Technical Project Manager

Job Description

Technical Project Manager - Bayt.comPRODUCT BACKDROPvFairs aims to transform the events industry and change how people come together and exchange ideas on topics of interest.?It does this by empowering organizations to move away from expensive, limiting & tedious physical events and host hassle-free online event experiences instead. Virtual events prove to be far more cost-effective, scalable, productive and measurable. Most of all, they remove the need for people to be at a specific physical location making it very convenient.?vFairs has helped top organizations like Nestle, 3M, Unilever, UMUC? and American Airlines host amazing Virtual Career Fairs, Online Trade shows, Virtual Open Days & more.?The vFairs platform is leading the way on breaking barriers in the events industry. Our traction can be seen by the fact that we were featured in the top 100 fastest-growing SMB startups in North America by Latka Magazine.?Interested in changing how the world hosts events? Let?s do it together at vFairs.ABOUT THE ROLEAs were growing in scale, we have a rising number of clients in the region that are reaching out to us for customizing, enhancing and deploying these events for them. This growth has created a need for a seasoned, experienced leader to step up and liaise between clients and our development hubs, organize our project activities, set client expectations, prioritize operations and ensure quality delivery.?Since most of our clientele come from the North American region, we prefer a committed professional who can operate in those timings which translate from 3 AM - 12 PM Pakistan time.??SUMMARY?The Technical Project Manager (TPM) is responsible for providing technical project planning, management and oversight for key initiatives and implementation projects, ensuring first that these initiatives and projects are closely aligned with vFairs? strategic priorities, and second, that these initiatives and projects are completed on-time, within scope and budget and with an extremely high quality of deliverable.?The TPM will ensure the optimum mix of cost, schedule, performance, and system supportability throughout the life cycle (design, development, testing and evaluation, production and disposition) of each program and will analyze alternative problem solutions and present a case for the recommended solutions with a detailed analysis of risks and return on investment.?The TPM acts as a project management technical lead and business analysis subject matter expert and is responsible for cross-functional collaboration and working with vFairs? business functional areas to deliver technical solutions in the form of virtual events.?The TPM manages all phases of service delivery including: analysis and design, configuration and build, testing and training, and deployment of solutions and will be accountable for all aspects of technical project management including all project resources, project planning, scheduling, risk management, scope management, internal and external communications, status reporting, and resource management.??RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support Project Managers & Team Leads with any or all technology requirements for a Manage a large portfolio of projects at any given point of time. and plan event delivery schedules.

• Full event technology life cycle ownership: successful event delivery will include full service delivery from pre-sales sales handover to post-event closure calls with clients.

• Provide on-site technology leadership for the project team by building and motivating team members to meet project goals, adhering to their responsibilities and project milestones.?

• Provide on-site technology leadership for the Project teams by holding regular technical team meetings to determine progress and address any questions or challenges regarding projects.

• Research and evaluate hardware and software technology options and weigh the cost/benefit analysis when making purchases on behalf of the company.

• Assign and oversee the daily tasks of technical personnel while ensuring all subordinates are actively working toward established milestones.

• Analysis, planning, developing requirements documents, building functional models, developing procedures, developing functional architectures, and other related management and technical duties.

• Assigns and monitor work of technical personnel, ensuring that project steps are in alignment with business objectives, on-time and within budget.

• Evaluates technological choices (network/hardware related and technology/code related) by querying providers and understanding enough about implications to make choices for the organization that have an appropriate balance between cost /benefit today and future implications and limitations.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group; developers, product owners, and subject matter experts.

• Experience with high level understanding, negotiating, communicating and management in the areas of web application programming, content management systems, APIs, integrations, customization, database and system design.

• Work with development and event setup teams to ensure event customizations and client requests are delivered on-time.

• Experience with understanding, negotiating, communicating and managing technical requirements e.g. integrations, APIs, customization etc.

• Report on event success criteria results, metrics, test and deployment management activities.?

• Employ project management practices and engineer processes to ensure the team is able to deliver high-quality results to each client to compel them for renewals.

• Prepare estimates and detailed project plans for all phases of the project.?

• Procure adequate resources to achieve project objectives in planned time frames.?

• Manage the day-to-day project activities and resources and chairs the project management team meetings.?

• Monitor staff performance and complete performance reviews?

• Provide status reporting regarding project milestones, deliverable, dependencies, risks and issues, communicating across leadership.?

• Provide process improvement recommendations based on best practices and industry standards.

• Understand inter dependencies between technology, operations and business needs.?

• Ensure technical accuracy, scalability and quality of event through collaboration with development teams.

• Measure and optimize processes to increase renewal rate of customers and their satisfaction scores

• Conduct post-event calls to collect candid feedback from customers, capture testimonials & create follow-up actions on each feedback item

• Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation and presentations to various audiences, including project team, sponsors and key stakeholders?

• Coach, mentor, motivate and supervise project and program team?

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Technical Project Manager