Technical Project Manager
Hybrid
London, United Kingdom
£ 450 / day
Freelance
18-03-2025
Job Specifications
Technical Project Manager - Contract Opportunity
Location: Manchester or London (Hybrid)
Rate: £450 per day (Inside IR35)
Duration: 9 month initial Contract
We are seeking an experienced Technical Project Manager to join a leading global technology company on a contract basis. This role is ideal for a proactive individual who thrives in dynamic environments and can confidently manage complex technical projects across multiple teams.
Key Responsibilities:
Act as the driving force, collaborating with business and technical teams to deliver world-class, scalable, secure, and flexible solutions.
Engage with project sponsors, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams to define and deliver complex features.
Identify bottlenecks, provide escalation management, and balance business needs with technical constraints.
Plan and manage multiple parallel projects with strong oversight of milestones and dependencies.
Drive clarity in ambiguous situations by leveraging technical expertise and strong business acumen.
Identify inefficient processes or resource wastage, implementing changes as needed to maximize efficiency.
Track and mitigate issues and risks at multiple levels, ensuring prompt resolution.
Maintain clear communication by producing concise, accurate project updates, including status reports, meeting agendas, and follow-ups.
Apply best practices to the software development lifecycle (SDLC), adapting approaches to align with team-specific methods.
Develop integrated project schedules, ensuring timelines factor in potential delays while remaining ambitious.
Stakeholder Communication:
Collaborate closely with product, engineering, and security teams to align technical delivery with business objectives.
Provide clear and structured updates to senior leadership, ensuring visibility of project progress and risks.
Facilitate workshops, design reviews, and planning sessions to align on effort estimates, resolve conflicts, and ensure project goals are met.
Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
5-8 years of technical project management experience, ideally within large-scale enterprise environments.
Proven track record in delivering complex technical programs.
Strong understanding of technology concepts with the ability to communicate effectively with developers and technical teams.
Analytical mindset with data-driven decision-making skills.
Experience in Agile project management frameworks and tools (e.g., Scrum, Kanban).
Ability to manage competing priorities, foresee challenges, and proactively address potential blockers.
Desirable Skills:
Experience working within global technology companies or high-growth environments.
Comfortable managing large cross-functional teams across multiple locations.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Technical Project Manager to join a fast-paced, forward-thinking environment and play a key role in delivering impactful technical solutions.
To apply, please submit your CV outlining your relevant experience.
About the Company
Brookwood Recruitment is a talent solution recruitment agency to a global client base. Specialising in Transformation and Change. Providing recruitment solutions across all sectors, delivering both full project teams as well as individual hires in perm and contract roles. We work with some of the biggest and most recognisable companies and have successfully helped our clients deliver change programs across IT, business operations, digital, tech and HR Whatever you are trying to achieve through digital transformation w... Know more
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