Technical Project Manager (Contract)

About Evidation Evidation creates new ways to measure and improve health in everyday life—making proactive, personalized, and truly human-centered healthcare possible. By connecting directly with millions of individuals, Evidation harnesses real-world data to deeply understand health experiences, rapidly and at scale. Evidation’s privacy-centric digital health measurement and engagement platform uses data science and machine learning to translate these everyday insights into high-impact health guidance, treatments, and tools. Founded in 2012, Evidation is headquartered in California with employees working around the globe. About the role We are looking for a Technical Project Manager (TPM) to manage external customer-facing project delivery within the Evidation’s Platform organization. This is a 6-month contract role. This role is responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing complex, cross-functional client projects—partnering closely with the Delivery Team and collaborating across Engineering, Product, Business Development, Research, and Data functions to ensure successful business outcomes. The TPM is responsible for gathering project requirements; managing timelines, budgets, and delivery plans; and serving as the primary client-facing contact to ensure clear communication between external partners and internal stakeholders. Preferred locations: Santa Barbara, CA or San Francisco Bay Area, CA What you'll do Delivery Execution

• Manage the full lifecycle of assigned customer projects, from kickoff through completion (including system shutdown and project archival); ensure on-time, in-scope, and within-budget delivery.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, timelines, and status reports, coordinating across delivery, engineering, product, business development, research, and data stakeholders.
• Own budget planning, forecasting, and tracking; partner with Finance to ensure billing readiness and cost transparency.
• Identify risks early, manage dependencies, and drive proactive resolution to maintain delivery momentum.
• Ensure all workstreams align with contract commitments, delivery standards, and compliance requirements.

Client Communication & Relationship Management

• Serve as the primary point of contact for clients, managing day-to-day communications and ensuring alignment across all stakeholders.
• Lead customer meetings including kickoffs, weekly status calls, and milestone reviews with clear agendas, documentation, and follow-up actions.
• Maintain and update shared client documentation, project plans, meeting notes, and presentation materials.
• Translate complex technical topics into clear, outcome-oriented updates for clients.
• Maintain positive, trust-based relationships that promote transparency and partnership.

Internal Reporting & Stakeholder Alignment

• Provide regular reporting on project health, budget status, and delivery risks to internal stakeholders, including Delivery, Business Development, and Engineering leadership.
• Collaborate with other Project Managers to surface dependencies, track readiness, and ensure alignment on key milestones.
• Prepare delivery summaries and financial updates for portfolio-level visibility.
• Support leadership in identifying cross-project dependencies and resource needs.

Collaboration & Continuous Improvement

• Partner with the Delivery Team to ensure coordination, accountability, and consistency across client project workstreams.
• Contribute to documentation, templates, and repeatable delivery playbooks that enhance efficiency and predictability.
• Participate in retrospectives and drive follow-up actions to improve delivery performance across the team.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related technical field.
• Project Management Professional Certification required.
• 5+ years of experience managing cross-functional, client-facing technology projects, preferably in SaaS or digital health environments.
• Proven success managing timelines, budgets, and deliverables across multiple teams.
• Technical fluency to communicate effectively with engineering and data stakeholders.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to tailor information for executive and customer audiences.
• Experience using Jira, Confluence, and other collaborative project management tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in digital health, research platforms, or regulated environments (HIPAA, GCP, ISO 27001).
• Familiarity with cloud-based architectures (AWS preferred), API integrations, or data pipeline projects.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects and balancing client and internal priorities.
• Comfort working in dynamic, matrixed teams where influence and communication drive outcomes.
• This job description outlines primary duties and requirements and is not intended to identify all tasks that may be performed; individuals occupying the position may be required to perform other duties. The company may modify job duties from time to time, either in practice or in writing.

At Evidation, we strive to build an equitable and inclusive space where everyone - employees, partners, and participants - belongs and feels valued. Evidation Health values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity for all persons without regard to sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, religion, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition, family care status, military or veteran status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other legally protected characteristic. We will also reasonably accommodate the physical and/or mental disabilities of an otherwise qualified applicant with a disability in order to enable the applicant to complete the application or interview process, providing undue hardship on Evidation Health would not result. The compensation for this full-time position includes salary + bonus + equity + benefits. The actual starting pay will be based on job-related factors, including work location, experience, training, and skill level, so pay for this role may be higher or lower than what is shown on this posting. https://evidation.com/california-privacy-notice #LI-Remote The pay range for this role is: 134,000 - 168,000 USD per year(Remote (United States)) Apply tot his job Apply To this Job