Technical Project Manager at Arkatechture
Arkatechture · Portland, United States Of America · Remote
- Senior
Why Work Here?
At Arkatechture, we have a simple shared mission: to build a sustainable organization built upon three pillars: Do something meaningful, With a great team, Earning what you deserve.
Founded in 2012, Arkatechture has grown into a nationally recognized data and technology company, partnering with organizations across the fintech, AI, and financial services spaces. We combine deep industry knowledge with technical expertise to help our clients unlock the full potential of their data. Whether it’s modernizing infrastructure, building analytics platforms, or leveraging AI for smarter decision-making, we thrive at the intersection of innovation and impact.
Our team is made up of curious, collaborative, and community-minded professionals who are passionate about solving complex problems and staying ahead of what’s next in data and technology. While our roots are in New England, our reach is nationwide, and we support flexible, remote-friendly work to match.
We offer a competitive benefits package that includes:
- A flexible remote work policy with optional access to our Portland, Maine office
- A 4-day workweek after 3 years of service
- Generous paid time off, including 11 holidays
- Medical, disability, life insurance, and optional dental/vision
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match
- Training & certification reimbursement
- Milestone recognition programs, annual PTO increases, and more
All employees share our core values: put the team first, practice humility, take pride in everything we do, stay curious, care for our community & environment, take work seriously; ourselves not so much.
How to Apply
Please send a cover letter and resume with your application. You must submit all requested documents to be considered for the position. We’re building a diverse team of people who care about doing meaningful work with great people. If that excites you, apply and let’s start the conversation.
Please send a cover letter and resume with your application. You must submit all requested documents to be considered for the position. We’re building a diverse team of people who care about doing meaningful work with great people. If that excites you, apply and let’s start the conversation.
Job Description
Arkatechture is seeking a Technical Project Manager to support our growing Product organization, which includes three critical teams: Infrastructure, Product Engineering (R&D), and the Data Hub ecosystem. This will partner closely with Engineering, Product, Implementation, and Data teams to align execution with strategic priorities. and will collaborate with Product Owners and work with solution architects, system administrators, developers, and internal business stakeholders to plan and complete new product features and enhancements to existing product features with agile (scrum), incremental deliveries which align with the product roadmap and vision.
A successful applicant will be a critical thinker and problem solver, leader and will possess strong written and verbal communication skills. This candidate will thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and will be passionate about bringing structure, clarity, and momentum to technical teams. The TPM will be responsible for tracking and driving delivery across new features, bug fixes, and infrastructure projects, ensuring accountability and transparency across all levels of the organization.
Key Responsibilities
Agile Facilitation & Delivery
- Lead and facilitate Agile ceremonies (daily standups, sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives) across multiple cross-functional teams
- Champion Agile best practices and adapt them pragmatically based on team and organizational needs
- Partner closely with Product Owner(s) to ensure requirements are well understood, prioritized, and aligned with sprint capacity
- Support backlog management and prioritization efforts; while the Product Owner is responsible for translating requirements into actionable user stories, the TPM ensures Jira is properly maintained and stories are clear and ready for development
- Work with the scrum team to get estimations and tasks created in Jira
- Work with the Product Owner(s) to load up sprints
- Co-ordinate increments, milestones and align with staffing plan
Stakeholder Communication
- Identify risks and issues and include in communication to all stakeholders
- Maintain visibility into progress, blockers, and staff capacity across all assigned lanes
- Provide regular updates and risk/mitigation plans to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Develop clear reporting (dashboards or summaries) for leadership and stakeholders that highlight timelines, risks, dependencies, and key metrics
Accountability & Execution
- Ensure developers are aligned and accountable to sprint commitments
- Track and ensure realistic work scopes while supporting teams in identifying and unblocking challenges
- Help the teams balance velocity, technical debt, and timelines
Resource & Capacity Planning
- Partner with Product, R&D and Data Hub Leads to track team capacity across competing priorities
- Collaborate on sprint forecasting and release planning to support go-to-market and implementation schedules
Continuous Improvement
- Identify process gaps or delivery inefficiencies and propose scalable solutions
- Help build playbooks and knowledge management documentation in Confluence
- Support defect tracking, root cause analysis, and post-mortem reviews to drive future improvements
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in a Technical Project Manager, Scrum Master, or Agile Delivery role within SaaS, Data, or DevOps environments
- Strong understanding of Scrum, Kanban, and hybrid Agile delivery models.
- Proven experience with Jira, Confluence, and collaboration tools like Slack, Google Suite.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills; must be comfortable managing up, down, and across.
- Demonstrated experience working directly with Product Owners to support prioritization and planning, and to ensure development teams are aligned and equipped to deliver.
- Critical thinking and problem solving skills
- Ability to multitask, organize, and prioritize work and conflicting priorities
- Drive detailed estimates, work breakdown, and plans through project management systems and processes
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or comparable work experience
Preferred Qualifications
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or equivalent Agile certification.
- Familiarity with SaaS
- Familiarity with data platform implementations, ETL workflows, or cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred).
- Experience with resource and capacity planning tools (Smartsheet, Jira Advanced Roadmaps, etc.).
- Understanding of SDLC, DevOps practices, and integration environments.
- Experience with Financial Services
