The Voleon Group
Technical Project Manager
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Voleon is a technology company that applies state-of-the-art AI and machine learning techniques to real-world problems in finance. For nearly two decades, we have led our industry and worked at the frontier of applying AI/ML to investment management. We have become a multibillion-dollar asset manager, and we have ambitious goals for the future.
Your colleagues will include internationally recognized experts in artificial intelligence and machine learning research as well as highly experienced finance and technology professionals. The people who shape our company come from other backgrounds, including concert music performances, humanitarian aid, opera singing, sports writing, and BMX racing. You will be part of a team that loves to succeed together.
In addition to our enriching and collegial working environment, we offer highly competitive compensation and benefits packages, technology talks by our experts, a beautiful modern office, daily catered lunches, and more.
Job Description
As a Technical Project Manager, you will partner with a talented and accomplished group of technical managers on our Research and Engineering teams to lead the strategic alignment and technical delivery of large-scale initiatives that span cutting-edge machine learning methods and computational and data processing frameworks. This role is a means to make a difference: you will play an indispensable role in ensuring the effectiveness of our technical organization and its ability to deliver against an ambitious roadmap.
Responsibilities
- Manage a portfolio of complex technical projects that involve significant cross-team collaboration and dependencies
- Partner with Research and Engineering teams to understand project requirements and desired outcomes, translating them into detailed specifications and plans
- Coordinate synchronized delivery against roadmaps and projects across multiple teams, identifying and alleviating bottlenecks, surfacing second-order consequences, and helping teams prioritize, collaborate, replan and execute effectively
- Provide ongoing transparency on progress against key milestones for technical and non-technical stakeholders, always holding a clear picture of progress and risks
- Embed with teams and coach them toward improved Agile and best practices
Requirements
- 5 years of work experience with previous experience in software development and a minimum of 2 years of experience in technical project management
- Exceptional demonstrated collaboration, coordination, communication (written and verbal), multi-tasking, and organizational skills
- History of operating independently across multiple cross-functional teams, demonstrating critical thinking and data-driven decision-making
- Experience working with Agile teams
- Intermediate-level knowledge of digital tools, such as Jira and Confluence or similar
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related STEM field
Preferred Qualifications
- Scrum Master experience
- Experience with Machine Learning
- Related certifications: PMP, CSM, CSPO
“Friends of Voleon” Candidate Referral Program
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Equal Opportunity Employer
The Voleon Group is an Equal Opportunity employer. Applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other factors prohibited by local, state, or federal law.
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