Senior Technical Project Manager (ITS & Authoring Systems)

Cambium Assessment is an educational technology organization providing software and instructional solutions that support students and teachers. The Senior Technical Project Manager will manage the delivery and strategic evolution of content authoring platforms, contribute to technical roadmaps and requirements, lead interoperability and vendor discussions, and oversee technical analysis, deployments, and configuration control.

Responsibilities:

• Manage roadmap: Work closely with the Technical Directors and engineering leads to actively contribute to the system roadmap, assessing technical feasibility and infrastructure scaling needs of AI and non-AI software projects
• Facilitate design discussions: Facilitate and guide technical design discussions, asking critical questions to help developers hash out complex logic blockages
• Author technical requirements: Distill high-level business goals into detailed technical specifications and API boundary definitions
• Proactively manage roadblocks: Identify structural technical risks early, mitigate system constraints, and drive key technology choices
• Manage external tech communications: Serve as the primary technical interface for external organizations, state educational agencies, and client integration teams
• Lead data interoperability: Own technical discussions surrounding cross-platform data exchange, focusing heavily on secure integrations and standardized data pipelines
• Enforce edtech standards: Oversee the implementation of core educational data frameworks and ecosystem standards (e.g., QTI)
• Align external vendor APIs: Establish clear technical data mappings and interface requirements with third-party vendors to guarantee plug-and-play platform compatibility
• Investigate runtime anomalies: Triage complex backend system issues by analyzing underlying data flows and systemic impacts
• Execute root-cause analysis: Perform deep-dive evaluations on production failures and compile post-incident reports
• Query relational databases: Write custom SQL Server scripts from scratch to extract, validate, and isolate data errors
• Deconstruct error logs: Review application and server logs to track down persistent bugs or data pipeline failures
• Manage release windows: Oversee system deployments and operational maintenance windows alongside DevOps and SRE teams
• Enforce quality control: Partner directly with QA engineers throughout the development lifecycle to maintain execution standards
• Optimize knowledge bases: Structure Confluence repositories to ensure reference materials are searchable and accurate

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technology-focused discipline
• Minimum 7+ years of experience in technical project management (or Master's degree with 5+ years), including:
• 5+ years directly managing software engineers, executing hands-on software development, or leading technical system design
• 2+ years operating within data analysis, product support, or technical coordination roles
• Familiarity with modern data transmission protocols, RESTful APIs, webhooks, and secure data-sharing frameworks
• Proficient hands-on capability writing relational SQL Server scripts from scratch to analyze datasets
• Solid understanding of back-end application architecture, web application interactions, and automated data flows
• Demonstrated capability tracking large-scale engineering lifecycles from planning through deployment
• Strong conceptual understanding of AI foundational components (e.g., Large Language Models, generative workflows, vector search) to confidently support upcoming AI-driven platform expansions
• Hands-on proficiency using AI productivity tools (such as GitHub Copilot, Claude, or automated project management workflows) to accelerate technical writing and delivery metrics
• Direct experience configuring, testing, or launching integrations utilizing the QTI framework
• Strong desire to get hands dirty learning the multilayered mechanics of complex educational software applications
• Prior experience working in high-pressure production support, site reliability, or incident management environments