Technical Project Manager Atlas AI

Cognite - Houston, TX

Full-time - Mid Level

Houston, TX

51-100 employees

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Technical Project Manager at Atlas AI will serve as the primary technical owner for co-innovation projects, collaborating closely with clients to transform the Atlas AI vision into live MVPs. This role involves leading project scoping sessions, facilitating workshops, and managing project progress to ensure alignment with client expectations and business objectives. The position requires a strong technical background and experience in project management within a SaaS environment, focusing on innovation and customer collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary technical owner for co-innovation projects, collaborating closely with clients to help turn Atlas AI vision into live MVP together with the client.
• Work with the Atlas AI developers, data engineers, and designers to align co-innovation projects with the company's strategic goals.
• Facilitate workshops and technical discussions with customers to ideate and design innovative solutions.
• Organize, plan, and lead internal and external Atlas AI hackathons.
• Coordinate with customers, Product and Global Customer Success to define hackathon themes, objectives, and success criteria.
• Evaluate and synthesize hackathon outcomes, turning promising ideas into actionable projects or proof-of-concept initiatives.
• Lead project scoping sessions with clients and internal stakeholders to define technical requirements, deliverables, and timelines.
• Create detailed project plans, including resource allocation, milestones, and risk assessment.
• Manage project progress through regular check-ins, adjusting scope and priorities as needed.
• Conduct value scoping sessions to identify key opportunities for SaaS products.
• Develop and present value-driven project proposals to articulate technical solutions.
• Partner with sales and customer success teams to support pre-sales activities.
• Provide technical guidance to Customer Success Managers (CSMs).
• Act as a technical escalation point for customer issues related to co-innovation projects.
• Monitor key customer success metrics to assess the impact of innovation initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in technical project management, preferably in a SaaS environment.
• Demonstrated experience in leading co-innovation projects from concept through delivery.
• Proven ability to organize and lead hackathons or similar innovation-driven events.
• Experience in project scoping, including developing detailed project plans and managing cross-functional teams.
• 3+ years of experience working closely with Customer Success teams.
• Strong technical background with the ability to understand complex software architectures.
• Excellent project management skills, including the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to perform value scoping.
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience with agile methodologies and familiarity with tools such as Jira, Confluence.

Nice-to-haves

• PMP, Agile, or Scrum certifications are a plus.

Benefits

• 401(k) with 4% employer matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Paid parental leave
• Referral program
• Unlimited PTO + flexibility
• 18 Company Holidays including the week between Christmas & New Years
• Company Paid Friday Lunch via DoorDash
• Fully Stocked Fridges in the offices