Technical Project Lead Washington, DC; Remote

Technical Project Lead

Location:

Remote, Washington, DC

Duration: 12 months

Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end delivery for application teams, coordinating across departments and vendors.
• Translate business goals into actionable plans with clear milestones and deliverables.
• Manage cross-functional planning and dependencies across various teams.
• Provide regular status updates, highlighting progress, risks, and mitigation plans.
• Ensure a steady workflow by aligning priorities and capacity with technical leads.
• Support planning by coordinating inputs from engineering and architecture teams.
• Coordinate release readiness, including environment preparation and post-release stabilization.
• Assist in production operations and incident management with effective communication and prioritization.
• Identify technical requirements for software, hardware, and supplier services.
• Drive continuous improvement in delivery execution and operational readiness.

Required Skills:

• 7–10 years of experience in technology delivery roles.
• Proven leadership through influence and cross-functional coordination.
• Strong capability in translating requirements into actionable plans.
• Understanding of AI/ML concepts and experience with AI-enabled tools.
• Strong delivery discipline in planning, scope control, and risk management.
• Ability to lead teams through change and improve delivery methodologies.
• Technical fluency across SDLC and modern delivery practices.
• Strong executive communication skills for presenting status and recommendations.
• Experience with work management and ITSM tools, and producing delivery artifacts.
• Scrum certification and/or scaled Agile experience preferred.
• Experience in high-availability environments and incident response.
• Incorporating security, privacy, and performance requirements into delivery.
• Experience in cost measurement and reduction through optimization and automation.