Technical Project Manager

Technical Project Manager

Company: Zinnia

Zinnia is the leading technology platform for accelerating life and annuities growth. With innovative enterprise solutions and data insights, Zinnia simplifies the experience of buying, selling, and administering insurance products and serves 100+ carrier clients, 2500 distributors and partners, and over 2 million policyholders.

Responsibilities:

- Partner day-to-day with product management and cross-functional engineering teams to plan and deliver technology projects.
- Develop and maintain project plans (scope, schedule, budget, resource allocation) and manage dependencies.
- Lead and manage project teams including engineers, QA, and other technical staff; facilitate PMO governance.
- Facilitate Agile ceremonies (backlog refinement, planning) and leverage Agile/SAFe to increase throughput and transparency.
- Identify and manage project risks and issues; develop contingency plans and report status to stakeholders.
- Maintain project documentation and ensure projects are completed on time, within budget, and to stakeholder satisfaction.

Requirements:

- Bachelor's or master’s degree in computer science, engineering, or equivalent experience.
- 11-15 years total experience including 7+ years managing technology projects of increasing complexity.
- Strong understanding of project management methodologies and best practices (Waterfall, Agile, SAFe).
- Excellent communication and leadership skills; ability to work with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience with project management tools such as Jira and Airtable; knowledge of software development lifecycles.
- Experience working with software engineering and quality assurance teams; ability to manage multiple projects and priorities.

Nice to have:

- Strong understanding of the Life Insurance and Annuity industry.
- Scrum, SAFe, PMP or other project management certifications.

Stack:

Jira, Airtable, Agile, Scrum, SAFe

Benefits:

- Estimated compensation: $80k - $115k (estimated)
- Work with a team focused on delivering cutting-edge technologies, deeper data insights, and enhanced services to transform insurance.

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