Technical Project Manager

Ocient is seeking a Technical Project Manager to lead end-to-end technical programs and projects. The role coordinates hardware and software installations, database-related workstreams, and cross-functional teams while managing plans, risks, budgets, and delivery processes.

Responsibilities:

• Own end-to-end planning and execution for technical programs and projects, including scope, timeline, resourcing, risk, and budget tracking
• Manage hardware and software installation projects, including coordination of procurement, site readiness, customer and/or vendor schedules, and go-live cutovers
• Coordinate database-related workstreams - requirements definitions, deployments, migrations, and workflow implementations
• Manage overall project organization to ensure requirements and project deliverable dates can be clearly communicated to between teams (Product/Engineering/Solutions/Systems/ Customer Operations/QA/Sales) as well as business stakeholders
• Build and maintain project plans, RAID logs, status reports, and dashboards; run stand-ups, steering committee updates, and retrospectives
• Identify risks and blockers early, drive them to resolution, and escalate proactively when timelines or scope are at risk
• Manage a portfolio of concurrent projects, prioritizing based on business impact and dependencies
• Continuously improve program management processes, templates, and tooling for the team

Requirements:

• Must be legally authorized to work in the US
• BS in management information science, computer science, computer engineering, or related technical field
• 4+ years of program or project management experience
• in a technical or engineering-adjacent environment
• Hands-on experience managing projects involving databases (in cloud, on-prem, as a service), data workflows, or data platform operations
• Experience coordinating hardware and/or software installation or deployment projects (on-prem, data center, or cloud infrastructure)
• Strong working knowledge of project management methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, or hybrid) and tools (Jira, Asana, MS Project, Smartsheet, or similar)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• comfortable presenting status and trade-offs to technical and executive audiences (both internal and external)
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Strong organizational skills with sharp attention to detail and follow-through
• ideally in a technical or engineering-adjacent environment
• PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM, or equivalent certification
• Experience working in Adtech, Telecommunications, and/or Network Security environments
• Familiarity with distributed systems, data warehousing, or large-scale data infrastructure
• An understanding of SQL, database HA/DR, and database security
• Interested in pushing the bounds of what's possible in large-scale data analytics
• Experience working directly with enterprise customers on technical deployments
• Background in a startup or high-growth, fast-paced and dynamic technical organization
• A self-starter who can work projects from start to finish