Senior Technical Project Manager

Overview

Cvent’s Technology Team is responsible for the design, development, and operation of the company’s suite of cloud-based software products. The technology department boasts sharp technical skills and the ability to use collaboration and analytical prowess to work through complex problems. The tech team focuses on releasing innovative, feature-filled products that solidify Cvent’s position as a leader in the events industry.

Cvent’s Technology Team is a great opportunity for you to:

1. Work on Internet scale applications, where performance, reliability, and scalability are critical design goals - not after-thoughts.
2. Lead teams to create beautiful, interactive, and easy-to-use web and mobile applications using rich client-side code and MVC based server-side code.

In This Role, You Will

As part of Cvent Technology's Project Management Office within the Technology Program Management team, the Technical Project Manager is responsible for managing large, strategic projects that cross over multiple product lines and technology teams within Cvent's vast Technology groups & portfolios. This individual will execute assigned projects from the conceptual initiation phase through an agile and lean technical implementation until formal project closure. This position helps to ensure that the Project Management Framework (PMF) and Cvent Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) are followed to ensure project objectives and full business value is fully obtained.

1. Responsible for successful completion of all assigned projects. This includes ensuring project goals, objectives, defined KPIs and business outcome value is successfully delivered to Portfolio Management standards.
2. Create and maintain project charter & project plans for all assigned projects.
3. Identify all project stakeholders and ensure their communication needs are met.
4. Maintain and communicate project status on an ongoing basis. This includes escalation of project risks & issues as required.
5. Lead the planning & software build process for assigned projects while ensuring that the defined architecture and development best practice standards of agile teams are adhered to.
6. Facilitate necessary project change & improvements with agile teams & project stakeholders in order to align project for success.
7. Assist in the leadership role for all aspects of project management as it relates to mentorship, training and giving feedback to improve project management processes & practices to Cvent Product Development program leaders & agile teams.

Here's What You Need

1. Successful candidates will have at least 5 years experience managing and leading projects in related business, software development or IT environments. Or 8 years in a technical role that equates to project coordination duties.
2. Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business or Project Management OR relevant industry experience in Project Management or project coordination within a technology environment.
3. Basic knowledge of project management processes & competencies.
4. Good understanding of the software development lifecycle best practices and Agile methodologies.
5. Good leadership, project management expertise, and organizational, time management and problem-solving skills.
6. Experience with large enterprise applications preferred.
7. Project Management experience in SaaS, PaaS environments preferred.
8. 2+ years experience working through the design, development and release cycle delivering software to market is considered an asset.
9. PMI CAPM or PMP certification, or relevant certification equivalent or a willingness to obtain is considered an asset.
10. Knowledge of Atlassian products (Jira, Confluence) is considered an asset.
11. Knowledge of SAFe is considered an asset.
12. Knowledge of Organizational People Change Management is considered an asset.

Physical Demands

We are not able to offer sponsorship for this position.