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Technical Project Manager / Delivery Lead

Coates Group· Product and Technology – NAM
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Chicago, IL$57.2/hr - $65/hrFixed termPosted 1w ago

About the role

Technical Project Manager responsible for day-to-day execution of software delivery squads and projects, ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery with quality; partners with internal/external stakeholders to meet business objectives.

Responsibilities

  • Drive the successful delivery of technology projects by proactively managing risks and minimizing variance, ensuring alignment with project goals from initiation through closure
  • Define and document project deliverables and timelines, holding all stakeholders accountable for their specific responsibilities
  • Develop, maintain, and report on the squad progress throughout the SDLC and/or project plan, ensuring coverage of all technical tasks and achievement of agreed milestones
  • Actively lead scrum teams, manage sprints and agile cadences, while overseeing the end-to-end project schedule and delivering key milestones
  • Participate in working groups and steering committees to ensure risks and issues are escalated promptly through appropriate channels, driving effective decision-making
  • Manage project execution through risk and issue management, project monitoring, tracking reporting, workflow management, quality assurance, change and communication management
  • Strong management of cross-stream internal and external project dependencies
  • Understanding of technical deliverables and effectively align them to business objectives
  • Review functional specs, solution design, and user stories to ensure business and technical requirements are mapped, dependencies identified and a clear critical path established, enabling effective planning and delivery

Qualifications

  • Relevant tertiary qualifications or certifications within Project Management, Agile, and/or IT
  • Project management experience of 7+ years delivering complex, enterprise-grade digital applications/solutions
  • Knowledge of solution architecture for digital solutions
  • Experience delivering software projects with budgets of $3M+
  • Experience presenting to senior executive stakeholders (mandatory) including exposure to C-suite (preferred)
  • Experience delivering technical projects across multiple streams of work
  • Experience with software project management across all phases of the SDLC, delivering multiple projects from inception to completion
  • Experience within Agile and waterfall software delivery
  • Previous experience as a technical business analyst, product owner, or developer (preferred)

Skills

Required:Project managementRisk management

Benefits

  • Thrive Program with flexible work options, health and wellbeing initiatives, and paid time off for wellness and community Give Back Day
  • annual market competitive bonus program
  • Global Wellness paid day off
  • Give Back Day
  • Equality + Empowerment Initiatives
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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