Technical Project Lead
Job description
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Delivery ownership (technical): Define/validate the solution approach, assumptions, and constraints, keeping the solution aligned with scope, budget, and milestones
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Orchestrate other technical leads: Coordinate other technical leads who are responsible for dedicated parts of the project (mainly in the area of software development, hardware installation, and support), and resolve cross-team dependencies and sequencing
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Customer-facing leadership: Run technical workshops and calls, design reviews, and UAT/SIAT/SAT readiness meetings
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Change request analysis (CRs): Triage, impact (scope/effort/cost/risk), options with pros/cons, produce CR write-ups for PM’s sign-off
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Planning & governance: With the PM, build the integrated technical plan and acceptance criteria documents (FAT/SAT/UAT/SIAT)
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Quality & readiness: Gate reviews, design sign-offs, test strategy alignment, performance/security/NFRs coverage
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Risk & issue management: Predictive risk identification, mitigation plans, and executive-ready status with clear asks/decisions
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Documentation & handover: Architecture/high-level/low-level design documents, technical product documentation, handoff to Support with KPIs and SLAs (if any), deployment runbooks (if needed)
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PM back-up: Step in to run project meetings, stand-ups, and customer and vendor coordination during the PM's absence
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Field/hardware coordination (if applicable): Staging, site readiness, BoM accuracy, logistics
Prerequisites and skills
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Experience: 6–10+ years in technical delivery (systems/software/hardware), including 3+ years leading multi-disciplinary customer projects.
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Delivery methods: Comfortable with hybrid PM methodology (Agile/Waterfall combination), knows when to tighten or loosen process.
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Breadth of tech: Solid working knowledge across several areas: Linux/Windows, networking (L2/L3, VPNs), security basics, containers, databases, APIs/integration, hardware field deployments, and cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP)
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Change & scope control: Hands-on with CR impacting, and SOW alignment (if applicable)
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Stakeholder skills: Clear communicator, translates technical decisions to business impact
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Tools: Proficient with Jira/Confluence, diagramming (Visio/Draw.io/Lucid),
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Documentation: Can produce consumable HLD/LLD, test strategies, runbooks, and as-builts.
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PM back-up competence: Able to run schedules, risks, vendor management, resource plans, and steer-cos when PM is absent.
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Travel & on-site work: Willing to travel for key workshops, pilots, or cutovers (as needed).
About the company
Company's products are used by meteorological offices around the world. Software products that they develop are complex meteorological systems deployed at meteorological offices, airports, military bases and private companies. Users of their software literally come from around the globe: UK, Germany, Brazil, Malaysia, Australia, USA and many more we span all continents (yes, including Antarctica).
Apply for a position
You will be guided through the selection process by Dominika. If you have any questions? Call +421 948 432 411.
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