Technical Project Manager

Technical Project Manager The connective tissue across engineering, branding, and the client driving a complex, compliance-heavy platform from kickoff to first live client Reports to: CMO & Project Lead, and CTO Location: Remote Engagement: Full-time (fractional considered) · ~6-month build with potential to extend About the role: Thynkfuel is building an AI-agent-driven platform that takes high-net-worth clients through a complex, highly regulated wealth and trust implementation from first contact to a fully executed, compliant outcome in 30 days or less. It is a six-month build, structured into twelve sprints, with two tracks running in parallel from day one: software development and a brand-from-scratch exercise (naming, identity, go-to-market). We are looking for a Technical Project Manager to be the connective tissue across all of it. You will own the delivery plan and keep three groups moving in sync the engineering team, the branding team, and the client and domain expert whose knowledge defines the product. This is a hands-on delivery role for someone who can hold a technical conversation, run a tight sprint, and drive decisions in a fast, ambiguous, 0-to-1 environment. The near-term goal is concrete: the first client taken end-to-end on the live platform by late September, with quality and compliance never traded away to get there. What you’ll own: The plan. Own the twelve-sprint roadmap. Translate the strategy and specification documents (functionality spec, agent deep-dive, technical architecture) into an actionable, prioritized backlog. The cadence. Run sprint planning, standups, reviews, and retros. Keep the team in a predictable rhythm without adding ceremony for its own sake. Cross-track coordination. Keep development, branding, and the client/domain expert aligned — so the brand’s name and identity land in time for the build to apply them, and the client’s input flows into the work without becoming a bottleneck. Dependencies, risk, and the critical path. Map what blocks what, surface risks early, and protect the late-September milestone. Know which work is on the critical path and which runs in parallel behind the scenes. Compliance-sensitive delivery. Coordinate the gated, regulated parts of the build attorney review, the unauthorized-practice-of-law (UPL) gate, audit logging in close partnership with the CTO. These gates are never skipped to hit a date. Vendor and integration coordination. Track the third-party tools the platform depends on (identity/KYC, e-notary, e-signature, banking, property and deed services) and keep their integration milestones on schedule. Status and visibility. Give the CMO, CTO, and client a clear, honest read on progress, risks, and decisions needed concise and frequent, not buried in a deck. Team operations. Stand up and maintain the tooling and rituals the team runs on project tracking, Slack channels, and documentation discipline. What you bring: Delivery track record. 7+ years managing software delivery, including senior-level program management on complex, multi-integration platforms — ideally at least one 0-to-1 build. Technical fluency. You can hold your own with engineers on architecture, APIs, and security trade-offs. You don’t need to write the code, but you can’t be managed around by it. Agile in practice. You run sprints and a backlog fluently and adapt the process to the team rather than forcing the team into the process. Regulated-domain instinct. Experience delivering in a compliance-heavy domain (fintech, wealthtech, legal tech, healthcare, or similar) where “move fast” has to coexist with “get it exactly right. Cross-functional communication. You translate cleanly between technical and non-technical people, and you can sit comfortably between a designer, a developer, and a domain expert in the same conversation. Comfort with ambiguity. You make progress without a fully spec’d world, and you drive decisions instead of waiting for them. Nice to have: Exposure to agentic AI or AI-driven product builds. Background in trust, estate, tax, or financial-services workflows. Experience coordinating external vendors and professional service providers. Familiarity with security and compliance programs, access control, audit trails, and the like. What success looks like in 90 days: The backlog and twelve-sprint plan are operational, and the team is in a steady sprint rhythm. Dependencies and risks are tracked and visible, and the Phase 1 critical path to first client is mapped and being driven. Engineering, branding, and the client are aligned and moving in parallel without stepping on each other. Interested? Send CV with work examples.