Technical Project Manager

We are seeking an experienced Technical Project Manager to lead and deliver complex, enterprise-scale initiatives across engineering, infrastructure, and business teams. The role centers on project management leadership: planning, governance, risk management, and keeping stakeholders aligned. Familiarity with modern data and analytics platforms such as Databricks or Snowflake is a strong advantage, since many of our initiatives involve data platform implementations and migrations. The ideal candidate takes projects from concept through execution and keeps cross-functional teams aligned. They are technical enough to work credibly with engineers and architects without needing to be one. Key Responsibilities Project Leadership - Lead end-to-end delivery of technical projects, including platform implementations, migrations, and modernization efforts - Define scope, timelines, milestones, and deliverables, and manage changes through a defined change control process - Build and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, and resource plans - Identify risks, issues, dependencies, and constraints early, and drive mitigation to closure - Track budget and resource use against plan - Give stakeholders and executive leadership clear, regular status reports Stakeholder & Cross-Functional Coordination - Align engineering, analytics, infrastructure, security, and business teams around shared goals and priorities - Translate business needs into clear requirements, work breakdowns, and execution plans - Facilitate project meetings, sprint ceremonies, working sessions, and decision forums - Manage third-party vendors and consulting partners, including SOW deliverables and performance - Escalate issues with clear options and recommendations Technical Collaboration - Act as the delivery liaison between technical teams and business stakeholders - Partner with engineers and architects to understand the solution design well enough to plan, sequence, and track the work - Ask the right questions to confirm that technical solutions meet business and functional requirements - Make sure technical decisions, dependencies, and tradeoffs are documented and communicated Governance & Delivery Excellence - Establish and maintain project governance, standards, RAID logs, and documentation - Ensure projects meet security, privacy, and regulatory requirements - Run delivery with Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid methods, whichever fits the work - Capture lessons learned and drive continuous improvement in delivery practices Required Qualifications - 5+ years of experience managing technical projects in enterprise environments - A proven track record of delivering complex, multi-workstream projects on time and within scope - Strong command of project management fundamentals: scope, schedule, budget, risk, and change management - Experience with Agile and Waterfall delivery, and with tools such as Jira, Smartsheet, MS Project, or similar - Enough technical fluency to work credibly with engineering teams on infrastructure, cloud, or data projects - Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills, including reporting to executives - Ability to manage competing priorities in complex, fast-moving environments Preferred Qualifications - Experience delivering data and analytics projects, such as platform implementations, migrations, or data warehouse modernization - Working understanding of big data platforms such as Databricks, Snowflake, or Spark/Hadoop ecosystems - Familiarity with data pipeline concepts (ETL/ELT), data warehousing, and lakehouse architecture - Exposure to cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP) - Awareness of data governance, data quality, and metadata management practices - PMP, PMI-ACP, Certified ScrumMaster, or similar certifications (Databricks or Snowflake certifications a plus) - Experience in regulated industries such as financial services or healthcare What Success Looks Like - Projects are delivered on time, within scope, and with measurable business outcomes Stakeholders are engaged, informed, and confident in delivery progress - Risks and dependencies are raised early and managed proactively - Technical and business teams work with clear priorities and shared accountability - Delivery practices get better with each project Originally posted on Himalayas