Technical Project Manager

San Jose, CA | $94,000.00-$ | 2 days ago

Seeking a Technical Project Manager to lead software-driven initiatives supporting RF radio testing, validation, and regulatory compliance. The role partners closely with software engineering, RF teams, lab operations, and compliance stakeholders to convert business needs into executable plans, maintain structured schedules (Gantt and Agile), and ensure high-quality, on-time delivery aligned to internal lab milestones.

• PMP certification (PMI) — required.
• 5+ years managing technical software projects in hardware/embedded/RF contexts.
• Proficiency with Click Up for planning and dependency management.
• Proven ability to set up and manage sprints; strong prioritization, delegation, and organizational skills.
• Excellent communication; able to articulate trade‑offs, risks, and decisions to engineering and leadership.
• Preferred/
  
  Experience:
  
  Agile delivery experience; familiarity with tools such as Jira or Trello (not required).

• Translate business requests into epics, user stories, and tasks.
• Define acceptance criteria, test-readiness requirements, and quality gates.
• Validate scope, dependencies, resource needs, and success metrics.

• Build and own Gantt-based program schedules (Click Up or similar tools).
• Map dependencies and critical paths; manage schedule risk and slack.
• Maintain real-time dashboards; proactively flag delays and risks.

• Set up and run sprints; lead stand-ups and sprint ceremonies.
• Enforce prioritization and track sprint burndown progress.
• Drive defect and incident resolution; document retrospective learnings.

• Collaborate with RF engineering, compliance, and lab operations.
• Align software tasks with RF test plans and lab execution sequencing.
• Track documentation, approvals, device readiness, and lab equipment.

• Publish weekly status reports with milestones, variance, and risk profiles.
• Facilitate change-control and decision‑making discussions.
• Keep cross‑functional teams and leadership aligned.

• Establish and refine standardized templates and operating rhythms.
• Monitor KPIs such as predictability, defect leakage, and MTTR.
• Maintain risk registers, action logs, and dependency trackers.

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