Technical Project Manager

About the Role We’re seeking a Technical Project Manager, Software and Firmware to bring clarity, structure, and momentum to fast‑moving software and firmware development. This role exists to help teams stay focused, aligned, and moving forward as priorities evolve. The ideal candidate is an experienced execution leader who thrives in ambiguity and knows how to organize chaos.

You’re comfortable building process where needed, acting as a strong intermediary across disciplines, and leaning in to solve problems so teams can do their best work. Responsibilities Organize and drive execution for software and firmware development efforts across teams. Own sprint planning, backlog hygiene, and prioritization in JIRA, with particular focus on bug triage, quality, and delivery readiness.

Establish and evolve execution processes where needed, not just operating existing ones. Drive clear priorities, action items, owners, and follow‑ups to ensure progress and convergence. Facilitate agile ceremonies and working sessions that produce decisions and forward motion.

Act as a strong intermediary between engineers, product, design, and QA to resolve ambiguity and surface risks early. Maintain documentation to support alignment, accountability, and execution. Required Qualifications 7‑8 years of experience as an IT project manager, with software AND firmware development experience.

Scrum master experience, software and firmware development. Experience as a builder, curious, process creator, with no playbook to follow, able to pivot and improve processes as they evolve, bias for action, and able to ask good questions to get things going. Jira experience is required.

Experience implementing or leading SDLC practices for new product development. Key consumer product experience, managing teams building new applications (web, mobile) from scratch, firmware for consumer products. Experience in consumer product development; limited mobile apps and firmware on consumer products.

Preferred Experience Good at working with engineers and understanding their process, plus UX and app design. Experience managing projects related to mobile apps, clouds, and/or firmware development. Previous retail/industry experience is highly preferred.

Embedded systems, robotics, wearables, or other firmware‑driven products. Familiarity with firmware development lifecycles and validation workflows. Experience coordinating across internal teams and external partners.

R&D, incubation, or fast‑moving product development environments. Qualifications Senior‑level experience managing software and firmware projects in an agile environment. Strong background as a project manager, Scrum Master, or agile delivery lead for technical teams.

Experience working on hardware‑integrated or mechatronics products. Deep comfort using JIRA to organize work, prioritize issues, and adapt workflows to team needs. Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate across technical and non‑technical audiences.

Builder mindset: seeing gaps, leaning in, and creating structure to help teams move faster. Highly self‑motivated, action‑oriented, comfortable operating in ambiguous environments. Service‑oriented leader who naturally enables teams, removes friction, and drives outcomes. #J-18808-Ljbffr