Technical Project Manager

Posted 6 Days Ago
Los Angeles, CA
3-5 Years Experience
Information Technology • Consulting
The Role
As a Technical Project Manager at Simplified IT, you will lead mid to large-scale client deployments, managing project scopes and budgets. Responsibilities include aligning solutions with user requirements, handling risks, stakeholder management, product delivery, and creating product requirement documents, all while collaborating effectively with clients and internal teams in a dynamic environment.
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Company Description

Simplified IT is a global IT Staffing and Managed Services company. We have been rated top 10 staffing companies in the country for 3 years in a row. We serve technology, financial, auto, logistics & distribution companies across the United States, providing either IT staffing or technology solutions — or both. With decades of experience and a nationwide network of highly qualified, certified IT professionals, our goal is to build a lasting relationship with each client based on trust and consistent, reliable services.

Job Description

As a Principal Project Manager, you will lead the execution of mid to large-scale client deployments, ensuring projects are completed within scope, on budget, and on time. In this role, you will be responsible for aligning solutions with end-user requirements, managing risks, and resolving issues efficiently. Your responsibilities will extend to continuous stakeholder management, ensuring the overall success and strategic alignment of each project. You will also take full ownership of product delivery, overseeing backlog prioritization, feature development, and the successful implementation of Product Ownership best practices.

The ideal candidate will be energetic, innovative, enthusiastic, sharp, analytical, and eager to embrace responsibility while learning new skills. This role is perfect for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic, and creative team environment. We are looking for individuals who seek long-term growth.

  • Review process flows (Miro) to understand current state business processes
  • Participate in deep dive with business stakeholders who may not have technical details
  • Create process flows (Miro) to document future state business processes
  • Review current state UI/UX designs (Figma), gap analysis, and work closely with the designer to either make changes to existing designs or create new ones that meet business goals
  • Create product requirement documents (PRDs), including feature summary, business requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria
  • Develop short-term and long-term product roadmap
  • [Good to have] Collaborate with engineering team to breakdown user stories to tasks
  • Ability to adapt to client’s need 

Pathway to Success 

#BeOneStepAhead: Be prepared, work with intentional effort and offer no surprises for our clients and teammates.

Your success starts by positively impacting the direction of a fast-growing practice with vision and passion. You will be measured quarterly by the breadth, magnitude, and quality of your contributions, your ability to estimate accurately, customer feedback at the close of projects, how well you collaborate with your peers, and the consultative polish you bring to customer interactions.

As you continue to execute successfully, we will build a customized development plan together that leads you through the individual contributor or management growth tracks. 

Expectations


Customer Facing - You will interact with customers on a regular basis, sometimes daily, other times weekly/bi-weekly. Common touchpoints occur when qualifying potential opportunities, at project kickoff, throughout the engagement as progress is communicated, and at project close. You can expect to interact with a range of customer stakeholders, including engineers, technical project managers, and executives.

Training - Ongoing with first-week orientation followed by a 90-day onboarding schedule. Details of the timeline can be shared.

Responsibilities 

  • Outstanding proficiency in documentation 
  • Take the lead of scrum teams as the Product Owner
  • Providing vision and direction to the Agile development team and stakeholders throughout the project and create requirements 
  • Prioritize needs among scope, budget, and timeframe
  • Oversee all stages of product development, including planning, refinement, review, and sprint
  • Ensure that the team always has an adequate amount of prepared tasks to work on
  • Plan and prioritize product feature backlog and development for the product
  • Define product vision, road map, and growth opportunities 
  • Assess value, develop cases, and prioritize stories, epics, and themes to ensure work focuses on those with maximum value that are aligned with product strategy
  • Provide backlog management, iteration planning, and elaboration of the user stories
  • Work closely with Product Management to create and maintain a product backlog according to business value or ROI
  • Lead the planning product release plans and set expectations for delivery of new functionalities
  • Act as primary liaison between teams and stakeholders
  • Provide an active role in mitigating impediments impacting successful team completion of Release/Sprint Goals
  • Research and analyze market, the users, and the roadmap for the product
  • Anticipate user needs
  • Develop user stories and define acceptance criteria
  • Analyze preferences and requests of end users, then translate into future iterations
  • Follow our competitors and the industry 
  • Ensure product aligns with company mission and goals
  • Keep abreast with Agile/Scrum best practices and new trends
  • Ensure security of data with proper Agile framework
  • Evaluate product progress at each iteration
  • Plan/schedule for benchmarks, releases, and future upgrades
  • Establish initiatives and align with cross-functional goals
  • Prioritize defect resolution (bugs)

Requirements and qualifications

  • Must be a U.S. resident
  • Prior government experience is required
  • Proven experience managing large, complex projects
  • Previous working experience as a Product Owner
  • Experience managing all stages of the product life cycle
  • MA in Computer Science, Engineering or similar relevant field or technical background
  • In-depth knowledge of Agile processes and principles 
  • Outstanding communication, presentation, and leadership skills
  • Excellent organizational and time management skills
  • Sharp analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Creative thinker with a vision
  • Attention to detail

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

The Company
Lafeyette, CO
13 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 1993

What We Do

Since 1993, Simplified IT Solutions has provided computer support and network support to businesses along Colorado’s Front Range. Our IT services company specializes in reliable and efficient IT support, IT consulting, and network security. Our comprehensive portfolio of IT solutions and IT support services covers a wide range of managed IT services; from IT help and computer maintenance, to small business IT consulting, data backup, and IT security services. We understand your business IT requirements, and these guide us in applying technical support to solve problems, create new opportunities, and control costs.

In business IT support, we believe personal relationships are most important. For over 15 years, our staff has optimized the value of our IT services and made them available to small and medium sized companies. We recognize that every business has unique computer support needs, and we take a personalized approach to our IT support services by providing a highly-trained and experienced team you can trust for urgent issues, proactive support and project planning. So, whether you are looking to build a new network from the ground up, or need dependable IT help-desk services, we will provide you with exceptionally reliable IT solutions and IT support.

You have a lot riding on your IT system. Among IT services companies, see why Simplified IT has proven repeatedly through its customer-intimate business model that the right IT support service makes all the difference.

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