Technical Project Manager
Los Angeles, CA
Product /
Full-time /
Hybrid
Role Overview
Are you an experienced, passionate, high performing pioneer in technology who wants to work in a collaborative fast-paced environment? Interested in advancing the outcomes in healthcare through technology, design, and true client partnerships? Does solving some of the most complex problems across a number of industries & business models get you fired up?! Read on.
At Sidebench we operate in empowered product delivery teams that solve our client’s hardest problems, create products & tools that their stakeholders love, and make the world a better place.
As a Project Manager at Sidebench, you’ll lead cross-functional delivery teams that generally consist of a Technical Lead, Product Designer, Engineers, and QA. You will have the unique opportunity to work with incredible companies and talented Executive stakeholders to develop product and business strategies across our board and impactful portfolio of consumer and business-facing applications to formulate roadmaps and bring those strategies to life.
This job is an individual contributor role where you will need to be able to lead through influence with your teammates, colleagues, stakeholders, and key executives, through your use of data and logic. We are looking for project leaders that are motivated by delivering real world results rather than purely shipping features.
Key Areas of Responsibility
- Lead and manage cross-functional teams (strategy, design/UX, engineering) to develop and execute project plans on multiple client software development projects, ensuring alignment with client goals, budget, and timelines.
- Able to translate business goals into innovative technical solutions
- Deeply understand and manage client needs, business challenges, and impact of technology changes, acting as a trusted digital transformation partner.
- Partner with stakeholders across the organization to inform the project vision, strategy, features, and prioritization.
- Coordinate across onsite and integrated remote teams
- Apply expert knowledge of the software development life cycle (SDLC) and gather requirements to document business processes.
- Guide and manage cross-functional teams, employing Agile methodologies.
- Develop project charters and business cases. Facilitate meetings, and create and deliver presentations.
- Identifies emerging technologies and trends relevant to the project and client needs and goals
- Prioritize and maintain the sprint backlog for assigned projects, balancing stakeholder requirements.
- Communicate regularly with Sidebench leadership, project team members, and representatives from various technical teams, including escalating any matters that require additional attention and consideration from engagement management.
- Utilizes critical thinking and analytical skills to identify root causes of issues and develop effective solutions
- Operate in an Agile environment, continuously reviewing business needs, refining priorities, outlining milestones and deliverables, and identifying opportunities and risks. Quickly develop mitigation strategies, maintaining project alignment with client objectives.
- Capitalize on successful project outcomes to pursue further business development opportunities and involvement in clients’ strategic digital transformation roadmaps; Establish yourself as a business-focused transformation partner, earning trust and confidence from clients.
- Mentor and support less experienced team members, contributing to the growth and development of the practice.
Key Traits
- A driven, hardworking, humble individual with a passion for healthcare technology.
- A blend of humility and intelligence, with an ability to ask insightful questions as a way of establishing credibility
- A team player obsessed with lifelong learning and sharing knowledge.
- Strong communication and leadership skills; Self-motivated with a ‘go-getter’ attitude
Key Outcomes
Happy Clients by Achieving Outcomes - Your projects will produce real-world results in ways that drive our client partners to be so pleased that they will come back for more and refer us to help solve other challenging problems.
Team Contributor - Become an accelerant to the team's growth through being an incredible contributor, mentor, and servant leader.
Impact Cases - Turn our product successes into compelling impact cases that help the Business Development teams and Account Management teams foster growth and new opportunities.
Basic Qualifications
Required
- 3+ years of experience in custom software project management, technology consulting, systems integration, or digital solution development within the healthcare industry.
- Strong understanding of software development complexities, systems integration, and data flows.
- Proven track record in client relationship management and expectation setting with executive-level client stakeholders
- Broad understanding of healthcare business processes, technology challenges, and technical/business solutions.
- Experience in Agile, Scrum, and/or SAFe methodologies. Experience with JIRA
- Excellent leadership and communication skills, with a focus on servant leadership and teamwork.
- Analytical ability to manage multiple projects and prioritize tasks into manageable work products
- Can operate independently or with minimal supervision as needed
- Engineering mindset, systematic, and a capacity for understanding technical dependencies, constraints, and optimization strategies within software development
- Track record of rapidly learning new technologies and technical concepts, and being able to discuss these at a level comparable to technical professionals
- Can make informed decisions that impact software architecture or development and understands the ramifications of these decisions
Preferred
- Healthcare technology experience
- Intermediate spreadsheet or basic financial modeling experience
- Certifications in Project Management, Agile, Scrum, or related areas
Diverse Perspectives
We know that innovation thrives on product teams where diverse points of view come together to solve hard problems in ways that are just now possible. As such, we explicitly seek people that bring diverse life experiences, diverse educational backgrounds, diverse cultures, and diverse work experiences. Please be prepared to share with us how your perspective will bring something unique and valuable to our product teams.
About Sidebench
Sidebench is an award-winning tech consulting & custom software development company on a mission to accelerate outcomes in the health of people and the planet through design, technology, and partnership. Our team is passionate about making a difference in healthcare through technology. We offer a collaborative environment where your work will have a real impact, opportunities for growth, and the chance to work on exciting, challenging projects.
Apply Now
If this role excites you and you meet the qualifications, we’d love to hear from you. Please submit your resume and a cover letter explaining why you’re the perfect fit for this position.
$92,000 - $130,000 a year
