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# Technical Project Manager at Verisign

- **Company:** Verisign
- **Location:** Reston, VA
- **Posted:** 2026-09-25
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-15
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/verisign/jobs/8003674003

## Job description

Verisign helps enable the security, stability, and resiliency of the internet. We are a trusted provider of internet infrastructure services for the networked world and deliver unmatched performance in domain name system (DNS) services.

We are a mission focused, values driven company where each individual can contribute to building a stronger, more secure internet.  We offer a dynamic and flexible work environment with competitive benefits and the ability to grow your career.

We are seeking a Technical Project Manager III (TPM) to lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects in a hands-on, high-visibility role that requires technical expertise and cross-functional responsibility.

As a TPM, you must exhibit excellent interpersonal, conflict resolution, and negotiation skills, and foster open communication across project teams. You will organize and oversee projects from inception to completion, coordinating activities across teams to meet both business and technical objectives. Business needs can change rapidly, so you’ll need to stay connected with both internal and external dependencies to ensure high-quality and on-time delivery. In this role, you will work with engineering, operations, corporate, security, and business teams to define project strategy and requirements, manage project metrics, and ensure consistency across the program.

The ideal candidates will develop a deep understanding of our technology, effectively communicate its functionality, and possess the technical depth necessary for success in their role, while also demonstrating a strong commitment to productivity, automation, and innovative thinking for continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities:

- Directs large-scale, complex projects often involving multiple matrix partners
- Defines project scope, goals, and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders
- Implements and manages initiatives across various platforms
- Effectively communicates project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion, proactively ensuring that teams are "in sync" in terms of communication, schedules, issues, etc.
- Manages mostly high-priority projects in terms of complexity, risk, and/or business criticality while managing multiple projects simultaneously, juggling activities, and prioritizing accordingly
- Identifies, mitigates, prioritizes, manages, and resolves project issues, constraints, dependencies and risks
- Develop and monitor project budget versus actual expenses
- Creates and manages the plan/roadmap, including all project tasks, dependencies, and critical paths
- Champions and serves as a key contributor to the continuous improvement of PM best practices, using innovative ideas to increase the effectiveness of the organization
- Manage project changes to schedule, budget, and scope through change control process
- Facilitate resolution of technical issues including interpreting technical information and present/speak the information to different audiences (business owner, etc.), conveying the message in a way the audience can understand

Qualifications:

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent work experience
- 5+ years of progressively responsible experience on large-scale software development projects, preferably in a commercial software development environment
- 3+ years of experience directly managing software projects of significant scale and complexity including multiple sub-teams, financial project management, and cross-divisional staff involvement
- Basic understanding of J2EE technologies and distributed architectures
- Experience developing executive dashboards, investment summaries, or portfolio reporting
- Strong facilitation skills and experience coordinating leadership-level reviews and decisions
- Demonstrated experience coordinating complex cross-functional processes involving multiple stakeholders and approval levels
- Experience or background in Requirements Analysis and/or Consulting
- Experience with highly available back-end transaction intensive OLTP type systems and API interfaces

This position is based in our Reston, VA office and offers a hybrid work schedule.

The pay range for the Technical Project Manager III role is $108,900 - $147,300.

The anticipated annual base salary range for these positions is noted above, however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience. Verisign offers a discretionary bonus which is based on individual and company performance, and certain roles may be eligible for discretionary stock awards. Verisign is an equal opportunity employer. That means we recruit, hire, compensate, train, promote, transfer, and administer all terms and conditions of employment without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, protected veteran status, disability, or other protected categories under applicable law.

Additional Information: [Our Careers Page](https://www.verisign.com/en_US/company-information/verisign-careers/index.xhtml?dmn=verisign.careers) [Our Benefits Summary](https://www.verisign.com/careers/benefits/) [Verisign in the Community](https://www.verisign.com/about-us/verisign-cares/) [Our EEO Statement](https://www.verisign.com/assets/Equal-Employment-Opportunity.pdf) [Our Privacy Notice for Job Applicants/Candidates](https://www.verisign.com/legal-center/privacy/privacy-job-applicants/) [Reasonable Accommodations](https://www.verisign.com/en_US/company-information/verisign-careers/index.xhtml?loc=en_US#:~:text=Reasonable%20Accommodations%20for%20Those%20With%20Disabilities)

Staffing agency policy: No fees will be paid for unsolicited resumes submitted to Verisign or our employees by third parties.

## About Verisign

## Core Business
- Primary industry/industries: Internet infrastructure, domain name registry services, DNS security and stability
- Target customers: ICANN-accredited registrars (B2B), the global internet community (indirectly B2C through domain registrations)
- Mission or purpose statement: "Verisign enables the world to connect online with reliability and confidence – anytime, anywhere."

## Products & Services
- **.com and .net Registry Services**: Authoritative resolution and registration for the two largest top-level domains, supporting the majority of global e-commerce.
- **Root Zone Maintainer**: Operates two of the 13 global internet root servers and provides root zone maintainer services for the DNS.
- **DNS Security & Stability**: Proprietary infrastructure and tools to protect the Domain Name System from cyber threats, with uninterrupted resolution since 1997.
- **Data & Insights**: Publishes data about .com and .net zone trends and contributes to internet standards development.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Public company (NYSE: VRSN) – current market cap not disclosed in provided sources.
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue – not publicly available in provided sources. (Public financials can be found in SEC filings.)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: U.S. Department of Commerce (Cooperative Agreement for .com), Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), approximately 3,000 ICANN-accredited registrars worldwide.
- **Growth Signals**: Manages relationships with ~3,000 registrars who typically submit over 100 million domain name transactions daily; operates two of the 13 global root servers; continues to invest in DNS infrastructure to meet growing global internet engagement.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Uninterrupted service**: Provided resolution for .com and .net without interruption since 1997.
- **Proprietary infrastructure**: Custom-built DNS registration infrastructure and toolset designed for high dependability in an evolving cyber threat environment.
- **Content neutrality obligation**: Under the Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Department of Commerce, .com registry must remain content neutral – a unique obligation that ensures equal access.
- **Root zone stewardship**: As root zone maintainer and operator of two root servers, Verisign holds a critical, irreplaceable role in the global DNS.
- **Scale and trust**: Billions of people and a significant portion of the world’s economy rely on the infrastructure Verisign helps manage.

## Strategic Focus
- **Infrastructure investment**: Committed to investing in DNS infrastructure to meet ever-growing demand as global internet engagement continues to rise.
- **Security leadership**: Working with government regulators, ICANN, industry groups, and law enforcement to combat DNS-related security threats and illegal activity.
- **Community collaboration**: Actively contributes to policy development and internet standards, sharing expertise through publicly available data on .com and .net zones.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-driven culture**: Employees help keep the internet secure, stable, and resilient – with impact felt globally.
- **Diversity and inclusion**: Equal opportunity employer with active employee communities (APIC, BELIEVE, BienVenidos, Women in Technology, Young Professionals Group).
- **Comprehensive benefits**: Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with match, employee stock purchase plan, tuition reimbursement, parental bonding leave, volunteer hours, and more.
- **Work environment**: Emphasis on work-life balance; onsite fitness center in Reston; telemedicine and family building support.
- **Veteran-friendly**: Mission-focused and veteran-driven culture; many veterans thrive in the company’s purpose-oriented environment.
- **Remote/hybrid policy**: Not explicitly stated in provided sources; likely office-based with flexibility (Reston HQ and international locations).

## Sources
1. [verisign.com - About Us](https://www.verisign.com/about-us/)
2. [verisign.com - Careers Overview](https://www.verisign.com/careers/)
3. [verisign.com - Our Culture](https://www.verisign.com/careers/our-culture/)
4. [verisign.com - Jobs](https://www.verisign.com/careers/jobs/)
5. [verisign.com - Employee Benefits](https://www.verisign.com/careers/benefits/)
6. [job-boards.greenhouse.io - Verisign Careers](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/verisign)

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