Technical Delivery Excellence Project Manager III

Location: Newport Beach, CA Salary: $63.00 USD Hourly - $70.00 USD Hourly Description:
Senior Technical Project Manager - Engineering Excellence
Overview

We are seeking a Senior Technical Project Manager to support an enterprise Engineering Excellence organization. This role will lead strategic initiatives focused on improving engineering execution, developer productivity, delivery velocity, and platform effectiveness across the organization.

The ideal candidate is a technically fluent delivery leader who can operate at the intersection of engineering, architecture, DevOps, and program execution. This individual will partner closely with engineering and architecture teams to translate technical strategy into executable plans while driving accountability, alignment, and successful delivery.
Key Responsibilities
Engineering Excellence Delivery

Lead enterprise initiatives focused on improving:

• Developer productivity and engineering workflows
• CI/CD pipelines, release automation, and deployment practices
• Delivery tooling and engineering systems
• Engineering metrics, reporting, and delivery predictability
• Technical debt reduction and modernization efforts

Responsibilities include:

• Translating engineering strategies into clear delivery plans
• Defining milestones, dependencies, risks, and success criteria
• Ensuring alignment between engineering priorities and enterprise commitments
• Driving initiatives from planning through implementation and adoption

Technical Delivery Leadership

Partner directly with engineering, architecture, platform, and DevOps teams to:

• Understand technical concepts, delivery models, and system dependencies
• Validate execution approaches and delivery sequencing
• Identify gaps in planning, readiness, and implementation strategies
• Facilitate discussions around:
  • Application architecture
  • System integrations and dependencies
  • DevOps practices and CI/CD processes
  • Engineering tools and platform ecosystems
• Challenge assumptions and drive alignment on scope, timelines, and trade-offs

Translate complex technical topics into:

• Actionable project plans
• Executive-level communications
• Clear delivery updates and status reporting

Maintain a working understanding of engineering delivery processes and systems to effectively manage risks, dependencies, and execution.
Execution Discipline & Delivery Excellence

Operate within Agile, SAFe, or hybrid delivery environments using Azure DevOps or similar tools.

Responsibilities include:

• Managing epics, features, and delivery backlogs
• Coordinating cross-team dependencies and sequencing
• Managing scope, schedules, resources, and roadmaps
• Leading risk, issue, and dependency management activities
• Tracking project progress and reporting delivery performance
• Driving accountability and decision-making across stakeholder groups

Cross-Functional Coordination

Coordinate delivery across multiple technical teams, including:

• Software Engineering
• DevOps and Platform Engineering
• Architecture
• Shared Services and Operations

Manage dependencies involving:

• Engineering tooling platforms
• Data flows and reporting systems
• Enterprise-wide delivery initiatives

Facilitate working sessions to:

• Resolve blockers
• Align priorities
• Maintain delivery momentum

Engineering Systems & Tooling

Support initiatives involving:

• Agile delivery and backlog management platforms
• CI/CD tools and pipeline orchestration
• Source code repositories and testing frameworks
• Deployment systems
• Monitoring, observability, and reporting platforms

Understand how engineering systems integrate and influence:

• Delivery sequencing
• Risk exposure
• Timeline commitments
• Operational readiness

Delivery Governance & Reporting

Maintain visibility into:

• Project health and delivery progress
• Risks, blockers, and dependencies
• Key decisions and trade-offs

Prepare and deliver:

• Executive status updates
• Governance reporting
• Portfolio and project health metrics

Drive transparency, accountability, and effective communication at all levels of the organization.
Adoption & Change Enablement

Ensure solutions are:

• Successfully delivered
• Effectively adopted by engineering teams
• Sustainable over the long term

Partner with stakeholders to:

• Support adoption and behavioral change
• Define and track success metrics
• Ensure ongoing value realization

Required Qualifications
Project & Program Management Experience

• 7-10+ years of project or program management experience in large enterprise environments
• Proven track record delivering complex technology and engineering-focused initiatives
• Experience working within Agile, SAFe, or hybrid delivery frameworks

Technical Knowledge

Demonstrated ability to:

• Partner directly with engineers and architects
• Engage in technical discussions with credibility
• Understand engineering systems, workflows, and delivery processes

Working knowledge of:

• Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
• DevOps methodologies
• CI/CD pipelines and release management
• Application architecture and system integrations
• Data flows, reporting systems, and engineering metrics

Delivery Leadership

Experience managing:

• Multi-workstream initiatives
• Complex delivery timelines
• Cross-team dependencies

Proven ability to:

• Drive delivery discipline
• Manage competing priorities
• Navigate ambiguity and complexity
• Deliver results in fast-paced environments

Communication & Stakeholder Management

Strong executive presence with the ability to:

• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly
• Influence stakeholders across engineering and business functions
• Facilitate alignment and decision-making
• Present effectively to leadership audiences

Preferred Qualifications
Consulting & Leadership Skills

• Consultative problem-solving approach with strong analytical capabilities
• Experience evaluating alternatives and recommending practical solutions
• Previous experience with a Big Four or major consulting organization is preferred
• Strong interpersonal, negotiation, and conflict-resolution skills
• Ability to operate independently and manage multiple priorities simultaneously

Technical Curiosity & Analytical Thinking

• Ability to identify technical gaps and risks
• Strong critical thinking and process improvement mindset
• Experience interpreting data and delivery metrics
• Risk and controls awareness

Tools & Technologies

Experience with:

• Planview (portfolio management, resource planning, lifecycle tracking)
• ServiceNow (ITSM, ITOM, CMDB)
• Power BI (project and portfolio dashboards)
• Azure DevOps
• Smartsheet
• Microsoft 365 Suite
  • SharePoint
  • Teams
  • PowerPoint
  • Excel

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field preferred.

What Makes a Strong Candidate

• Experience leading engineering excellence or developer productivity initiatives
• SDLC optimization and engineering process improvement experience
• Exposure to CI/CD, automation, testing strategies, and platform modernization efforts
• Experience supporting enterprise tool adoption and process standardization
• Proven success coordinating across engineering, QA, DevOps, and operations teams
• Strong dependency management and cross-functional leadership experience
• Ability to translate complex technical efforts into clear project plans and executive communications
• Experience driving adoption of new tools, processes, and ways of working
• Background in large enterprise environments balancing speed, quality, risk, and operational readiness
• Experience delivering initiatives spanning design, build, test, deployment, and production readiness

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