Technical Project Manager

About the Role: Technical Project Manager at Vivup

You are a technically minded project leader who excels at the intersection of delivery and engineering. Comfortable with both detailed analysis and strategic oversight, you are a master of Agile methodologies. Your communication skills are exceptional, and you thrive on bringing structure and clarity to complex projects, ensuring smooth operations. You don't just manage timelines; you build momentum, foster alignment, and cultivate trust across diverse teams.

What You'll Be Doing (in a Nutshell)

As our Technical Project Manager, you will be an integral part of the Engineering team, reporting directly to the Director of Engineering. Your pivotal role will involve ensuring that cross-functional initiatives are delivered efficiently, predictably, and with maximum impact.

From leading roadmap reviews and sprint ceremonies to mitigating risks and presenting performance dashboards, you will establish structure within our delivery engine. This will empower our engineering teams to consistently ship high-quality work, on time and with confidence.

Day-to-day You Can Expect To

• Develop and maintain clear project plans, timelines, and budgets to keep delivery on track.
• Lead and actively contribute to agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, and retrospectives.
• Identify, manage, and mitigate risks, dependencies, and critical path activities.
• Track key milestones, KPIs, and engineering health metrics such as velocity, cycle time, and release performance.
• Own bug triage processes and ensure SLA adherence across teams.
• Facilitate kick-offs, status updates, roadmap reviews, and cross-functional alignment sessions.
• Provide proactive, data-backed updates to stakeholders and senior leadership.
• Ensure documentation is accurate, up to date, and audit-ready.
• Champion Scrum best practices and continuously refine our delivery workflows.
• Drive continuous improvement in project management processes and tooling.

To Be Successful, You’ll Have

• 4+ years’ experience in Technical Project Management, Programme Management, or a similar technical leadership role.
• Strong hands-on experience with Agile and Scrum frameworks, including leading ceremonies and driving adoption.
• Experience administering and working within Jira.
• Proven ability to manage multiple large-scale engineering projects simultaneously.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills.
• Clear, confident communication skills with the ability to create alignment across engineering, product, design, data, and leadership teams.
• Confidence operating in a fast-paced, collaborative, and scaling environment.

Bonus Points If You Bring

• Familiarity with AI tools used in software delivery and automation.
• Previous experience as a software engineer or product manager.
• Experience engaging with customers to translate business needs into technical execution.
• A natural curiosity and commitment to continuous professional development.

Key skills/competency

• Technical Project Management
• Agile Methodologies
• Scrum Framework
• Jira
• Risk Management
• Stakeholder Communication
• Cross-functional Collaboration
• Delivery Management
• Process Improvement
• Software Development Lifecycle