Senior Technical Project Manager

June 10

🏄 California – Remote

Although this job is listed in California, this company may be open to hiring remote in other states.

💵 $120k - $140k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🤓 Technical Project Manager

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InStride

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InStride is a company that partners with organizations to provide career-aligned, debt-free education programs for employees. By offering strategic design and a flexible platform, InStride supports talent development, enhances employee engagement, and improves talent acquisition. Their solutions include tuition reimbursement, diversity, and inclusion initiatives, which help to build a skilled and resilient workforce in a rapidly evolving workplace. InStride's clients experience significant benefits, such as higher promotion rates, increased employee retention, and improved return on investment (ROI). Notable partnerships include collaborations with companies like Amazon to expand education opportunities for employees across various sectors.

51 - 200 employees

📚 Education

👥 HR Tech

📋 Description

• At InStride, people are our purpose. • We believe that investing in people is the most powerful way to drive success—for individuals and organizations alike. • Our mission goes beyond skill-building; we're here to empower our partners’ employees to advance their careers, elevate their expertise, and achieve meaningful personal and professional growth. • If you're passionate about making a difference and driving educational and professional advancement, InStride is the place for you. • As a Sr. Technical Project Manager at InStride, you’ll be at the forefront of delivering complex, high-impact initiatives that directly advance our most strategic goals. • You’ll lead the planning, execution, and delivery of multiple concurrent projects across a diverse ecosystem of teams and stakeholders—including Product, Engineering, Quality Assurance, Security/IT, DevOps, and Business Operations—navigating interdependencies and shifting priorities with precision. • Beyond execution, you’ll play a key role in helping mentor project managers, fostering a collaborative quality of delivery culture, and championing best practices in Scrum and Kanban to enhance team health, predictability, and scalability.

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years of experience managing technical projects in a fast-paced, dynamic environments, developing and executing project plans and delivery commitments • Bachelor’s or equivalent work experience required • Proven expertise in Agile philosophy, with the ability to lead teams in applying core principles • Hands-on experience leading multiple full lifecycle software implementations, from initiation through final acceptance • Comfortable working under tight timetables and in high-pressure situations • Proficient with enterprise level tools such as Jira, Confluence, GSuite, Okta, AWS • Exceptional interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills, with the ability to clearly explain complex technical issues to diverse stakeholders • Proactively identifies risks and drives mitigation for smooth execution • Self-starter able to operate autonomously with a proactive mindset and strong ownership mentality • High emotional intelligence, adaptability to ambiguity, and a “no job to small” startup mindset • Comfortable presenting to cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and senior leadership • Strong Scrum expertise with the ability to lead with best practices, provide process improvement recommendations, and track team performance through metrics such as velocity, burndown, and burnup charts • Preferred qualifications: • Experience working with higher education institutions or consulting firms • Relevant industry certifications (e.g., PMP, PMI-ACP, Scrum, CAPM, or CSM) strongly preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• 401(k) plan with company match • Flexible vacation policy • Paid family leave • Best-in-class health care benefits • And more!