Technical Project Manager

Technical Project ManagerDallas, TX- RemoteW2- Sorry not open to Sponsorship!About BigR.io :BigR.io is a remote-based, technology consulting firm with headquarters in Boston, MA. We deliver software solutions ranging from: custom development, software implementation, data analytics, and machine learning/AI integrations. We are a one-stop shop that attracts clients from a variety of industries because of our proven ability to deliver cutting-edge and cost-conscious software solutions.With extensive domain knowledge, BigR.io has teams of data architects, data engineers, software engineers, web developers, and consultants who deliver best-in-class solutions across a variety of verticals. Our diverse industry exposure equips us with invaluable tools, tricks, and techniques to tackle complex software and data challenges.About the Job:We are seeking a Technical Project Manager with a strong understanding of Agile Methodology projects to support our client. The right candidate will possess a passion for technology and the ability to understand and assess new technologies.About You:This position will be a great fit for someone with a proven track record of driving enterprise-scale IT projects, managing multiple priorities simultaneously, setting timelines, holding people accountable and delivering projects on-time and on budget. Your leadership will help guide the completion of complex solutions created in an Agile environment. Experience developing healthcare applications is a great plus!Responsibilities:Scrum needs:Day-to-day facilitation of agile ceremoniesExperience leading application development teams.Liaising with central teams to ensure work progresses when team has dependencies, including launching new clients; leading and enabling care hub production deploymentsSupport and execute release planning activities, ensuring sprints are filled to adequate levels and acceptance criteria and are cleared with QA.Managing deployment needs that are technical in nature with third-party vendors to ensure necessary organizational milestones are met (including coordination; implementation timeline creation; risk elevation; etc.)Special project management assistance: supporting assessing impacts to the team and helping to ensure prompt execution when large-scale initiatives roll out across the organization, including corporate rebranding, IVR system changes, etc.Assessing and unblocking the team when disruptions to critical delivery timelines occurGoals:Project management/ scrum leaders can identify risks, take preventative action to minimize them, and liaise with external teams and vendors to push work forward.Scrum leader has the bandwidth to communicate proactively regarding capacity, and where and how our team can increase velocity based on how the team is progressing work on the roadmapThe backlog is filled with refined stories that meet needs and are groomed up to 2+ sprints in advance such that we can pull items forward based on changes in bandwidth, complexity, etc. We can 'get out ahead' of the engineering team's capacity.Minimum Job Qualifications :Bachelor's Degree in a related fieldExperience working with tight deadlines and handling escalations.5+ years of related experience: managing projects and teams, working with tight deadlines and handling potential escalations, working with Machine Learning conceptsResearch experience a plus Saviance