Senior Technical Project Manager
hace 8 días
New York
Job DescriptionWe’re hiring a Senior Technical Project Manager!Employment type: Full Time/Direct Hire (No Agencies & No C2C)Location: Washington, DC, Charlotte, NC, Atlanta, GA, Richmond, VA, or NYC Metropolitan RegionsLocation Type: Hybrid - Home Office/Local Ippon office (1-2 days per week onsite) About Ippon:The Ippon story started in 2002 in Paris, France - cue the accordion, berets, and crêpes. Our founder and CEO, Stéphane Nomis, drew on his experience as an international Judo champion to build a technical consulting firm rooted in the sport’s core values: ambition, discipline, and excellence. Those principles continue to shape how we support clients and deliver work today. We work alongside technical partners such as AWS and Snowflake, balancing technical advisory and hands-on delivery for clients in Financial Services and other highly regulated industries. We specialize in legacy system migrations, cloud-native design, system modernization, operational efficiency, accessibility and governance, and build scalable platforms that support long-term business success. About the position:Ippon is seeking a driven Senior Technical Project Manager to lead cross-functional teams in delivering high-impact technology solutions. This individual will be responsible for day-to-day project delivery, ensuring alignment across engineering timelines, business goals, and stakeholder expectations. From planning through execution and closure, the Senior TPM plays a key role in driving structure amid ambiguity, fostering team collaboration, and keeping projects on track, on time, and on budget. The ideal candidate is driven, organized, and a strong communicator with a passion for becoming a trusted partner to both clients and internal teams.Roles and responsibilities: • Project Delivery & Execution, • Drive day-to-day delivery operations, including milestone tracking, risk and dependency management, and coordination of key events (e.g., end-to-end testing, mock go-live, and production releases), • Build and maintain detailed project plans that align product roadmaps, engineering timelines, and business goals, during assigned projects and sales processes, • Identify and mitigate project risks early, developing contingency plans to maintain momentum and avoid blockers, • Ensure delivery adheres to Ippon’s delivery playbook; contribute to continuous improvement in tools, templates, and internal processes (e.g., Jira, Confluence, dashboards), • Stakeholder Management & Communication, • Serve as the connective tissue between product, engineering, architecture, and leadership, • Provide clear, proactive, and timely communication around project status, blockers, KPIs, and mitigation strategies, • Lead structured release planning and go/no-go decision-making across client and internal teams, • Cross-Team Collaboration & Leadership, • Proactively resolve delivery blockers by fostering collaboration across functions, • Champion structure in ambiguous environments by identifying gaps and driving alignment, • Guide effective meetings and ensure the right voices are heard to move decisions forward, • Client Success & Team Building, • Build trust and strong working relationships with client stakeholders and project teams, • Serve as a mentor to consultants around communication, stakeholder engagement, and delivery presence, • Promote Ippon’s brand through exceptional client experience and by contributing to thought leadership, events, or internal knowledge sharing, • Drive project closeout activities including retrospectives, documentation, and capturing success stories and lessons learned to inform future engagements, • Lead with curiosity, continuously asking the right questions to uncover needs, anticipate challenges, and drive engagement successCompetencies we are looking for:, • Minimum Qualifications:, • 5+ years of experience as a Project Manager in IT consulting or a technology-driven organization, • 3+ years of experience as a PM supporting technical product roadmaps and strategies, • 3+ years of experience working closely with product development teams in an Agile environment, • Proven experience with enterprise-wide dependency management, • Demonstrated success managing both Agile and Waterfall projects, including complex cross-functional efforts, • Strong communication, organizational, and leadership skills with the ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously, • Hands-on experience with project management tools (e.g. Miro, Notion, Jira, Confluence, Smartsheets, etc.), • Proven ability to drive project progress, decisions, as well as conflict resolution, • Preferred Qualifications:, • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business, or related field (or equivalent experience), • Experience leading technical delivery for Data Engineering (Snowflake, Data Lake, Data Pipelines), DevOps, or Cloud projects (AWS, Migration, Modernization), • Familiarity with enterprise-scale software development lifecycle and associated processes, • Previous experience in Financial Services or other regulated industries, • Relevant certifications such as PMP, CSM, or Prince2, • Experience driving continuous improvement in communication, tooling, and release management practicesWhat we offer:, • Competitive salary – Great starting salaries for well qualified candidates, • Generous Paid Time Off policy - Ippon offers flexible time off to help you be your best, • Health, dental, and vision insurance – We are dedicated to helping our employees live healthier lives through comprehensive health programs, • 401k with company match - Ippon offers an industry leading 401(k) matching plan, • Family Leave - We support the importance of family and offer maternity, paternity and family medical leave plans