Technical Project Manager – Microsoft Power Platform & Enterprise Applications
Company: Techworkstalent Pvt. Ltd.
Location: Chennai / India
Work Mode: Full-time
Experience: 7–12 Years
Employment Type: Full-time
About Techworkstalent
Techworkstalent is an technology solutions company delivering enterprise application development, automation, CRM, low-code/no-code and digital transformation solutions to customers across India and international markets.
We are expanding our enterprise technology delivery practice and are looking for an experienced Technical Project Manager who can lead complex application development and digital transformation projects involving Microsoft Power Platform, enterprise integrations, AI/Copilot, CRM, workflow automation and low-code platforms.
Role Overview
The Technical Project Manager will be responsible for the end-to-end delivery of technology projects, from requirement discovery and solution planning through development, testing, deployment and post-production support.
The role requires a combination of:
Strong project management
Technical understanding
Client/stakeholder management
Agile delivery
Team leadership
Risk and dependency management
Commercial and scope control
The ideal candidate should be technically strong enough to understand architecture discussions, review estimates and challenge technical assumptions, while being commercially and operationally strong enough to own the overall delivery.

Key Responsibilities
1. End-to-End Project Ownership
Own the project from kick-off to successful production deployment.
Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, milestones and timelines.
Develop and maintain detailed project plans.
Establish project governance and reporting mechanisms.
Track project progress against agreed timelines, scope and budget.
Ensure all project deliverables are completed on time and to agreed quality standards.
Manage multiple projects/workstreams simultaneously when required.

2. Technical Project Management
Work closely with Solution Architects, Developers, Business Analysts, QA Engineers and Integration Specialists to ensure technical delivery is aligned with the approved solution.
The PM should be able to understand and coordinate projects involving:
Microsoft Power Apps
Microsoft Dataverse
Power Automate
Copilot Studio / AI Agents
REST API integrations
SQL / relational databases
SharePoint
Microsoft 365
CRM platforms
Workflow automation
Low-code/no-code platforms
Cloud applications
Third-party enterprise applications
You are not expected to be the primary developer, but you should be technically strong enough to understand what is being built, how it is being built, the dependencies involved and whether the proposed timeline is realistic.

3. Requirement & Scope Management
Work with clients and Business Analysts to understand business requirements.
Participate in requirement workshops and solution discussions.
Convert business requirements into actionable technical workstreams.
Ensure requirements are documented and approved.
Identify gaps, ambiguities and dependencies early.
Control scope throughout the project lifecycle.
Manage Change Requests and assess their impact on:
Cost
Timeline
Resources
Architecture
Delivery risk

4. Project Planning & Estimation
Work with technical leads to prepare project estimates.
Validate effort estimates and delivery assumptions.




Build project schedules and resource plans.
Identify critical-path activities.
Define development, integration, testing and deployment milestones.
Track actual effort against estimated effort.
Highlight potential overruns early and recommend corrective action.

5. Team Management
Lead cross-functional technology teams consisting of:
Solution Architects
Power Platform Developers
Software Developers
Integration Developers
AI/Copilot Developers
Business Analysts
QA Engineers
UI/UX resources
DevOps / Cloud engineers
Responsibilities include:
Assigning tasks and ownership.
Monitoring individual and team productivity.
Removing delivery blockers.
Conducting project reviews.
Ensuring clear accountability.
Managing resource utilization.
Escalating performance or capability issues when required.

6. Agile Delivery
Conduct Agile ceremonies including:
Sprint Planning
Daily Stand-ups
Sprint Reviews
Retrospectives
Backlog Refinement
Maintain product/project backlog.
Track sprint commitments and velocity.
Ensure stories have clear acceptance criteria.
Monitor sprint progress and impediments.
Coordinate releases across development, QA and production environments.
Experience with Jira, Azure DevOps, Monday.com or similar project management tools is preferred.

7. Client & Stakeholder Management
Act as the primary delivery interface between Techworkstalent and the client.
Conduct regular project status meetings.
Present project progress, risks and dependencies.
Manage client expectations.
Communicate delays and corrective actions proactively.
Handle escalations professionally.
Coordinate requirement clarifications with client stakeholders.
Obtain approvals/sign-offs at appropriate project milestones.
Build strong relationships with client technology and business teams.
The candidate must be comfortable interacting with CXO-level stakeholders, IT heads, business leaders and enterprise technology teams.

8. Risk & Dependency Management
Maintain project RAID logs.
Identify risks before they become delivery issues.
Track:
Risks
Assumptions
Issues
Dependencies
Decisions
Develop mitigation and contingency plans.
Escalate critical risks to leadership in a timely manner.
Monitor cross-team and third-party dependencies.

9. Quality & Delivery Governance
Ensure development follows agreed technical and coding standards.
Coordinate with QA to establish testing plans.
Track SIT, UAT and production readiness.
Ensure defects are appropriately prioritized and resolved.
Coordinate UAT sign-off.
Ensure deployment readiness checklists are completed.
Coordinate production releases and hypercare.
Conduct project closure and lessons-learned reviews.

10. Commercial & Financial Management
The Technical Project Manager will also have responsibility for protecting project commercials.
Track project effort against approved estimates.
Monitor resource utilization.
Identify scope creep.
Flag potential margin erosion.
Support Change Request estimation.




Work with management on billing milestones and deliverables.
Ensure projects are delivered within approved commercial parameters.

Required Technical Skills
Must Have
7+ years of experience in software/technology project delivery.
3+ years of experience managing technical projects.
Robust understanding of software development lifecycle.
Experience managing enterprise application development projects.
Experience working with Agile/Scrum methodologies.
Strong understanding of APIs and system integrations.
Understanding of databases and data models.
Understanding of cloud applications and enterprise architecture.
Experience managing developers, QA and technical teams.
Strong client-facing communication skills.
Strongly Preferred
Experience with one or more of:
Microsoft Power Platform
Power Apps
Dataverse
Power Automate
Microsoft Copilot Studio
Azure
Microsoft 365
CRM implementations
Zoho / Salesforce / Dynamics
Low-code/no-code platforms
AI/GenAI application projects
Enterprise API integrations
The candidate does not need to be an expert developer, but should be technically conversant in these areas.

Project Management Skills
Agile / Scrum
Waterfall / Hybrid delivery
Project planning
Resource planning
Estimation
Risk management
Change management
Scope management
Stakeholder management
Vendor management
UAT management
Release management
Project reporting
Budget/effort tracking
Tools
Experience with:
Jira
Azure DevOps
Microsoft Teams
Confluence
MS Project
Monday.com
Zoho Projects or similar tools

Documentation & Reporting
The candidate should be comfortable preparing and maintaining:
Project plans
Schedules
RAID logs
Status reports
Sprint reports
Resource plans
Requirement trackers
Risk registers
Change Requests
Meeting minutes
UAT plans
Deployment checklists
Project closure reports

Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or a related discipline.
PMP / PRINCE2 / Scrum Master certification is an advantage.
Microsoft Power Platform certification is an advantage.
Relevant technical certifications are preferred.

Ideal Candidate Profile
We are looking for someone who is not just a project coordinator.
The ideal candidate should be able to walk into a client meeting, understand the business requirement, participate meaningfully in the technical discussion, question unrealistic estimates, identify delivery risks, coordinate the technical team and communicate the situation clearly to management.
You should be comfortable moving between:
Client → Business Requirement → Solution Architecture → Development → QA → UAT → Production
and ensuring that nothing falls through the gaps.
You should have a strong ownership mindset and be comfortable saying:
"This is the requirement, this is the proposed solution, these are the dependencies, this is the effort, this is the risk, and this is what we need to do to deliver it successfully."

Key Success Metrics
Success in this role will be measured by:
On-time project delivery
Delivery within approved scope
Project profitability/margin protection
Client satisfaction
Resource utilization
Reduction in delivery escalations
Quality of deliverables
Effective risk management
Successful UAT and production deployment
Repeat business / expansion opportunities from existing clients

📌 Technical Project Manager Microsoft (Chennai)
🏢 Techworkstalent
📍 Chennai