Technical Project Manager Vendor Integration Lead

Location

: Minneapolis, MN

Experience

: 8 - 15 Years

Apply By

: 14th December 2026

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
  

Salary Range:

$130,000-$150,000 a year

TCS Employee Benefits Summary:

Discretionary Annual Incentive.

Comprehensive Medical Coverage:

Medical & Health, Dental & Vision, Disability Planning & Insurance, Pet Insurance Plans.

Family Support:

Maternal & Parental Leaves.

Insurance Options:

Auto & Home Insurance, Identity Theft Protection.

Convenience & Professional Growth:

Commuter Benefits & Certification & amp; Training Reimbursement.

Time Off:

Vacation, Time Off, Sick Leave & Holidays.

Legal & Financial Assistance:

Legal Assistance, 401K Plan, Performance Bonus, College Fund, Student Loan Refinancing.

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Location

Minneapolis, MN

Function

TECHNOLOGY

Role

Developer

ID

436345

Skills

Vendor Management | API(Application programming interface)

Salary Range

$130,000 - $150,000

Desired Candidate Profile

Qualifications

BACHELOR OF COMPUTER

SCIENCE