Technical Project Manager

Technical Project Manager-13006197

Description
We aggressively compete in an exciting space that features both emerging technology and financial services firms - and we're now embarking on an exciting transformation. We are building an energetic, high-performance team with a nimble and creative mindset to drive our technology and products. American Express (AXP) is a powerful brand, a great place to work, and has unparalleled scale. We deliver innovative payment products and services at a rapid pace, serving our customers seamlessly across physical, digital, mobile, and social media. Join us!

Does serving and inspiring extraordinary travel and lifestyle experiences by developing innovative, cutting edge travel technology solutions excite you? Look no further!

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
* Manages integrated teams to deliver technology solutions in support of key product initiatives by working closely with product managers, technical project managers, architects, engineers, and quality assurance
* Works within and across business units to prioritize, plan, and execute the development schedule for major product releases
* Manages and tracks team velocity, financials, and other KPIs in relation to the plan and published progress reports
* Assigns development resources to activities and monitors performance across resource channels
* Maintains dependency plan between planned sprints across engineering, infrastructure, and third parties
* Manages and escalates risks, issues, and changes tied to the product development initiatives
* Applies judgment and discretion on when to raise issues versus work through issues with the team
* Resolves issues precluding engineers from making progress against sprints and deadlines
* Ensures deliverables across engineering teams are high quality, clearly documented, and compliant
* Conducts daily stand-ups and retrospectives at the end of each sprint, and ensures that the team is continuously learning from the past
* Identifies opportunities to adopt innovative technologies
* This rebel with a cause looks beyond the obvious for continuous improvement opportunities

Qualifications

This high energy Technical Project Manager must have:
* 6+ years of technical project management experience
* Deep understanding of all aspects of software design with a demonstrated track record of increasing responsibility
* Strong coding experience; Ability to get into the code and drive to solutions
* Experience managing Agile, Scrum, or other rapid application development teams to deliver technology solutions on time, on budget, and to spec
* Experience managing project budgets, resources planning/management, and reporting
* Excellent oral and written communication skills; Ability to effectively communicate across third parties, technical, and business product managers
* Strong people leader and relationship manager
* Ability to get industry leading solutions to market efficiently and effectively
* Experience in clarifying objectives, dealing with ambiguity/under-defined problems, advocating for simplification, and influencing teams
* Ability to enable business capabilities through innovation
* Demonstrated willingness to learn new technologies and takes pride in how fast they develop working software
* Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or other technical discipline, or equivalent work experience, is preferred
* PMI Certification is a plus
* Scrum Master Certification is a plus
* Experience with object-oriented design and coding skills across a variety of platforms and languages (Java, HTML5, JavaScript) is a plus
* Understanding of XML database design concepts is a plus
* Understanding of infrastructure technologies and components like Servers, jvms, databases, and networking concepts is a plus
* Experience with web service development and SOA concepts is a plus
* Experience with iRise visualization software is a plus
* Mobile app development experience is a plus
* Experience with travel technologies and industry is a plus

Relocation assistance may be provided.

Job: Technologies
Primary Location: US-Arizona-Phoenix
Schedule: Full-time