Required Skills: Rally, Jira, Azure DevOps, AWS, Azure, microservices, CI/CD pipelines
Job Description
Role Responsibilities:
We are seeking an experienced Technical Project Manager to lead the delivery of Wealth-management lending platform. On a day-to-day basis you support the Technical Delivery team (Solution Architect, Developers, Systems Analyst, Business Analyst and Product Owner. Likewise, you will ensure that we are aligned with our business stakeholders (Wealth Lending, Risk, Compliance, Finance, Legal and Audit). The ideal candidate must have extensive Test Lead or Test Manager experience.
1. End-to-End Delivery: Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of lending platform features, including API integrations, automated underwriting workflows, and third-party vendor tools.
2. Cross-Functional Leadership: Coordinate daily with software engineers, product managers, cybersecurity, infrastructure and delivery compliance teams to track progress against the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
3. Technical Translation: Translate complex business rules and regulatory requirements into actionable technical specifications for dev teams and explain technical trade-offs to stakeholders.
4. Risk & Dependency Management: Identify technical bottlenecks, manage program dependencies and build mitigation plans for project risks.
5. Agile Execution: Facilitate Agile ceremonies (Scrum, Kanban, or SAFe), coordinate with Product Manager/Product Owner to maintain backlogs, and track delivery metrics using project management tools like Rally, Jira or Azure DevOps
Must Have Skills/Prior Experiences:
1. Education: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
2. Experience: 10+ years of technical project management experience delivering software solutions within the FinTech, banking, or financial services (BFSI) sectors, specifically involving loan origination systems (LOS) or lending platforms.
3. Technical Fluency: Solid understanding of modern software architecture, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure), microservices, CI/CD pipelines, and API integrations.
4. Domain Knowledge: Familiarity with financial regulations, lending operations, data security standards, and risk management practices.
5. Agile Mastery: Hands-on experience with Agile frameworks (Scrum/Kanban) and tracking tools.
6. Communication: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with a proven track record of influencing cross-functional teams without direct authority.
Plus/Nice to Have Skills/Prior Experiences:
1. Master’s degree and Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field or 15+ years of experience or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
2. Professional certifications such as PMP, CSM (Certified ScrumMaster), or PMI-ACP.
3. Prior experience migrating legacy lending systems to cloud-native architectures.
Critical Screening Questions and Answers:
1. Provide examples and comfort-level of managing and switching between multiple priorities in a high tempo environment
2. Provide examples and comfort-level overcoming impediments in their work in a high tempo environment
3. Provide examples and comfort-level explaining technical information to a non-technical audience