Project Manager

Responsibilities

• Define project scope, goals, deliverables, and success criteria for tracks including DB sanity checks, infra automation, chaos frameworks, and identity-platform parity.
• Develop detailed project plans, schedules, resource allocations, and budget forecasts.
• Coordinate and facilitate daily stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and stakeholder reviews in an Agile/Scrum or Kanban framework.
• Track project progress, identify risks and impediments, and drive mitigation or escalation as needed.
• Manage cross-team dependencies and ensure clear hand-offs between SRE, DevOps, IAM, and development engineers.
• Communicate status, issues, and decisions to stakeholders at all levelsu2014including engineering leads, product owners, and executive sponsors.
• Maintain project artifacts: roadmaps, Gantt charts, risk registers, RAID logs, and post-mortem reports.
• Foster continuous improvement by capturing lessons learned, refining processes, and driving adoption of best practices.
• Ensure compliance with organizational standards (FedRAMP, SOC2) and any regulatory requirements.

Requirements

• 7+ years of project management experience in software development or IT operations.
• Proven track record delivering complex, cross-disciplinary engineering projects on time and within budget.
• Strong familiarity with Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) and tools such as Jira or Azure DevOps.
• Excellent stakeholder-management and communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Experience coordinating infrastructure, SRE, or DevOps initiativesu2014ideally in AWS or cloud-native environments.
• Solid understanding of software development lifecycles, CI/CD pipelines, and automation practices.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, adapt to change, and maintain focus under pressure.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail.

Preferred

• PMP, PMI-ACP, or Scrum Master certification.
• Experience in identity-management or security projects (PingFederate, Okta, AWS Cognito).
• Knowledge of FedRAMP or other compliance frameworks.
• Familiarity with database backup/restore processes and chaos-engineering concepts.

Education

• B.E./B.Tech, M.E./M.Tech, or MBA in Technology Management, Computer Science, or a related field