About Us
TechBlocks is a leading global digital product development firm. We unify strategy, design, and technology with continuous growth-centric digital product engineering solutions for F500 companies and global brands.
Our passion is empowering innovators and change-makers at every level of the product life cycle. We specialize in building customized business apps that allow organizations and enterprises to improve their efficiency, collaboration, and user experience.
Based in Toronto with offices in the U.S. and India, we work with clients around the planet. What separates us from the rest is our ability to help businesses transform into digital business with our consulting, engineering, and post-go-live, go-to-market services.
If you have a passion for innovation and are looking for the opportunity to work on leading-edge projects, then join our team.
About Role :
As a Technical Project Manager at TechBlocks, you will actively engage with our global delivery teams across Canada, US and India, leading cutting-edge digital projects encompassing Web, Mobile, and IoT technologies.
This role suits you if you are passionate about innovation and thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
Key responsibilities :
- Own the project execution process, following TechBlocks PMO methodologies to ensure successful delivery and early business value.
- Manage projects involving website, web application, and mobile application development.
- Coordinate teams across multiple geographies, both onshore and offshore, to ensure timely delivery and quality management of projects.
- Directly lead and oversee the project life cycle from kickoff through development, testing, and launch while handling complex, multi-year projects.
- Implement Agile methodologies such as Scrum and Kanban to drive project success while solidly understanding the Waterfall process.
- Collaborate with Business Analysts (BAs) to write user stories and contribute to requirements-gathering sessions, ensuring dynamic prioritization.
- Understand key business requirements and work closely with technical teams to deliver on those requirements, leveraging Design Patterns and Middleware technologies.
- Lead the delivery of projects by working closely with all stakeholders, ensuring effective communication and alignment.
- Plan project phases / gates, allocate resources, and define timelines, utilizing PM Tools for efficient management.
- Track work progress, manage risks, and facilitate transparent communications throughout the project lifecycle.
- Manage, report on, and forecast project and engagement budgets, providing cost / benefit analyses to internal and external stakeholders.
- Make resource allocation decisions to meet client needs, billable utilization targets, and departmental resource allocation goals.
Requirements :
- Minimum of 10 years of project management experience, focusing on web and mobile application development.
- At least 3 years of experience actively working on digital product roadmaps, collaborating with product managers and facilitating UX engineering workshops.
- Certifications include Project Management Professional (PMP) and / or Agile Scrum certification.
- Strong understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle across all phases, including experience with both Agile and Waterfall processes.
- Understanding website development, User Experience (UX) design principles, and familiarity with Cloud technologies.
- Ability to conduct discovery workshops with business stakeholders for mid-market and enterprise clients.
- Experience managing teams across multiple geographies, including offshore locations.
- Expertise in project management tools such as JIRA, Tempo, MS Project.
- Previous experience transitioning into a technical project manager role with a strong web and mobile application development background as a BA or BSA or developer.