Project Manager, IT Project Manager, Cloud Computing

Role:
Project Manager
Duration: 6-12+ Months Contract

Location:

Santa Clara, CA - 5D Onsite

Must Have Skills
Skill 1 – 10+ years of experience as a Technical PM, Product Owner, Engineering PM, or similar role.
Skill 2 – Working understanding of GenAI/LLMs, prompt engineering, vector stores, embeddings, or AI service integrations
Skill 3 – Strong understanding of full stack development concepts (UI frameworks, APIs, databases, Dev Ops pipelines).

Good To have Skills –
Skill 1 – Certifications such as PMP, CSM, SAFe, or cloud certifications



Key Responsibilities
Business & Stakeholder Engagement

• Serve as the primary focal point between Business teams and Engineering.

• Conduct requirement gathering sessions to fully understand business objectives, use cases, and constraints.

• Translate high level business needs into clear functional and technical requirements.

• Coordinate with multiple stakeholder groups, including Product, Engineering, Architecture, QA, Operations, and Leadership.
Project Planning & Execution

• Create detailed Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), delivery roadmaps, and execution plans.

• Define scope, schedule, resource needs, risk mitigation strategies, and dependency maps.

• Drive day to day project execution, tracking progress against committed timelines.

• Manage sprint planning, backlog grooming, and release timelines in agile environments.

• Publish and maintain delivery plans, project documentation, and status dashboards.
Status Reporting & Communication

• Provide timely and transparent communication to all stakeholders—including risks, issues, dependencies, and mitigation plans.

• Present weekly/monthly status updates to leadership and business owners.

• Ensure alignment across global teams, working across time zones and facilitating collaboration with offshore development teams.
Technical Leadership

• Collaborate closely with full stack developers, architects, and data/AI teams to ensure technical feasibility and alignment with enterprise standards.

• Understand and review technical designs, solution architectures, and integration approaches.

• Enable teams in leveraging GenAI/AI services, cloud native platforms, and modern full stack frameworks.
Delivery Management

• Ensure end to end delivery quality—from requirements to production deployment.

• Oversee testing strategy, defect triage, UAT coordination, and release readiness reviews.

• Proactively identify delivery risks and handle escalations.
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Required Skills & Experience

• 10+ years of experience as a Technical PM, Product Owner, Engineering PM, or similar role.

• Strong understanding of full stack development concepts (UI frameworks, APIs, databases, Dev Ops pipelines).

• Practical knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.

• Working understanding of GenAI/LLMs, prompt engineering, vector stores, embeddings, or AI service integrations.

• Hands on experience with Agile/Scrum delivery models.

• Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.

• Experience working with offshore/remote teams.
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Preferred Qualifications

• Technical degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

• Certifications such as PMP, CSM, SAFe, or cloud certifications.

• Prior experience managing AI/ML or cloud native product implementations.

• Ability to write user stories, acceptance criteria, basic SQL queries, and evaluate technical design documents.