Technical Project Manager Vendor Integration Lead

Technical Project Manager Vendor Integration Lead
Minneapolis, MN

Job Description Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

" Vendor Management
" Technical Project Management
" Dependency Management
" RAID Management
" Release Planning
" Governance & Reporting
" Executive Communication
" Data Quality Frameworks
" Event-Driven Architectures
" Enterprise Integration Patterns
" API & Web Services
" Middleware Platforms
" System Integration Testing
" Data Mapping & Interfaces
" End-to-End Solution Delivery
" Stakeholder Management
" Negotiation & Influencing
" Problem Solving
" Conflict Resolution
" Cross-functional Leadership
Roles & Responsibilities
" Act as the primary point of contact for all vendor applications interfacing with the core enterprise platform.
" Establish delivery plans, milestones, and integration schedules with vendors.
" Monitor vendor progress against commitments and proactively manage schedule variances.
" Ensure vendors provide accurate status reporting, deliverables, and risk assessments.
" Escalate delivery issues and coordinate remediation plans to avoid program impacts.
" Collaborate with business, platform, and integration teams to communicate functional and technical
requirements to vendors.
" Ensure vendor solutions align with approved business processes, architecture standards, and integration
patterns.
" Facilitate requirement clarification sessions and design reviews.
" Validate completeness of vendor requirements traceability and solution documentation.
" Coordinate end-to-end interface development between vendor applications and core enterprise systems.
" Track integration dependencies, interface specifications, data mapping, and API/service development
activities.
" Ensure coordination of SIT, UAT, performance, and cutover activities involving vendor systems.
" Manage cross-system issue resolution during testing and deployment phases.
" Maintain RAID logs (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies).
" Conduct regular vendor governance and status meetings.
" Develop executive-ready status reports highlighting schedule, scope, risks, and dependency impacts.
" Support steering committee reviews and program leadership updates.
" Ensure vendor participation in test planning and execution activities.
" Track defect resolution and readiness criteria.
" Coordinate environment, test data, and release requirements.
" Support production cutover planning and hypercare activities.
" Work across multiple stakeholders including business teams, implementation partners, system
integrators, architecture teams, infrastructure teams, and application vendors.
" Build strong relationships to facilitate issue resolution and decision-making.
" Manage communication across technical and non-technical stakeholders