Employment type: Full Time/Direct Hire (No Agencies)
Location: Washington DC Metro or Richmond VA
Location Type: Hybrid - Home Office/Local Ippon office (1-2 days per week onsite)
About Ippon:
The Ippon story started in 2002 in Paris France - cue in the accordion. Our founder and CEO Stphane Nomis used his unique experience as an international Judo champion to create a culture based on the sports values of ambition and excellence. Our USA Headquarters office is located in Richmond VA with additional offices in New York NY Washington DC and Atlanta GA. We are a technology consulting firm that specializes in helping accelerate our clients digital roadmap in the areas of Product Management Cloud Data and Software Engineering.
About the position:
Ippon is seeking a driven Senior Technical Project Manager to lead cross-functional teams in delivering high-impact technology solutions. This individual will be responsible for day-to-day project delivery ensuring alignment across engineering timelines business goals and stakeholder expectations. From planning through execution and closure the Senior TPM plays a key role in driving structure amid ambiguity fostering team collaboration and keeping projects on track on time and on budget. The ideal candidate is driven organized and a strong communicator with a passion for becoming a trusted partner to both clients and internal teams.
Roles and Responsibilities:
Project Delivery & Execution
Drive day-to-day delivery operations including milestone tracking risk and dependency management and coordination of key events (e.g. end-to-end testing mock go-live and production releases)
Build and maintain detailed project plans that align product roadmaps engineering timelines and business goals
Identify and mitigate project risks early developing contingency plans to maintain momentum and avoid blockers
Ensure delivery adheres to Ippons delivery playbook; contribute to continuous improvement in tools templates and internal processes (e.g. Jira Confluence dashboards)
Stakeholder Management & Communication
Serve as the connective tissue between product engineering architecture and leadership
Provide clear proactive and timely communication around project status blockers KPIs and mitigation strategies
Lead structured release planning and go/no-go decision-making across client and internal teams
Cross-Team Collaboration & Leadership
Proactively resolve delivery blockers by fostering collaboration across functions
Champion structure in ambiguous environments by identifying gaps and driving alignment
Guide effective meetings and ensure the right voices are heard to move decisions forward
Client Success & Team Building
Build trust and strong working relationships with client stakeholders and project teams
Serve as a mentor to consultants around communication stakeholder engagement and delivery presence
Promote Ippons brand through exceptional client experience and by contributing to thought leadership events or internal knowledge sharing
Drive project closeout activities including retrospectives documentation and capturing success stories and lessons learned to inform future engagements
Lead with curiosity continuously asking the right questions to uncover needs anticipate challenges and drive engagement success
Competencies we are looking for:
Minimum Qualifications:
5 years of experience as a Project Manager in IT consulting or a technology-driven organization
3 years of experience as a PM supporting technical product roadmaps and strategies
3 years of experience working closely with product development teams in an Agile environment
Proven experience with enterprise-wide dependency management
Demonstrated success managing both Agile and Waterfall projects including complex cross-functional efforts
Strong communication organizational and leadership skills with the ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously
Bachelors degree in Computer Science Business or related field (or equivalent experience)
Experience leading technical delivery for Data Engineering (Snowflake Data Lake Data Pipelines) DevOps or Cloud projects (AWS Migration Modernization)
Familiarity with enterprise-scale software development lifecycle and associated processes
Previous experience in Financial Services or other regulated industries
Relevant certifications such as PMP CSM or Prince2
Experience driving continuous improvement in communication tooling and release management practices
What we offer:
Competitive salary Great starting salaries for well qualified candidates
Generous Paid Time Off policy - Ippon offers flexible time off to help you be your best
Health dental and vision insurance We are dedicated to helping our employees live healthier lives through comprehensive health programs
401k with company match - Ippon offers an industry leading 401(k) matching plan
Family Leave - We support the importance of family and offer maternity paternity and family medical leave plans
A fun smart and healthy work environment focused on our values and teamwork
$120000 - $150000 a year
We value the diversity and different perspectives each of our employees bring to Ippon Technologies.
Ippon Technologies is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity age national origin veteran or disability status.
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