functional teams across business, technology, vendors, and operations, aligning contributors to shared outcomes and timelines.
- Develop and manage integrated project plans, including milestones, dependencies, risks, and critical path across workstreams.
- Be able to lead and facilitate all Scrum ceremonies.
- Drive accountability and ownership, ensuring workstream leads and vendors clearly understand their responsibilities.
- Proactively manage risks, issues, and dependencies, escalating early with clear options and recommendations for leadership.
- Facilitate effective governance forums (SteerCo, working sessions, exec reviews) with clear agendas, decisions required, and documented outcomes.
- Provide concise executive reporting, translating delivery status into business impact, risks, decisions needed, and next steps.
- Ensure alignment to strategy, budget, and roadmap, validating that delivery supports agreed priorities and value realization.
- Close projects with discipline, including transition to operations, knowledge transfer, post-launch support planning, and lessons learned.
Required Skills:
- 5-6 years of hands-on technical project management experience
- Demonstrated success delivering complex technology projects on time in a consulting or agency environment
- Strong working knowledge of various tech stacks and the ability to engage meaningfully with engineering teams
- Excellent communication skills – you can clearly articulate ideas to technical and non-technical audiences alike
- Proven ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Deep expertise in Agile/Scrum methodologies and project management tools (Jira, Asana, Monday.com, or similar)
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a proactive, solutions-oriented mindset
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or related field (or equivalent experience)
Must have:
- Agile delivery leadership
- JIRA, Confluence
- KPI and CSF tracking/reporting
Nice to have:
- PMP, CSM or other relevant certifications
- Experience working in consulting, digital agency, or fast-moving startup environments
Employment type:
- Contract
*Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time
#LI-Remote