Technical Project Manager - 12686

This is a remote position.

About This Opportunity

CTI Staffing is partnering with a well-established financial services organization to find a Technical Project Manager for their IT software development group based. This is a 12-month contract.

The team delivers multi-phase, multi-year software initiatives into a mature enterprise application environment. This role keeps those projects on scope, on schedule, and on budget. You will also keep vendors, technical teams, and executives aligned.

What You’ll Do

• Lead multi-phase software development projects from design through production
  
• Define project scope, requirements, and lifecycle plans through deployment
  
• Build and manage project plans, schedules, and milestones
  
• Identify critical path decisions and make recommendations to leadership
  
• Manage project resources, hours, costs, and budget versus actual
  
• Create risk mitigation and contingency plans
  
• Drive issues to resolution and enforce project standards
  
• Keep vendors, technical teams, and executives aligned with clear communication
  

Requirements

What You Bring

Must-Have:

• 5+ years of project management on software development or IT initiatives
  
• 3+ years in a technical client-facing or vendor-facing role
  
• Proven record running complex projects from design and development to production
  
• Experience managing requirements, scope, and budgets, including budget to actual
  
• Proficiency with MS Office Suite and MS Project
  
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  
• Ability to work independently and manage several complex assignments at once
  
• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in technology or business
  

Nice-to-Have:

• PMP certification or equivalent
  
• Business analysis experience
  
• Experience with Jira, Tempo, Confluence, and Smartsheets
  
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure concepts and distributed workflow processes
  
• Familiarity with AI/LLM concepts
  

Technical Environment:

• MS Project, MS Office Suite
  
• Jira, Tempo, Confluence, Smartsheets
  

What Success Looks Like:

• An approved project plan with defined milestones within the first 30-60 days
  
• Budget-to-actual reporting running consistently by month three
  
• Vendors and technical teams aligned, and executives informed without surprises