Technical Project Manager

BRMi•Vienna, VA

6d•$125,000 - $140,000•Onsite

About The Position

BRMi is seeking an experienced Portfolio & Technology Manager for a six-month contract to oversee planning, coordination, governance, and delivery across a portfolio of Marketing Operations and technology initiatives. The role connects business priorities with technology planning and execution, helping teams prioritize initiatives, manage dependencies, establish accountability, and achieve measurable business outcomes. The Portfolio & Technology Manager will work across Marketing, Digital, Product, Analytics, Technology, and vendor teams to maintain integrated roadmaps, coordinate delivery commitments, improve operational processes, and provide leadership with visibility into portfolio performance, risks, resource constraints, and key decisions. The ideal candidate brings project and portfolio management experience, technical knowledge, stakeholder management skills, and the ability to structure complex cross-functional initiatives and influence outcomes without direct authority over delivery teams. This six-month contract focuses on establishing repeatable portfolio management processes, improving technology delivery coordination, and strengthening operational governance. The role is full-time and onsite, and an in-person interview is required. BRMi will not sponsor work visas; this is a W2 opportunity only.

Requirements

At least 5 years of experience in project, program, or portfolio management, including coordination of multiple concurrent business and technology initiatives.
Experience managing technology portfolios involving cross-functional business, technical, and vendor stakeholders.
Demonstrated experience developing integrated roadmaps, coordinating priorities, and managing dependencies across multiple initiatives.
Strong knowledge of portfolio governance practices, including RAID management, decision tracking, stakeholder accountability, and executive reporting.
Experience establishing project governance frameworks, operating models, and repeatable portfolio management processes.
Working knowledge of technology delivery lifecycles, platform integrations, data flows, release readiness, and operational support models.
Experience coordinating technology implementations, business requirements, vendor deliverables, and operational readiness activities.
Ability to assess delivery risks, resource constraints, competing priorities, and technical dependencies.
Experience developing portfolio dashboards, status reports, governance documentation, and executive presentations.
Ability to establish accountability, facilitate decisions, and advance initiatives without direct authority over delivery teams.
Strong stakeholder management, facilitation, negotiation, and relationship-building skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including translating technical information into clear business implications.
Ability to communicate project status, risks, trade-offs, and recommendations to senior leadership.
Strong organizational, analytical, planning, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively in complex, evolving environments.
Experience developing RACI matrices, decision registers, risk logs, process documentation, and operational handoff procedures.
Understanding of technology governance, data management, cybersecurity, risk, and compliance processes.
Experience coordinating change management, stakeholder communications, training, and technology adoption activities.
Work authorization suitable for a W2 opportunity; BRMi does not sponsor work visas.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting marketing technology ecosystems involving customer engagement, content management, workflow, analytics, or data platforms.
Experience with Adobe Experience Manager Assets (AEM), Enterprise Digital Asset Management (EDAM), or related digital asset management platforms.
Experience working within Marketing Operations environments.
Knowledge of metadata governance, taxonomy management, and digital asset lifecycle processes.
Experience supporting organizational change management and business readiness initiatives.

Responsibilities

Translate business objectives into coordinated technology initiatives, capability improvements, and operational priorities.
Develop and maintain an integrated portfolio roadmap covering milestones, delivery timelines, dependencies, and critical commitments.
Coordinate demand, resource capacity, and prioritization discussions across business, technology, product, analytics, and vendor teams.
Facilitate portfolio reviews and recommend priorities based on business value, readiness, risks, dependencies, and available resources.
Monitor delivery commitments, identify cross-functional blockers, and escalate issues requiring leadership decisions.
Establish and maintain portfolio governance processes, including decision tracking, approval requirements, and escalation procedures.
Maintain centralized portfolio documentation covering priorities, risks, issues, dependencies, planning assumptions, decisions, and expected business outcomes.
Develop and maintain RAID logs, decision registers, and action trackers.
Define and document stakeholder responsibilities, decision rights, handoffs, and escalation paths; develop RACI matrices and operating models.
Identify accountability gaps, overlapping responsibilities, and competing priorities, and facilitate stakeholder alignment.
Coordinate technology delivery planning, including requirements, deliverables, acceptance criteria, resource commitments, and implementation readiness.
Partner with technology and vendor teams to track project milestones, delivery commitments, and implementation dependencies.
Coordinate technology readiness activities involving system integrations, data dependencies, testing, access, approvals, and operational handoffs.
Translate technical challenges, delivery risks, and proposed changes into business impacts and recommendations for leadership.
Support technology and data governance initiatives, including platform ownership, data quality expectations, stewardship, and change-control requirements.
Coordinate reviews with architecture, cybersecurity, risk, compliance, and data governance stakeholders, and track outstanding approvals and their delivery impacts.
Develop portfolio communication plans, stakeholder updates, and change management strategies.
Coordinate training, adoption activities, support resources, and business readiness efforts for technology initiatives.
Assess change impacts, competing releases, and adoption challenges and recommend mitigation strategies.
Establish portfolio health reporting for initiative status, milestones, dependencies, delivery confidence, and expected business outcomes.
Collaborate with business and technology owners to define success measures and monitor progress against objectives.
Prepare executive-level reports on portfolio performance, resource constraints, risks, decisions, and recommended actions.
Coordinate improvement plans for recurring platform, workflow, access, and operational issues; track remediation activities, owners, and progress.
Identify legacy technology dependencies, duplicated capabilities, and process inefficiencies that create operational or delivery risks.
Support technology lifecycle planning, platform transitions, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Document lessons learned, governance procedures, and operational handoff practices.
Develop reusable portfolio management tools, templates, dashboards, and reporting processes.
Coordinate end-of-engagement knowledge transfer, documentation, and transition activities.
Perform other duties as assigned.