Technical Project Manager

About Gartner IT :

Join a world-class team of skilled engineers who build creative digital solutions to support our colleagues and clients.  We make a broad organizational impact by delivering cutting-edge technology solutions that power Gartner.  Gartner IT values its culture of nonstop innovation, an outcome-driven approach to success, and the notion that great ideas can come from anyone on the team.  

About the role:

Our HR Technology team is looking for a Technical Program Manager who can consistently lead technology projects and programs to enable Gartner’s talent strategy. As trusted technology partners to the HR organization, we propel Gartner’s success through innovation, operational excellence and exceptional user experiences in Workday and other third-party HR products, back-office integrations, and NextGen data engineering solutions.

What you will do :

• Lead activities associated with complex IT projects of varying types and sizes, applying project management principles and techniques to ensure timely and quality delivery of projects.

• Partner across functional IT groups to identify resource, task, and project interdependencies. Communicate across related areas of Gartner IT and business stakeholders to ensure alignment and leverage shared capabilities.

• Analyze and rationalize requirements to determine agreed, achievable project objectives that align to organizational goals and strategies. Drive estimates for all components of the projects.

• Review and integrate multiple work streams of projects into a structured, cohesive project plan.

• Manage day to day activities for agile teams including sprint management, sprint metrics and backlog management.

• Participate (and drive as necessary) Test planning and execution of the solution to meet business needs. Partner with engineering teams to drive functional test automation.

• Develop and implement standardized project management methodologies, processes, tools, and templates, that help secure desired outcomes

• Report progress to management and oversee publication of monthly management reports and updates

• Manage a team of Project Managers (as necessary) providing guidance and oversight to the portfolio

• Establish project metrics with available tools to track health, quickly analyze problems, identify root cause, create action plans, assess impact, and develop resolution options

• Act as a Change Agent - Create long term strategies and approaches to control and manage projects in support of complex business requirements

What you will need:

• 5+ years progressive technology experience, preferably in HR technology, including being responsible for end-to-end program delivery and executive reporting.

• Working knowledge and understanding of Agile Software Development Methodology and incremental delivery strongly preferred.

• Ability to develop and deliver compelling executive-level presentations.

• Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data and provide actionable insights for decision-making and leverage data to improve operations

• Ability to use standard business applications (G-suite, Microsoft Suite, Microsoft Project, Jira, Power BI) to obtain/process data and develop reports

• Demonstrated ability to lead projects and teams in a fast-paced environment

• Preferred experience with HR business processes, Workday & other HR applications

Who you are:

• Graduate/Post graduate in BE/Btech, ME/MTech or MCA is preferred.

• Excellent communication and prioritization skills.

• Able to work independently or within a team proactively in a fast-paced AGILE-SCRUM environment.

• Owns success – Takes responsibility for successful delivery of the solutions.

• Strong desire to improve upon their skills in software development, frameworks, and technologies

Don’t meet every single requirement? We encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the right candidate for this, or other roles.

What you will get:  

• Competitive Compensation Package

• Ongoing mentorship and apprenticeship; Leadership courses, development programs, technical courses, certification opportunities and more!

• 20+ PTO days plus holidays and floating holidays in your first year

• Extensive Medical, Dental and Vision plans

• Hybrid environment with flexibility, remote work 

• Parental leave

• Gartner Gives Charity Match

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

• Health