Technical Project Manager

Technical Project Manager / Scrum Master, Appian Preferred

We are seeking an experienced Technical Project Manager / Scrum Master to lead Agile software delivery projects, with a strong preference for candidates who have managed Appian, low‑code/no‑code, BPM, workflow automation, or enterprise application development projects. The ideal candidate understands the full software development lifecycle, including requirements analysis, solution design, development, testing, deployment, release management, and production support. This role requires a hands‑on technical project leader who can work effectively with business stakeholders, product owners, architects, developers, QA teams, Dev Ops teams, and client leadership to deliver high‑quality software solutions on time, within scope, and within budget.

• Facilitate Agile/Scrum ceremonies, including Daily Stand‑ups, Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews, Backlog Refinement, and Retrospectives.
• Coach development teams on Agile principles, Scrum practices, Kanban workflows, and continuous improvement.
• Remove blockers and elevate impediments that affect sprint progress, delivery timelines, or team productivity.
• Track sprint progress, velocity, burn‑down charts, backlog health, and team capacity.
• Support Product Owners and Business Analysts in backlog grooming, user story refinement, acceptance criteria definition, and sprint readiness.
• Promote collaboration, transparency, accountability, and communication across business, technical, and leadership teams.

• Plan, execute, monitor, and close software development projects from initiation through production deployment.
• Define project scope, schedule, milestones, deliverables, dependencies, risks, assumptions, and resource needs.
• Coordinate cross‑functional work across business stakeholders, Appian developers, software developers, QA testers, architects, Dev Ops engineers, and implementation teams.
• Manage project risks, issues, dependencies, change requests, action items, and decision logs.
• Prepare project status reports, dashboards, sprint metrics, release plans, RAID logs, and executive briefings.
• Lead project delivery using Agile, hybrid Agile, or SDLC‑based methodologies based on client and project needs.
• Support release planning, production deployment coordination, user acceptance testing, defect triage, and post‑release stabilization.

• Understand and manage projects involving Appian applications, business process management, workflow automation, case management, integrations, and enterprise application development.
• Work with technical teams to track design, configuration, development, testing, integration, deployment, and production support activities.
• Translate business objectives into clear technical delivery plans, sprint goals, milestones, and measurable outcomes.
• Coordinate technical discussions related to system architecture, data flows, API integrations, security, environments, testing strategy, deployment readiness, and operational support.
• Manage SDLC activities including requirements gathering, design review, development tracking, test planning, defect management, code promotion, release readiness, and production implementation.
• Work with teams using Jira, Confluence, Azure Dev Ops, Service Now, Git, Jenkins, or similar project delivery, collaboration, and Dev Ops tools.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience as a Project Manager, Technical Project Manager, Scrum Master, or Agile Delivery Lead.
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycle methodologies, including Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Waterfall, and hybrid delivery models.
• Experience managing software development projects involving requirements, design, development, testing, deployment, and production support.
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Experience coordinating developers, QA testers, business analysts, architects, Dev Ops teams, and product owners.
• Strong…