Definitive Healthcare

Senior Manager, Technical Project Management

Definitive Healthcare

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

PMP

About the role

  • Lead end-to-end technical project management for healthcare and life sciences data and analytics products
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define scope, goals, and deliverables
  • Create detailed project plans and release strategies aligned with business priorities
  • Ensure and mature agile development and technical project management practices; coach teams on process improvements
  • Support day-to-day project development team activities
  • Track progress, unblock issues, and provide project, program and executive-level insights on project status
  • Supervise and mentor 2–3 Technical Project Managers; conduct regular check-ins, performance reviews, and development planning
  • Establish and refine project management standards, templates, and best practices; foster a culture of accountability and continuous improvement
  • Administer and optimize Jira workflows, boards, and configurations; enhance Jira usage including custom fields, automation, and reporting
  • Support and improve Tempo time tracking integration within Jira
  • Define and enforce delivery governance across projects and teams; develop and maintain standardized processes for project tracking, reporting, and documentation
  • Ensure consistent application of agile methodologies and technical project management practices
  • Contribute to software labor capitalization efforts by tracking and documenting qualifying work
  • Support leadership in assessing team capacity and projecting future resource needs; coordinate with product and engineering leadership to ensure resource availability
  • Facilitate communication across teams; create tailored reporting (including executive dashboards) for different stakeholder audiences
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and provide regular updates
  • Identify potential risks and challenges and develop/implement mitigation strategies to ensure successful delivery
  • Foster a high-performing, collaborative culture within Product and Engineering and champion process rigor and continuous improvement initiatives

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field required; Master’s degree preferred
  • 8+ years of experience in technical project management, including 2+ years in a people management role
  • Certifications such as PMP, Agile Scrum Master, and/or equivalent related certifications strongly desired
  • Strong proficiency in Atlassian tools, especially Jira (admin experience required)
  • Experience with Tempo time tracking module preferred
  • Familiarity with software labor capitalization is a plus
  • Deep understanding of agile development frameworks and product/engineering operations
  • Strong writing and communication skills, with the ability to translate strategy into execution and concisely communicate project and program status
  • Proven experience managing projects related to software engineering, data science, data engineering, and other technical projects
  • Preferred: software development experience and strong understanding of the software development life-cycle and DevSecOps
  • Results-driven, self-motivated, flexible, customer-focused, and comfortable navigating ambiguity