Technical Project Lead

Job Description - Technical Project Lead

The Project Lead is responsible for leading cross-functional engineering teams and delivering software, cloud, digital, data, and AI-driven projects within agreed scope, schedule, budget, and quality targets. The Project Lead drives day-to-day project execution, Agile delivery, team coordination, risk management, and stakeholder communication.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of software, cloud, digital, data, and AI/GenAI projects while ensuring adherence to scope, schedule, quality, and budget commitments
• Manage multiple projects and priorities while effectively balancing resources, risks, and dependencies
• Drive Agile delivery using Scrum, Kanban, or hybrid methodologies and facilitate Agile ceremonies
• Work closely with technical leads, product owners, and stakeholders to prioritize work and ensure timely delivery
• Monitor project KPIs, sprint metrics, project financials, and provide regular status updates to management
• Coordinate cross-functional teams including developers, QA, DevOps, data engineers, and AI teams
• Identify project risks, issues, and bottlenecks, and implement appropriate mitigation and recovery plans
• Ensure compliance with organizational processes, quality standards, audits, and governance requirements
• Manage customer communication, stakeholder expectations, escalations, and project reporting
• Lead team onboarding, performance management, mentoring, and employee development activities
• Promote continuous improvement, engineering best practices, automation, DevOps, and AI-assisted productivity initiatives

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
• 10-12 years of experience in software development and project delivery
• Minimum 4-5 years of experience leading technical or cross-functional teams

Required Skills

• Strong understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and project delivery methodologies
• Experience in Agile frameworks including Scrum and Kanban
• Knowledge of cloud, digital, data analytics, AI or GenAI project delivery
• Experience in project planning, estimation, risk management, resource planning, and budget tracking
• Strong stakeholder management, customer communication, and presentation skills
• Good people management, mentoring, conflict resolution, and team leadership abilities
• Familiarity with Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence, MS Office, and project management tools

Preferred Certifications

• Any project management or equivalent Agile certifications

Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Project Planning, Estimation, SDLC, Communication and Presentation Skills, JIRA, Azure DevOps, Confluence, MS Office, Cloud, Digital, AI Projects