Technical Project Manager | FTE | Los Angeles, CA | Hybrid

The Role

We are seeking an experienced Technical Project Manager for a project-based assignment to drive the successful delivery of complex technology projects through rigorous governance and structured execution. The ideal candidate brings 4+ years of hands-on project management experience, focused on formal project management methodologies, cross-functional leadership, and establishing clear accountability. You will establish and maintain the delivery framework for projects, ensuring alignment, transparency, and excellence at every stage.

Key Responsibilities

• Stand up projects end-to-end, defining clear scope, objectives, success metrics, governance model, and ways of working from day one.
• Create and maintain project governance artifacts (charter, RACI, RAID, decision log, integrated plan) as living tools
• Lead cross-functional teams across business, technology, vendors, and operations, aligning contributors to shared outcomes and timelines.
• Develop and manage integrated project plans, including milestones, dependencies, risks, and critical path across workstreams.
• Be able to lead and facilitate all Scrum ceremonies.
• Drive accountability and ownership, ensuring workstream leads and vendors clearly understand their responsibilities.
• Proactively manage risks, issues, and dependencies, escalating early with clear options and recommendations for leadership.
• Facilitate effective governance forums (SteerCo, working sessions, exec reviews) with clear agendas, decisions required, and documented outcomes.
• Provide concise executive reporting, translating delivery status into business impact, risks, decisions needed, and next steps.
• Ensure alignment to strategy, budget, and roadmap, validating that delivery supports agreed priorities and value realization.
• Close projects with discipline, including transition to operations, knowledge transfer, post-launch support planning, and lessons learned.

Required Skills

• 4+ years of hands-on technical project management experience
• Demonstrated success delivering complex technology projects on time in a consulting or agency environment
• Strong working knowledge of various tech stacks and the ability to engage meaningfully with engineering teams
• Excellent communication skills - you can clearly articulate ideas to technical and non-technical audiences alike
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Deep expertise in Agile/Scrum methodologies and project management tools (Jira, Asana, Monday.com, or similar)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a proactive, solutions-oriented mindset
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or related field (or equivalent experience)

Must have

• Agile delivery leadership
• JIRA, Confluence
• KPI and CSF tracking/reporting

Nice to have

• PMP, CSM or other relevant certifications
• Experience working in consulting, digital agency, or fast-moving startup environments

Compensation

• Salary $100k-125k (DOE) + Benefits

Location

• This is an onsite role requiring 3 days per week between Downtown Los Angeles (DTLA) and Los Angeles.

*Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time