Vice President of Technology Project Management

Job overview

The Vice President of Technology Project Management is a senior executive responsible for driving the planning and delivery of major technology initiatives. This role oversees complex programs such as platform development, system integrations, digital transformation efforts, and infrastructure build-outs, ensuring the company’s technology direction is executed in a structured and manageable way.

Key responsibilities

The role is accountable for building and improving the organization’s technology project management capability, leading strategic programs, and coordinating execution across multiple teams.

• Define and roll out company-wide methods for technology project and program delivery, including approaches such as Agile, Scrum, SAFe, and Waterfall.
• Standardize and improve processes, working practices, tools, and delivery standards across technology projects.
• Raise the organization’s overall maturity, consistency, and predictability in technology delivery.
• Prioritize the technology portfolio and allocate resources to the most important initiatives.
• Coordinate several critical technology projects or large-scale programs at the same time.
• Make sure each program supports the company’s technology strategy and wider business goals.
• Directly oversee, or provide executive supervision to, highly complex and high-impact technology projects.
• Control project scope, schedule, quality, and cost while ensuring major milestones and deliverables are completed on time.
• Bring together engineering, architecture, product, testing, operations, and security stakeholders to keep execution aligned.
• Manage cross-functional dependencies and create effective communication channels between teams and departments.
• Improve how technical resources are assigned and used to increase team effectiveness.
• Build a structured process for identifying project risks and issuing early warnings.
• Lead escalation handling and support executive decision-making for major issues.
• Protect system stability, security, and compliance throughout project execution.
• Partner with business teams and product groups to translate requirements into delivery plans.
• Ensure technology execution is aligned with customer needs and business outcomes.
• Maximize the business value created by technology programs.
• Set up data tracking and reporting for delivery performance, cycle time, quality, and similar indicators.
• Continuously improve development efficiency, including DORA metrics and DevOps capabilities.
• Drive engineering productivity and broader process improvements.
• Lead the Technology Project Manager team and develop management capability across the function.
• Create a talent pipeline and career growth framework for technical project management.
• Encourage an agile mindset and strengthen engineering leadership skills across the organization.

Qualifications

Candidates should bring deep experience in technology project leadership, large-scale program management, and cross-functional delivery in complex technical environments.

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline.
• MBA or project management certifications such as PMP, PgMP, or SAFe are considered an advantage.
• At least 18 years of experience in technology project management or software development.
• Minimum 5 years of experience managing large programs or project portfolios.
• Background in internet, cloud, enterprise systems, or digital transformation initiatives is preferred.

Additional information

This position is based in the United States and is a full-time, onsite role. No salary, stipend, duration, or start-date information was provided in the source.