Sr Business and Technical Project Manager

1. Role Summary

The Senior Business & Technical Project Manager is responsible for managing projects from initiation to completion, acting as a bridge between business stakeholders and technical teams. The role ensures projects meet business requirements and are delivered on time, within scope, and according to quality standards.

2. Key Responsibilities

• Understand business needs and translate them into clear project requirements, goals, and deliverables.
• Develop and manage project plans, timelines, milestones, and resource requirements.
• Coordinate with Business, Development, QA, Infrastructure, and other technical teams.
• Manage the complete project lifecycle, from planning and execution to deployment and closure.
• Track project progress, dependencies, risks, issues, and action items.
• Facilitate project meetings, stakeholder discussions, and decision-making.
• Coordinate testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), deployment readiness, and business approvals.
• Maintain project documentation, status reports, risk logs, and decision records.
• Manage scope changes, resolve blockers, and escalate critical issues.
• Ensure business and technical teams remain aligned throughout project delivery.
• Obtain final approvals, coordinate operational handover, and document lessons learned.

3. Required Qualifications & Experience

• Proven experience managing application development, IT, or digital transformation projects.
• Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Experience coordinating Business, Development, QA, and cross-functional teams.
• Ability to translate business requirements into actionable technical deliverables.
• Strong project planning, risk management, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and drive projects independently.

4. Preferred Qualifications

• Project management certification such as PMP or PRINCE2.
• Knowledge of Agile, Scrum, or hybrid project management methodologies.
• Experience with Azure DevOps, Azure Boards, or similar project management tools.
• Basic understanding of APIs, system integrations, databases, testing, and deployment.
• Familiarity with C#/.NET, SQL, and application development concepts.