.Job DescriptionThe Technical Manager has overall responsibility for the technical success of the project. Supports the project manager by providing insight into technical planning and execution issues. Leads the technical team through the entire duration of the project. Acts as the primary technical communications contact for the customer.The Technical Manager manages and controls the implementation of all project technical aspects (end-to-end) within contractual scope; manages technical solution documents (requirements, architecture etc.) following contract signature & during execution; manages technical aspects/activities within the project – including requirements, development, integration, and testing; provides status & results to PM as arranged/requested; primary customer interface for management aspects related to the technical solution. Responsible for obtaining formal customer sign-off on requirements and technical acceptance of the solution.How You Will Contribute And What You Will LearnSupports Project Execution Owner (PEO) in project planning and delivery Acceptance.Validates the workload involved and expertise needed related to technical tasks. Ensures resource management related to technical tasks regarding allocation, induction, release, and expertise needed.Establish and manage an agreed configuration management plan, defining technical baselines and adherence to them. Assessment and control of technical activities.Lead the development of the Solution Validation Strategy.Identify and agree on the deliverables to be generated, defining the responsibility for each deliverable, monitoring and reporting on progress, and managing deliverable review and acceptance. Determine the quality activities required to support technical delivery.Define the document review and acceptance process.Plan and manage implementations of approved changes to the technical baseline.Technical Risk Identification and mitigation: Proactively seek to identify and address technical risks. Conduct preliminary risk assessments on the project and all suppliers; ensuring a constant focus on risk identification and potential impact assessment; identifying and executing mitigation strategies to limit impact; support on reporting ofrisk exposure (cost, schedule, other); escalating, as appropriate.Technical support, manage, review 3rd party suppliers and vendors – ensuring that all parties involved in the solution development (project team, the customer, 3rd party suppliers, subsystem design team) clearly understood their technical scope/objective. Continually monitor and assess vendor's performance.Supports Project Execution Owner (PEO) to ensure delivery handover to regular operations and to assure actions have been successfully implemented.Identifies new technical management related opportunities to expand contracts with the customer (e.G., network expansion, new features, software corrections implementations)