Technical Project Manager

We’re hiring a Technical Project Manager!

Employment type: Full Time/Direct Hire (No Agencies & No C2C)

Location: Washington, DC, Charlotte, NC, Atlanta, GA, Richmond, VA, or NYC Metropolitan Regions

Location Type: Hybrid - Home Office/Local Ippon office (1-2 days per week onsite)

The Ippon story started in 2002 in Paris, France - cue the accordion, berets, and crêpes. Our founder and CEO, Stéphane Nomis, drew on his experience as an international Judo champion to build a technical consulting firm rooted in the sport’s core values: ambition, discipline, and excellence. Those principles continue to shape how we support clients and deliver work today. We work alongside technical partners such as AWS and Snowflake, balancing technical advisory and hands‑on delivery for clients in Financial Services and other highly regulated industries.

We specialize in legacy system migrations, cloud‑native design, system modernization, operational efficiency, accessibility and governance, and build scalable platforms that support long‑term business success.

Ippon is seeking a driven Technical Project Manager to support cross‑functional teams in delivering high‑impact technology solutions. This individual will be responsible for day‑to‑day project delivery, ensuring alignment across engineering timelines, business goals, and stakeholder expectations. From planning, through execution, and closure, the Technical Project Manager plays a key role in driving structure amid ambiguity, fostering team collaboration, and keeping projects on track, on time, and on budget.

The ideal candidate is driven, organized, and a strong communicator with a passion for becoming a trusted partner to both clients and internal teams.

• Build and maintain detailed project plans that align product roadmaps, engineering timelines, and business goals
• Drive day‑to‑day delivery operations, including milestone tracking, risk and dependency management, and coordination of key events (e.g., end‑to‑end testing, UAT, and production releases)
• Identify and mitigate project risks early, developing contingency plans to maintain momentum and avoid blockers
• Ensure delivery adheres to Ippon’s delivery playbook; contribute to continuous improvement in tools, templates, and internal processes (e.g., Jira, Confluence, dashboards)
• Partner with product/business owners and tech lead during initial discovery to clarify scope, define objectives, and build a prioritized backlog.
• Facilitates workshops with the team to refine requirements, capture user stories, and establish acceptance criteria.

• Serve as the connective tissue between product, engineering, architecture, and leadership
• Provide clear, proactive, and timely communication around project status, blockers, KPIs, and mitigation strategies
• Lead structured release planning and go/no‑go decision‑making across client and internal teams

• Proactively resolve delivery blockers by fostering collaboration across functions
• Champion structure in ambiguous environments by identifying gaps and driving alignment
• Guide effective meetings and ensure the right voices are heard to move decisions forward

• Build trust and strong working relationships with client stakeholders and project teams
• Promote Ippon’s brand through exceptional client experience and by contributing to thought leadership, events, or internal knowledge sharing
• Drive project closeout activities, including retrospectives, documentation, and capturing success stories and lessons learned to inform future engagements
• Leverage curiosity and innovation, asking the right questions to uncover needs, anticipate challenges, and drive engagement success

• 3+ years of experience as a Project Manager leading technical projects from inception to completion, ideally in a consulting capacity
• 3+ years of experience working closely with product development teams in an Agile environment
• Proven experience with enterprise-wide dependency management
• Demonstrated…