Technical Project Manager

Kforce has a client that is seeking a Technical Project Manager in Minneapolis, MN.

Summary: We are seeking a Technical Project Manager to lead strategic initiatives focused on application performance optimization, latency reduction, scalability improvements, platform stability, and technical debt remediation for a business-critical Node.js application ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities: Performance & Latency Improvement:

• Lead enterprise initiatives focused on identifying and remediating application latency and performance bottlenecks
• Coordinate efforts across development, architecture, infrastructure, database, and DevOps teams to improve system responsiveness

Drive performance tuning initiatives related to:

• Node.js application performance
• API response times
• Database query optimization
• Caching strategies
• Memory and CPU utilization
• Application throughput and scalability
• Establish performance baselines and track key metrics throughout remediation programs
• Ensure performance goals and SLAs are clearly defined and measurable

Technical Debt Reduction:

• Create and maintain a technical debt remediation roadmap
• Partner with engineering leadership to prioritize debt reduction efforts based on business risk and platform impact
• Track technical debt initiatives and communicate progress to leadership

Program & Project Management:

• Develop project plans, milestones, dependencies, and risk mitigation strategies
• Facilitate daily, weekly, and executive-level governance meetings
• Drive accountability across multiple engineering teams
• Manage project budgets, timelines, and resource planning
• Maintain delivery dashboards and executive reporting

Platform Reliability & Stability:

• Partner with SRE and Operations teams to improve production stability
• Coordinate root cause analysis efforts for critical incidents
• Track recurring incidents and ensure remediation actions are completed