Technical Project Manager

The tasks that service provider will be expected to perform include any or all of the following:
• Manage the implementation of projects to meet identified business needs, acquiring and using the necessary resources and Skills, within agreed parameters of cost, timescales, and quality.
• Work closely with the project’s Business Manager (BM) on business justification, project definition, and Business Implementation.
• Develop comprehensive project plans covering scope, schedule, budget, resources, quality, and risk management.
• Guide the team in charge of project activities and review their deliverables.
• Participate in functional working groups and progress meetings.
• Estimate costs, timescales and resource requirements for the successful completion of each project to agreed terms of reference.
• Prepare and maintain project and quality plans and tracks activities against the plan, provide regular and accurate reports.
• Monitor costs, timescales and resources used. Take action where these deviate from agreed tolerances. Ensure that delivered systems are implemented within these criteria.
• Manage the change control procedure gaining agreement for revisions to the project from project sponsors.
• Provide effective leadership for the project team ensuring that team members are motivated and constantly developing their Skills and experience.
• Manage all project stakeholders through a structured communication plan, stakeholder mapping, and regular status reporting aligned to governance cadence.
• Development of front-end website architecture.
• Design of user interactions on web pages.
• Development of back-end website applications.
• Implement core business logic.
• Apply data and security best practices: input validation, authentication/authorization, secure storage, compliant logging and monitoring.
• Ensure web applications are optimized for performance and functionality across different browsers and devices.
• Design responsive applications.
• Design and develop APIs.
• Participating in the design and creation of scalable software.
• Maintenance of code integrity and organisation.
• Writing clean, functional code on the front
- and back-end.
• Compile and analyse data, processes, and codes to troubleshoot problems and identify areas for improvement.
• Perform unit/integration testing, debug, fix, and validate code changes.
• Deliver solutions that fulfil functional and non-functional requirements and align with user expectations.
• Write technical documentation.
• Develop and maintain features across the entire stack, from designing user interfaces and consuming APIs to implementing server-side business logic and database interactions.
• Deploy and manage applications on cloud platforms using CI/CD pipelines and containerization technologies.
• Bridge the gap between front-end and back-end developers, facilitating communication and ensuring cohesive integration of all system components.
• Lead a development team (5–10 members) in an Agile/Scrum environment.
• Perform code reviews, mentoring, and technical onboarding.
• Collaborate with QA teams to ensure test coverage
• Participate in requirements refinement and effort estimation. SPECIFIC EXPERTISE AND TECHNOLOGIES:
• Experience in managing projects.
• Knowledge of recognized project management methodologies, such as PRINCE2, PMBOK, and Agile frameworks.
• Expertise in planning and financial practices such as project scheduling, strategic planning, budgeting, forecasting, financial modelling, and performance tracking.
• Excellent knowledge of Agile methodology, Scrum Management, Lean agile.
• Experience with project management software such as JIRA and Microsoft Project.
• Experience with collaboration platforms such as Confluence and SharePoint.
• Experience in facilitation of meetings.
• Practical knowledge of reporting methods.
• Proficiency in Java back-end stacks, experience with Spring Boot, Hibernate, and REST API development
• Proficiency with fundamental front-end languages such as JavaScript, HTML and CSS.
• Proficiency in working with both relational (e.g., PostgreSQL, Oracle, PL/SQL) including schema design and query optimization
• Proficiency with Weblogic application server, JEE and EJB
• Experience of cloud services (e.g., AWS, Azure) and experience with deploying and managing applications in a cloud environment.
• Experience in designing, building, and securing RESTful APIs and web services, including OpenAPI/Swagger documentation.
• Experience of authentication and authorization protocols and standards (e.g., OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, JWT)
• Knowledge of front-end frameworks/libraries (Angular, React)
• Experience with build tools and CI/CD pipelines tools like Maven, GitLab, Bamboo, Jenkins, Nexus.
• Experience with ALM tools like Jira, Git, Bitbucket, and wikis
• Experience of containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) for developing and deploying applications
• Experience of service-oriented architectures (SOA) and Service buses
• Experience of project methodologies and best practices (e.g., Agile, Scrum…)
• Experience in unit-testing and integration testing tools (e.g., Junit, Mockito)
• Experience with automated code analysis tools (e.g., SonarQube)
• Experience of AI applied to coding (e.g. Amazon Q, Kiro.)
• Knowledge of public grants management processes is a strong asset
• Knowledge of system analysis and project management is an asset
• Knowledge of micro-service solutions is an asset

SKILLS:
• Ability to plan, execute, and control projects by managing scope, schedule, budget, risks, and stakeholders with recognized methods.
• Skills in presenting status, risks, and decisions clearly to varied type of stakeholders.
• Ability to apply high quality standards to all tasks.
• Ability to work in an international/multi-cultural environment, rapid self-starting capability and experience in working in a team, understanding the needs, objectives and constraints of those in other disciplines and functions.
• Ability to orchestrate team activities, managing dynamics, resolving conflicts, and providing direction to ensure collective success.
• Competence in aligning stakeholder interests and securing commitments through structured negotiation.
• Ability to adjust plans, mitigate risks, and engage stakeholders during unplanned changes.
• Ability to quickly ramp-up on new projects and competence in collaborating within teams.
• Ability to participate in multi-lingual meetings, ease of communication in a multicultural environment.
• Ability in applying security and cloud best practices.
• Proficiency in integrating front/back-end builds into CI/CD pipelines.
• Ability to work in a team as well as autonomously.
• Results-oriented mindset, focused on delivering.
• Ability to coach and teach newcomers
• Ability to evaluate technical skills of current/future team members
• Ability to refine requirements and stories
• Ability to use AI tools to increase code quality and productivity
• Leadership skills are a strong asset