About the company
Sutherland is a company that combines human expertise and artificial intelligence to develop digital chemistry. They work with iconic brands worldwide, providing market-leading technology and business process excellence. They have created over 200 unique inventions under several patents across AI and other critical technologies.
Responsibilities
- Lead multiple complex technical programs across application development, cloud, AI/GenAI, automation, and platform engineering.
- Own end-to-end project execution including planning, estimation, execution, deployment, and hypercare.
- Collaborate with Engineering Managers, Architects, Product Owners, and Business Stakeholders to define technical roadmaps and delivery plans.
- Drive technical solution discussions and ensure alignment between business requirements and engineering implementation.
- Manage project scope, schedule, budget, quality, dependencies, and release planning.
- Coordinate cross-functional engineering teams including Backend, Frontend, QA, DevOps, Data Engineering, AI/ML, and Infrastructure.
- Facilitate Agile ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Reviews, Retrospectives, and Release Planning.
- Track development progress using Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, or similar project management tools.
- Ensure engineering teams follow SDLC best practices, coding standards, CI/CD, and release governance.
- Work closely with DevOps teams to manage deployments, environment readiness, and production releases.
- Understand system architecture, APIs, microservices, cloud infrastructure, integrations, databases, and security considerations.
- Identify technical dependencies, integration risks, and architectural constraints early in the project lifecycle.
- Facilitate technical decision-making by coordinating discussions between architects and engineering teams.
- Drive adoption of Agile, DevSecOps, automation, and engineering best practices.
- Build trusted relationships with customers, senior leadership, engineering teams, and external vendors.
- Present technical project status, risks, milestones, KPIs, and executive dashboards to leadership.
- Manage RAID logs, governance meetings, steering committees, and executive reviews.
- Escalate issues proactively and drive timely resolution.
- Proactively identify technical and delivery risks and implement mitigation strategies.
- Ensure adherence to security, compliance, quality standards, and organizational governance.
Requirements
- Highly driven Technical Project Manager who can bridge the gap between business, engineering, architecture, and delivery.
- Understands software development, cloud platforms, AI/GenAI solutions, and modern engineering practices.
- Experience leading complex technical programs from inception to production.
- Strong technical background with ability to coordinate architecture decisions.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
Conditions
- Full-time position.
- Opportunity to work with iconic brands worldwide.
- Work in a dynamic environment with cutting-edge technologies.