Technical Project Manager

Technical Project ManagerThe Technical Project Manager works with customers to help them achieve their business outcomes. As part of the team, you will be responsible for managing and driving end-to-end project execution on Google Cloud Platform with your technical acumen combined with strong project management experience and skills.Mandatory Skills:Strong experience in handling and managing large scale transformation projects on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).Define project scope, create and track detailed project plan and deliverablesOversee daily project activities, track progress, assign tasks and monitor progressServe as a liaison to coordinate with cross functional teams and provide regular updates to technology and business stakeholdersIdentify, mitigate and resolve technical issues and project risksEnsure project meets specifications and quality standardsProficient in Agile methodology and tools - Jira, Confluence etc.Critical problem-solving and troubleshooting skillsAbility to lead, influence and communicate clearlyTechnical expertise and strong experience in Google Cloud Platform (GCP), SRE and DevOps area is a mustExperience with GCP Core Services: Compute Engine, GKE, VPC, Cloud IAM, Cloud Storage, Cloud SQLExperience with Infrastructure, Networking, Terraform, CICD Pipelines and Deployment on GCP.Preferred Certifications: Google Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer / Architect, CKA (Kubernetes Administrator).Familiarity with ITIL, Change Advisory Board (CAB) and change management processes.Key Responsibilities:Guides and advocates for the customer’s needs throughout the engagementOversee daily project activities, track progress, assign tasks and monitor progressServe as a liaison to coordinate with cross functional teams and provide regular updates to technology and business stakeholdersIdentify, mitigate and resolve technical issues and project risksEnsure project meets specifications and quality standardsProvide technical leadership to the team and consult with the customers on a need basis.Support testing of developed solutions during the development stage of the engagement, in partnership with Technical ResourcesDrive user-acceptance testing requirements throughout and at key stages of an engagementBe a lead member of an overall engagement project team focused on delivering successful and substantive customer outcomesResponsible for all project deliverablesCollaborate with the customer to monitor for scope creep and resolve critical path technical issues.Roles & Responsibilities Key Expectations:Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with clients, sponsors, and stakeholders to understand challenges and align solutions with business goals.Requirement Gathering: Lead workshops to translate business requirements into functional specifications and user stories for the delivery team.Delivery Expertise: Act as a Technical Project Manager on Google Cloud Platform, guiding the team towards successful delivery of assigned deliverables.Implementation Support: Work with technical teams, provide input on testing, and support UAT and deployment.Monitoring and Reporting: Track the progress of the committed deliverables, provide regular status to the customer and stakeholders, conduct meetings and share status reports, proactively highlight risks in the project along with their mitigation plans.Training & Adoption: Conduct training, provide mentorship, and support change management to ensure successful user adoption.Documentation: Create project plans, process documentation, user stories, acceptance criteria, and functional design documents.Generic Managerial Skills: Common Focus Areas: Project Management Technical Lead Leadership Customer and stakeholder management IT Service Management (ITSM) & ITIL processes (Incident, Change, Problem, etc.)