Technical Project Manager

Technical Project Manager

Looking for the Independent candidates Only (W2 Only) Direct End Client: NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

Job Title: Technical Project Manager

Duration: 36 Months

Position Type: Contract

Location: 625 Broadway, 2nd Floor Albany, NY 12207

Hours Per Week: 40 Hours

Interview Type: Webcam or In Person

Key Responsibilities:

• Technical Team Manager must possess at least ten (10) years of experience leading technical delivery of complex or web-based applications.
• Coordinate the understanding of project technical requirements across Contractor and Subcontractor technical teams.
• Ensure project requirements are successfully translated into technical solutions, implementation activities, and accepted project deliverables.
• Serve as the primary technical liaison between Contractor, Subcontractor (as applicable), OPRHP, and NYS ITS.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance throughout the project lifecycle.
• Collaborate with project stakeholders, technical teams, and external partners to ensure successful project execution.
• Support project planning, technical estimation, risk management, and solution delivery activities.
• Ensure technical solutions align with business requirements, project objectives, and organizational standards.

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum ten (10) years of experience leading technical delivery of complex web-based applications and enterprise systems.
• Experience serving as the primary technical liaison for design and development teams when working with external stakeholders and technical partners.
• Proven ability to work across multiple teams and disciplines to identify and define technical solutions involving:
• Custom application development
• Database design and architecture
• Complex data migration initiatives
• Application and system integration
• Platform performance optimization
• Project and sprint planning
• Advanced technical problem solving
• Experience translating technical complexities and design decisions into clear business terms for project stakeholders.
• Ability to work closely with Project Managers and Business Analysts to ensure analysis activities are properly estimated and incorporated into project schedules.
• Experience managing requirements validation activities and ensuring project scope remains aligned with approved requirements.
• Ability to prepare mitigation strategies, change requests, and impact assessments when project scope changes are identified.
• Strong leadership, communication, stakeholder management, and team coordination skills.
• Experience working within Agile, Scrum, Hybrid, or Waterfall project delivery environments.
• Serving as the primary technical liaison for the design and development teams when interacting with external stakeholders and technical partners.
• Working across teams and disciplines to identify and define solutions, such as custom code, database design, complex data migrations, application integrations, platform performance, project/sprint planning, and advanced problem solving.
• Translating technical complexities to project stakeholders, ensuring thorough understanding of design decisions.
• Working closely with the Project Team to ensure analysis activities are properly estimated and included in the project schedule.
• Working with the Project Team to ensure requirements validation stays within scope or preparing a mitigation proposal and or change request if the scope needs to be revisited.