Technical Delivery Excellence Project Manager III

We are seeking Senior Technical Project Manager candidates to work on a team at our client site in Newport Beach, CA. The role is onsite 4 days per week.

W2 Hourly rate range: $80.00 - 105.64. This role is W2 hourly with Roth Staffing (Ledgent Tech is a division of Roth). No 3rd party candidates can be considered.

As a Sr. Technical Project Manager supporting the Engineering Excellence organization, you will lead the delivery of initiatives designed to improve engineering execution, developer productivity, delivery velocity, and platform effectiveness across the enterprise.

You will work closely with engineering, DevOps, platform, and architecture teams to translate technical strategy into clear, executable plans, driving outcomes from planning through implementation and adoption.

This job requires more than traditional project coordination. This role requires a technically fluent delivery leader who can operate confidently at the intersection of:

• Engineering and architecture
• Delivery and execution discipline
• Platform and tooling ecosystems

We are looking for a consultative, technically fluent project manager who can:

• Actively engage in and facilitate technical discussions at a working level
• Understand how engineering systems and delivery processes function together
• Drive clarity, accountability, and execution across complex technical initiatives
• Understand architecture and operational dependencies at a working level
• Ask probing and technically informed questions of engineers and architects, challenge assumptions, identify delivery gaps, and translate technical complexity into clear, executive-ready updates

How You Will Make an Impact

Engineering Excellence Delivery

• Lead delivery of enterprise initiatives focused on improving:
• Developer productivity and engineering workflows
• CI/CD pipelines, release automation, and deployment practices
• Delivery tooling and engineering systems (e.g., backlog management, reporting, planning tools)
• Engineering metrics, performance visibility, and delivery predictability
• Technical debt reduction and modernization initiatives
• Translate engineering strategy and initiatives into:
• Clear delivery plans
• Defined milestones, dependencies, and success criteria

Ensure delivery aligns to both:
Engineering priorities
Enterprise commitments and timelines

Technical Delivery Leadership

• Partner directly with engineering and architecture teams to:
• Understand technical concepts, delivery models, and system dependencies
• Validate delivery sequencing, risks, and execution approach
• Identify gaps in planning, readiness, or implementation strategies
• Engage in discussions around:
• Application architecture and system interactions
• DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines
• Delivery tooling ecosystems and data flows
• Challenge assumptions and drive alignment on:
• Technical scope vs delivery timelines
• Trade-offs between speed, quality, and long-term sustainability
• Translate technical concepts into:
• Actionable plans
• Executive-ready communications
• · Maintain a working understanding of engineering delivery processes and systems to ensure effective coordination, risk identification, and dependency management across initiatives

Execution Discipline & Delivery Excellence

• Operate within Agile/SAFe environments using tools such as Azure DevOps or equivalent
• Structure and manage:
• Epics, features, and delivery backlogs
• Cross-team dependencies and sequencing
• Own core delivery disciplines:
• Scope, schedule, resourcing, and roadmap alignment
• Risk, issue, and dependency management
• Progress tracking and performance reporting
• Drive accountability across teams by:
• Establishing clear ownership
• Pushing decisions to closure
• Raising and resolving issues proactively

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, or military or veteran status. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with state and local laws, including the California Fair Chance Act, City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance.