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Project Manager - TPD (Technology and Product Development)

Aleron
United States, Florida, Tampa
Sep 03, 2025
Description The R&D Project Managers is a key role of the Technology and Product Development (TPD) Team that delivers forward leaning technology, products, and solutions to our client though research and development initiatives. The ideal R&D Project Manager possesses a strong working knowledge of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) as well as traditional project management skills. An R&D Project manager owns cost and schedule performance for a portfolio of projects and delivers monthly reports on each project to TPD leadership. This role works directly with project, technical and product leadership within the engineering team to achieve project outcomes on schedule, in scope and on budget. Additionally, this role is the primary interface to support groups outside of engineering like finance, procurement, and subcontracts for each project. The TPD team is executing a complex R&D strategy to serve business needs of our client and across the globe. R&D project managers ensure we meet that challenge on time and on budget. Location: Tampa, FL 33614 Pay Expectations: Up to $110k Essential Duties and Responsibilities Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Ability to manage multiple projects with complex funding profiles Perform all budget and forecasting related activities for projects across the portfolio Strategize with leaders to develop best practices for the project management process Execute the project review cycle process Align project resources to project budget and schedule Ensure skills of engineering resources aligned to execution needs Work with TPD Product Management team to ensure product need and roadmap are aligned to budget Identify and mitigate risks to schedule and costs Monitor and control the billing milestones schedule to include intercompany purchase orders Develop and maintain deliverables, KPM's & OKR's per TPD execution cadence Drive all purchasing with the D&S procurement team for the assigned projects Participate in the Scaled Agile Process by attending project team events Responsible for Control Account Management (CAM) duties for assigned projects in the context of SAFe execution Interface with business functions outside of engineering for reporting and process compliance Identify opportunities to streamline and improve processes in TPD Job Requirements Required Skills / Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in engineering or technical area, may be waived with PMP Certification & prior experience. 5 years of relevant experience 2 years owning a leadership role for program/project, years maybe offset if well qualified candidate possesses a PMP certification Experience leading program/project teams using Agile development methodology. Expertise in Agile tools such as JIRA and AzureDevOps. Excellent interpersonal, collaboration and communication skills. Exceptional written and verbal communication skills. Strong working knowledge of Earned Value Management. Ability to travel < 20%. Must be eligible for DoD Secret Security Clearance. Preferred Skills / Qualifications: Scaled Agile Framework Certification. Strong presentation skills including preparing impactful material and delivering the message. History writing proposal responses, SOW's and other contract related documentation. Background in Agile Software development framework Experience writing features, user stories and acceptance criteria. Ability to read and interpret DoD and company regulations. Compilation of data and statistical analysis. Aleron companies (Acara Solutions, Aleron Shared Resources, Broadleaf Results, Lume Strategies, TalentRise, Viaduct) are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Race/Color/Gender/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Veteran. Applicants for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This position does not meet the employment requirements for individuals with F-1 OPT STEM work authorization status. Apply