Technical Project Manager

R+L Carriers • Ocala, FL

7d • Onsite

About The Position

World Equestrian Center (WEC) is seeking a Technical Project Manager to join their highly skilled, autonomous engineering team. This role involves working alongside cross-functional engineers to solve complex technical challenges and drive the delivery of world-class enterprise software and applications. The Technical Project Manager will be responsible for keeping high-impact initiatives organized, aligned, and moving forward with minimal oversight. This position reports to the Software Engineering Manager and is located at the Equestrian Center in Ocala, Florida. The successful candidate will translate business requirements into actionable plans and innovative solutions, playing a key role in WEC's leadership in equestrian sports and the hospitality industry.

Requirements

• 5–10 years of professional experience managing technical or software development projects.
• Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle and modern engineering practices.
• Strong documentation and business analysis skills, with the ability to turn ambiguous needs into clear requirements and plans.
• Comfortable operating in a rapidly growing environment with complex, evolving scope - adaptable, resourceful, and strong problem solving, with an ability to learn new domains quickly.
• Experience working directly with engineers on scope, architecture, and technical trade-offs.
• A mindset of ownership, autonomy, and accountability.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and a passion for learning and growth.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Highly organized, independent, and able to interact with individuals from multiple disciplines.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, business or another related field.

Nice To Haves

• Experience using GitHub Issues and Projects to plan and track work.
• Experience with projects using event sourcing and/or event modeling.
• Experience with or knowledge of equestrian sports.
• Familiarity with .NET Core/C#, ASP.NET, and React-based application stacks.
• Familiarity with GitHub, GitHub Actions, and GitHub Enterprise features.
• Experience coordinating delivery in both cloud-native and self-hosted environments.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and modern release processes.
• Awareness of or experience with common delivery approaches such as Scrum or Kanban (no formal certification required).
• Experience supporting globally deployed and public-facing web applications.
• Background in software development or software consulting.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate work across engineers, designers, and business stakeholders in a growing, high-trust environment.
• Translate business requirements into clear scope, milestones, and actionable plans for a small, cross-functional engineering team.
• Create and maintain clear documentation - requirements, plans, decisions, and status - that keeps the team and stakeholders aligned.
• Perform business analysis to clarify needs and surface trade-offs, keeping initiatives aligned to broader organizational goals and strategy.
• Maintain visibility into project status, risks, and dependencies, and communicate them clearly and proactively to stakeholders.
• Produce delivery artifacts and communications such as milestone planning, release notes, and team- and executive-level progress summaries.
• Help establish and maintain lightweight planning and review rhythms that fit the team, and continuously improve how work is organized and tracked.
• Balance scope, timeline, and quality, making pragmatic trade-offs in close collaboration with engineering leadership.
• Dig into unfamiliar problem domains, researching and learning them thoroughly as the team takes on new and increasingly complex projects.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level