Technical Project Manager

Title: Technical Project Manager

Location: Newark, NJ((3 days a week onsite)

Duration: Full-time

We are looking for a Technical Project Manager to manage large and diverse application development projects. The ideal candidate should come from an Application Developer background. This Project Manager should be detail-oriented with extensive experience managing application development and cloud-hosted projects. This PM needs to be a highly collaborative person, working closely with IT and Business stakeholders of the Program.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of large-scale enterprise applications and cloud initiatives using Waterfall/Agile methodology.
• Oversee application integrations across cloud-to-cloud and cloud-to-on-premises environments, collaborating closely with client architects, engineering teams, and third-party vendors.
• Provide technical leadership and delivery oversight across the full engagement lifecycle.
• Facilitate and lead technical design workshops, architecture reviews, and application assessments, translating business requirements into actionable technical solutions.
• Partner with solution architects and engineering teams to identify technical risks, dependencies, and constraints and drive mitigation strategies.
• Perform actual vs. planned financial analysis, forecast engagement costs, and support leadership with accurate reporting.
• Develop and manage resource-loaded project plans, tracking milestones, deliverables, and critical dependencies across concurrent client engagements.
• Ensure clear communication of timelines, risks, technical decisions, and delivery status.
• Coordinate delivery across cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and external vendors to ensure high-quality outcomes.
• Proactively identify and manage application, integration, security, and delivery risks, escalating issues as needed to protect client success.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience delivering enterprise application and IT transformation projects.
• Hands-on experience managing application development projects custom-built or in-house applications.
• Experience working with complex integrations, ability to understand diverse application landscapes.
• Highly skilled in analyzing and understanding application interfaces, APIs, and system integrations.
• Prior experience as an Application Developer.
• Good experience with AWS and/or Microsoft Azure platforms.
• Experience delivering projects using hybrid delivery models (Waterfall and Agile).
• Demonstrated ability to manage engagement budgets, costs, forecasts, and utilization.
• Experience managing multiple engagements with internal teams and external vendors.
• Strong expertise in risk, issue, dependency, and assumption management.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage both technical and executive-level client stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP/CSM certification or equivalent project/program management credential.