Technical Project Manager - Rulestream

Job Description Technical Project Manager / IT Delivery Manager

Position Overview

We are looking for an experienced Technical Project Manager / IT Delivery Manager with approximately 10 to 20 years of experience in IT project management, software development, Agile/Scrum delivery, IT governance, and customer engagement.

The ideal candidate will have a strong combination of project/program management and technical understanding, with proven experience managing onshore/offshore teams, enterprise applications, legacy modernization, stakeholder management, and end-to-end SDLC delivery. Experience with Rulestream / Tacton / Infor CPQ / Driveworks / Engineering Intent / ConfigIT , Siemens Rulestream experience configurator-based applications will be highly desirable.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of complex IT/software development projects across analysis, design, development, testing, UAT, implementation, and production support.
• Manage onshore and offshore development teams, ensuring effective sprint execution, delivery quality, timelines, and resource utilization.
• Drive Agile/Scrum practices and facilitate Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives, and Backlog Refinement.
• Work closely with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Developers, QA teams, Architects, and business stakeholders to translate business objectives into actionable technical requirements.
• Engage with senior business leaders and executive sponsors to understand strategic objectives, priorities, risks, and delivery expectations.
• Manage product/project backlogs, epics, user stories, prioritization, team velocity, burn-down/burn-up metrics, and sprint commitments.
• Lead requirements gathering, use-case definition, functional specifications, and technical solution discussions.
• Coordinate UAT planning and execution, obtain business sign-off, and ensure successful transition to production.
• Manage project scope, timelines, dependencies, risks, issues, budgets/resources, and delivery milestones.
• Define project scope, work plans, deliverables, milestones, and governance mechanisms and communicate progress to stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities for architectural improvements, application modernization, integration enhancements, automation, and process optimization.
• Support migration of legacy applications to modern/web-based platforms, including configurator-based solutions.
• Work with technical teams to promote engineering best practices such as Continuous Integration, automated builds, automated testing, TDD, code reviews, and effective branching strategies.
• Manage resource allocation, capacity planning, leave plans, onboarding, knowledge transfer, and team development.
• Conduct technical/project interviews and support onboarding and mentoring of new team members.
• Establish and maintain project knowledge repositories, technical documentation, and operational processes.
• Prepare and participate in RFP/RFI activities, solution discussions, client presentations, and proposal development when required.
• Track project performance and provide regular status reports, metrics, risks, and delivery updates to leadership and customers.
• Work effectively in fast-paced, large-scale enterprise environments with multiple cross-functional teams.

Required Skills & Experience

• 10 to 20 years of overall IT experience, with significant experience in project/program or delivery management.
• Strong experience managing software development projects and complete SDLC lifecycles.
• Strong hands-on experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies; exposure to Waterfall is also desirable.
• Proven experience managing distributed onshore/offshore teams.
• Strong stakeholder, customer, and executive management skills.
• Excellent understanding of requirements management, backlog management, user stories, epics, UAT, testing, release management, and production implementation.
• Experience working with legacy as well as web/cloud-based enterprise applications.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, databases, application integration, and development methodologies.
• Experience with project management and Agile tools such as JIRA/JIRA Align, Azure DevOps/Azure Boards, Rally, GitHub, Confluence, Jenkins, and Slack.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, presentation, and leadership skills.
• Ability to work effectively with business and technical stakeholders and translate business requirements into technical solutions.

Preferred Skills

• Rulestream / Tacton / Infor CPQ / Driveworks / Engineering Intent / ConfigIT Siemens Rulestream experience, particularly as an SME or technical/project delivery lead.
• Experience in legacy application modernization and migration to web-based applications.
• Experience with VB 6.0, VB.NET, SQL Server, PL/SQL, MS Access, or similar technologies.
• Experience with automated testing, CI/CD, TDD, code quality practices, and DevOps processes.
• Experience in enterprise product configuration/configurator platforms.
• Experience preparing RFPs and participating in client-facing solution presentations.
• Experience mentoring technical teams and establishing knowledge-transfer frameworks.

Key Competencies :

• Project & Delivery Management
• Agile/Scrum Leadership
• IT Governance
• Stakeholder & Customer Management
• Onshore/Offshore Team Management
• Software Development Lifecycle
• Legacy Modernization
• Rulestream SME / Configurator Solutions
• Requirements & Backlog Management
• UAT & Release Management
• Risk, Issue & Dependency Management
• Resource & Capacity Planning
• Technical Solution & Architecture Coordination
• Continuous Integration & Automation
• Team Mentoring & Knowledge Management

Education

Bachelor's/Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related discipline is preferred.