[Hiring] Technical Project Manager @CTI Consulting

Role Description

This is a remote position.

CTI Staffing is partnering with a well-established financial services organization to find a Technical Project Manager for their IT software development group. This is a 12-month contract.

The team delivers multi-phase, multi-year software initiatives into a mature enterprise application environment. This role keeps those projects on scope, on schedule, and on budget. You will also keep vendors, technical teams, and executives aligned.

What You’ll Do

• Lead multi-phase software development projects from design through production
• Define project scope, requirements, and lifecycle plans through deployment
• Build and manage project plans, schedules, and milestones
• Identify critical path decisions and make recommendations to leadership
• Manage project resources, hours, costs, and budget versus actual
• Create risk mitigation and contingency plans
• Drive issues to resolution and enforce project standards
• Keep vendors, technical teams, and executives aligned with clear communication

Qualifications

• 5+ years of project management on software development or IT initiatives
• 3+ years in a technical client-facing or vendor-facing role
• Proven record running complex projects from design and development to production
• Experience managing requirements, scope, and budgets, including budget to actual
• Proficiency with MS Office Suite and MS Project
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work independently and manage several complex assignments at once
• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in technology or business

Requirements

• PMP certification or equivalent
• Business analysis experience
• Experience with Jira, Tempo, Confluence, and Smartsheets
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure concepts and distributed workflow processes
• Familiarity with AI/LLM concepts

Benefits

• Technical Environment: MS Project, MS Office Suite
• Jira, Tempo, Confluence, Smartsheets

What Success Looks Like

• An approved project plan with defined milestones within the first 30-60 days
• Budget-to-actual reporting running consistently by month three
• Vendors and technical teams aligned, and executives informed without surprises