Technical Project Manager Job Description
Most Recent Research: 23 April, 2012
Job Description
Manage the end to end technology life cycle planning, implementation, replacement and/or development process. Exercise leadership and guidance during the project life cycle ensuring that all deliverables and milestones are achieved. Ensure adherence to governance reporting structures.
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Organizational Position
Reporting to the Program Manager, Project Delivery Manager or Operations Manager this role may oversee some technical team members or teams and may work closely with vendors.
Qualifications & Certifications
Certifications such as PMBOK or Prince2 may be requested. Other commonly requested qualifications include a degree such as a Bachelor of Information Technology, Bachelor of Business or an MBA.
More certification information can be found in the following pages:
Attributes of an Excellent Technical Project Manager
Even though technology often makes life better, faster or easier. An excellent project manager is able to see past the technology perks to deliver a solution that is not necessarily 100% technical yet still facilitates/fixes/enhances a specific business process or objective.
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Attraction to the position and job retention strategies for employers
This role may be suited to technical staff who are looking to progress their careers in project management.
One of the most difficult challenges in this role is to secure the scope and manage customer expectations. Employers may seek to adopt formal processes to scope projects and to communicate with customers in order to reduce the stress created by these two factors.
What You Know
Understand business strategy
Project management methodologies e.g PMBOK, PMP or Prince2
Financial and resource management
What You Do
Negotiate project scope and budget
Manage tasks, schedules and resurces
Provide leadership and direction
Guide and influence team members
What You Are
A leader
A motivator
A strategic thinker
A great communicator
Expected Pay Scale for a Technical Project Manager
Salary Range:
US$115K - US$150K pa
Salary Avg: US$132K pa
Page Research Level (PRL)
A key designed to give an indication of the depth of research used to produce the content of the page.
PRL Key Jobs researched
Level 0 =0-6
0-6Level 1 =6-29
6-29Level 2 =30-49
30-49 Level 3 =50-79
50-79Level 4 =80-99
80-99Level 5 =100+
100+Tasks and Activities
- Manage the full project lifecycle from the business case to delivery and transition to operations.
- Manage multiple technical disciplines in order to produce and deliver a quality solution.
- Secure funding and funding milestones.
- Monitor and report on the project status and financial performance.
- Assess technical vendor products and solutions.
- Ensure project Quality Assurance (QA) compliance as determined by the PMO (Project Management Office).
- Manage project and resourcing scheduling and oversee the communications between teams members and stakeholders.
- Create and update documentation including schedules, budgets, project plan and operational transition documents.
- Track issues and actions identified in meetings
- Follow-up on issues, risks and actions
- Facilitate meetings with stakeholders and clients to gather functional and technical requirements
- Employ the use of work breakdown structures, critical paths, and Gantt charts to plan and track progress
- Draft and maintain technical requirements documentation to document solutions-based processes and workflows
- effectively communicate project milestones, objectives and expectations to team members and stakeholders
- Plan, schedule and monitor project timelines and milestones
Role at a Glance
