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Project Manager Technical (Azure APIM)

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Project Manager Technical (Azure APIM)

Chicago, IL ( Onsite)

12+ months

Job Details:

Project Scope:

  1. Project Planning & Coordination
  • Define project scope, goals, and deliverables in collaboration with stakeholders.
  • Create detailed project plans, including timelines, resources, milestones, and risks.
  • Ensure alignment with business needs and technology strategy.
  1. Team Management
  • Coordinate between Onshore & Offshore developers, architects, testers, and DevOps teams.
  • Assign tasks, track progress, and manage workloads for team members.
  • Lead daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives in an Agile environment.
  1. Stakeholder Communication
  • Communicate regularly with business stakeholders, sponsors, and upper management.
  • Manage expectations, providing updates on project status, risks, and issues.
  • Collaborate with clients to ensure APIs meet their needs and resolve any concerns.
  1. Azure API Strategy & Architecture
  • Develop API strategies aligned with Azure's best practices for scalability, security, and performance.
  • Work closely with architects to design robust API ecosystems using Azure services such as Azure API Management, Azure Functions, and Azure Logic Apps.
  • Ensure the proper use of authentication protocols like OAuth, JWT, and Azure Active Directory.
  1. Risk Management
  • Identify potential risks (technical, operational, business) and create mitigation strategies.
  • Track and manage dependencies across teams, ensuring timely delivery of critical components.
  1. Budget Management
  • Develop and manage project budgets, ensuring cost-effective use of resources.
  • Monitor project expenditures and ensure alignment with allocated budgets.
  • Handle procurement of tools and resources for the project.
  1. Quality Assurance
  • Ensure that APIs adhere to coding standards, performance, and security guidelines.
  • Coordinate testing strategies, including automated testing, load testing, and penetration testing.
  • Manage the handover of APIs to operational teams for maintenance and support.
  1. DevOps Integration
  • Oversee CI/CD pipelines for API deployment using Azure DevOps or similar tools.
  • Ensure seamless integration of APIs into existing infrastructures.
  • Monitor API performance and make necessary adjustments to meet SLAs.

Client is looking for a person who has very good Communication skills and clear in articulating the contributions. It would also be nice if the person has got some charisma as there would be a sales angle to it as well.

Other great to have skills include :

  1. Onshore - Offshore coordination
  2. Shift Rostering / Shift management experience
  3. Support & Maintenance Team management
  4. Data & Report creations in terms of creating good presentations / excels /documentations etc.
  5. This would gradually become more like an Engagement Manager than a Project Manager
  6. Previous domain knowledge about Retail / Commerce industry would be nice
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