Technical Project Manager

Summary

Ocient is building a technical team focused on delivering complex software and data solutions. The Technical Project Manager will lead end-to-end technical programs and projects, coordinating hardware and software installations, database-related workstreams, stakeholders, schedules, risks, budgets, and delivery processes.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end planning and execution for technical programs and projects, including scope, timeline, resourcing, risk, and budget tracking
• Manage hardware and software installation projects, including coordination of procurement, site readiness, customer and/or vendor schedules, and go-live cutovers
• Coordinate database-related workstreams - requirements definitions, deployments, migrations, and workflow implementations
• Manage overall project organization to ensure requirements and project deliverable dates can be clearly communicated to between teams (Product/Engineering/Solutions/Systems/ Customer Operations/QA/Sales) as well as business stakeholders
• Build and maintain project plans, RAID logs, status reports, and dashboards; run stand-ups, steering committee updates, and retrospectives
• Identify risks and blockers early, drive them to resolution, and escalate proactively when timelines or scope are at risk
• Manage a portfolio of concurrent projects, prioritizing based on business impact and dependencies
• Continuously improve program management processes, templates, and tooling for the team
• Must be legally authorized to work in the US

Skills

• • Must be legally authorized to work in the US
• • BS in management information science, computer science, computer engineering, or related technical field
• • 4+ years of program or project management experience, ideally in a technical or engineering-adjacent environment
• • Hands-on experience managing projects involving databases (in cloud, on-prem, as a service), data workflows, or data platform operations
• • Experience coordinating hardware and/or software installation or deployment projects (on-prem, data center, or cloud infrastructure)
• • Strong working knowledge of project management methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, or hybrid) and tools (Jira, Asana, MS Project, Smartsheet, or similar)
• • Excellent written and verbal communication skills; comfortable presenting status and trade-offs to technical and executive audiences (both internal and external)
• • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• • Strong organizational skills with sharp attention to detail and follow-through
• • PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM, or equivalent certification
• • Experience working in Adtech, Telecommunications, and/or Network Security environments
• • Familiarity with distributed systems, data warehousing, or large-scale data infrastructure
• • An understanding of SQL, database HA/DR, and database security
• • Interested in pushing the bounds of what's possible in large-scale data analytics
• • Experience working directly with enterprise customers on technical deployments
• • Background in a startup or high-growth, fast-paced and dynamic technical organization
• • A self-starter who can work projects from start to finish

Qualifications

Must Haves

• • Must be legally authorized to work in the US
• • BS in management information science, computer science, computer engineering, or related technical field
• • 4+ years of program or project management experience, ideally in a technical or engineering-adjacent environment
• • Hands-on experience managing projects involving databases (in cloud, on-prem, as a service), data workflows, or data platform operations
• • Experience coordinating hardware and/or software installation or deployment projects (on-prem, data center, or cloud infrastructure)
• • Strong working knowledge of project management methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, or hybrid) and tools (Jira, Asana, MS Project, Smartsheet, or similar)
• • Excellent written and verbal communication skills; comfortable presenting status and trade-offs to technical and executive audiences (both internal and external)
• • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• • Strong organizational skills with sharp attention to detail and follow-through

Nice to Haves

• • PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM, or equivalent certification
• • Experience working in Adtech, Telecommunications, and/or Network Security environments
• • Familiarity with distributed systems, data warehousing, or large-scale data infrastructure
• • An understanding of SQL, database HA/DR, and database security
• • Interested in pushing the bounds of what's possible in large-scale data analytics
• • Experience working directly with enterprise customers on technical deployments
• • Background in a startup or high-growth, fast-paced and dynamic technical organization
• • A self-starter who can work projects from start to finish

Benefits

• 100% Remote (US Based Only)