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We create innovative solutions that tackle complex challenges and help organizations and communities stay resilient, informed, and connected. If you’re driven by purpose and energized by solving real-world challenges, we want you on our team.
Job Type: Full Time
A Software Technical Project Manager combines the Senior Software Team Lead and Project Manager roles to lead a team to develop and deliver software-based systems. As a Team Lead, they are the people manager of the team, communicate vision and priorities to the team and help the team work through difficult problems. As a Project Manager, they develop plans for the project, manage budget and schedule, set priorities, manage risks and communicate with stakeholders.
Technically, they can contribute to any phase of a software project and perform work with a high degree of latitude. A Software Technical Project Manager works with the Technical Lead to direct the team. In the organization chart, they report to an Engineering Manager.
This position is a progression from Software Senior Team Lead.
- Maintain project schedules, budgets, delivery plans, and risk registers
- Manage scope, change requests, and customer expectations
- Coordinate work across software developers, system engineers, and technical leads
- Identify risks and blockers early and drive mitigation strategies
- Support technical decision-making by clarifying trade-offs and constraints
- Lead team routines and promote effective, collaborative ways of working
- Communicate project status, risks, and delivery updates to stakeholders
- Oversee documentation, milestone tracking, reporting, and project close-out
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Engineering Physics, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 7+ years of experience in software development environments
- 2–3+ years leading software delivery as a Project Manager, Technical Lead, or similar role
- Strong communication skills with the ability to manage stakeholders and customer expectations
- Experience working with Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban)
- Understanding of high-reliability or mission-critical software systems
- Familiarity with containerized environments (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
- Awareness of observability and monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/Greylog)
- Exposure to satellite communications, aerospace, telecommunications, or defence domains
- Familiarity with automation or Infrastructure-as-Code concepts (e.g., Ansible)
Compensation
$120,000 – $170,000
Vacancy
We have 1 available position.
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At Calian, we do not use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to screen or evaluate candidates. AI tools may support backend administrative tasks, but they do not influence hiring decisions. All evaluations and decisions are made by real people on our recruitment team and hiring managers. All applicants are reviewed and only those chosen for an interview will be contacted by our recruiting team.
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