What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Technical Project Manager position at Karmak, Inc.?
Job Description
Job Description
Position Summary
The Senior Technical Project Manager is responsible for leading all aspects of a complex technical project or multiple, medium-scale projects, from initiation to completion. This includes project planning, execution, timing, functionality, quality, communication and cost to manage the completion of work for a specific area. The Senior PM controls the critical path, contingencies, scope changes and budget, and coordinates the day-to-day activities of the project team from original concept through final implementation. The overall responsibility is to ensure that the project is delivered on time and within budget and that it meets or exceeds expectations.
Essential Job Functions
- Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of technical projects, ensuring alignment with business objectives; provide oversight throughout entire execution to ensure success as defined by adherence to standards of scope, budget, and timeline.
- Develop comprehensive project plans that merge customer requirements with company goals and coordinate various managers and technical personnel during all project phases, from initial development through implementation.
- Provide guidance and leadership to project teams, ensuring effective collaboration and communication across departments.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (engineering, product, QA, and operations) to ensure the project is progressing smoothly. Act as the main point of contact for all team members.
- Regularly communicate with key stakeholders (internal and external) to provide updates on project status, resolve any issues, and ensure alignment with business requirements.
- Provide technical guidance and support, ensuring that all deliverables meet the required standards and that the project leverages the best practices in technology.
- Monitor project progress continuously and make detailed scheduled reports on measurable items, such as milestones and deliverables.
- Analyze economics of project plans and provide actionable feedback relating to cost benefit and return-on-investment standards.
- Oversee acquisition of resources and materials as needed before and during projects by talking with customers, team members, managers, and in-house accountants and negotiating price and payment agreements with vendors.
- Understand in depth the Karmak platforms, capabilities, processes, tools, and integration. Understand what is currently available, what is being built, integration / dependencies and the Karmak end-state view.
- Ensure timely activity, integration and productivity of technical support and administer efficient use of resources to meet requirements with clear identification of task completion.
- Question ambiguous responsibilities and manage conflicts to an early resolution and escalation of any unresolved issues.
- Play a support role with technical solutions ensuring all groups' responsibilities are included.
- Suggest and implement improvements to project management processes and methodologies, ensuring increased efficiency and higher project success rates.
- Mentor junior project managers and team members, fostering a collaborative and high-performance work environment.
Essential Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
The above statements describe the general nature and level of work being performed in this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties. Additional responsibilities may be assigned by Karmak.
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