
Senior Technical Project Manager

MCG Health
Summary
Join MCG, a leading healthcare organization, as a Senior Technical Project Manager and coordinate diverse activities to bring data science products to production. You will navigate evolving project roadmaps, collaborate with various teams, and develop comprehensive execution plans. Key responsibilities include defining project scope, managing schedules and deliverables, and ensuring effective communication. The ideal candidate possesses strong project management skills, experience with engineering teams, and familiarity with Agile methodologies. MCG offers a remote work environment, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for professional growth. This role requires quarterly travel and occasional participation in company-sponsored events.
Requirements
- +6 years of experience as a Technical Project Manager or related role
- +6 years of experience working directly with engineering teams
- Excellent communication, leadership, problem-solving, and analytical skills
- Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with cross-functional teams
- Self-motivated and take the initiative to solve problems and deliver on new initiatives
- Strive to be an ideal team player
- Knowledge of various technology platforms and enterprise software solutions
- Strong familiarity with project management software tools, methodologies, and best practices
Responsibilities
- Define project scope, goals, and deliverables that support business objectives
- Develop full-scale project plans and associated communication documents
- Lead the planning and implementation of project schedules, milestones, and deliverables
- Manage day-to-day delivery aspects of a project and scope including planning, scheduling, and mitigation of risks and challenges
- Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders
- Delegate tasks and responsibilities to appropriate personnel
- Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within the project team
- Identify required resources, assign and track tasks and responsibilities
- Work across multiple engineering teams to deliver on new features
- Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential crises, and devise contingency plans
- Identify the primary risks and constraints during planning. Prepare ahead of time for any necessary dependencies and design the work effort to clear risks as early as possible
- Ensure project deliverables are created with quality sufficient for their intended use and designed to allow for future flexibility and/or broader adoption
- Adapt and apply the appropriate project management methodologies (e.g., Agile, Waterfall) to facilitate project success
- Continuously look for ways to improve processes, workflows, and communications
- Proactively manage stakeholder communication and ensure project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately
- Apply excellent verbal and written communication skills to accurately articulate project status and risks across teams up to an Executive-level audience
- Be the liaison between the internal teams. Ensuring mind share and planning for a positive, low-friction collaboration
- Assess the impact of priority changes, communicate those impacts, and keep the affected project plans up to date
- Attend engineering refinement and planning meetings to clarify and vet acceptance criteria and requirements
- Estimate the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals
- Draft and submit budget proposals and recommend subsequent budget change
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science , Business, or a related field is preferred
- Project management certification (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2) is preferred
- Familiarity with Agile principles and ceremonies such as sprint planning, daily standup, demos, and retrospectives, especially within the Scaled Agile Framework ( SAFe )
- Experience working with Jira and Confluence
- Experience working with Data Science or Data Engineering teams preferred
- Prior experience in a technical role or a strong understanding of different moving parts in technology projects
Benefits
- ���� Remote work
- ���� Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
- ���� 401K retirement plan; flexible spending and health savings account
- ���� ️ 15 days of paid time off + additional front-loaded personal days
- ���� ️ 14 company-recognized holidays + paid volunteer days
- ���� up to 8 weeks of paid parental leave + 10 weeks of paid bonding leave
- ���� LGBTQ+ Health Services
- ���� Pet insurance
- Bonus Eligible
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