Project Manager Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end delivery of custom software engineering projects from requirements through production release.
• Work closely with software architects, developers, QA, integration, infrastructure, and product teams.
• Translate technical requirements into actionable workstreams, epics, stories, tasks, timelines, and dependencies.
• Manage engineering backlogs, sprints, defects, releases, risks, and technical dependencies.
• Coordinate integrations across devices, APIs, middleware, messaging, networking, cloud, and enterprise systems.
• Track technical risks and drive resolution with engineering teams.
• Ensure testing, validation, deployment, and release activities are properly planned and executed.
• Use modern Agile delivery tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar platforms.

Required Qualifications

• 15+ years of Project/Program Management experience, with significant technical software delivery experience.
• Proven experience managing custom software development projects end to end.
• Strong experience working directly with software engineering and architecture teams.
• Understanding of IoT, industrial systems, automation, or connected-device environments.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum, Jira/Atlassian, Azure DevOps, or similar tools.
• Strong technical planning, dependency management, risk management, and execution skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and business stakeholders.

Important

Candidates with primarily functional PM, business implementation, vendor management, or PMO/status-reporting experience without direct software engineering delivery experience will not be considered.