PM-023 Technical Project Manager

Toronto or New York

Role:
Our client is looking for an enthusiastic and detail-oriented Technical Project Manager to join the Product & Engineering department in their Canadian or US office. You will be part of the Product Operations team, in which you will manage all Web, Apps and Consumer projects. The ideal Technical Project Manager is the organizational backbone of the team with a passion for continuous improvement. This person will partner with product owners, designers/UX, engineers, tech leads, QA and other business stakeholders to help plan, manage and execute timely project launches and product iteration.

Team: The Product & Engineering department is responsible for all of our client's core products, both consumer facing media properties and internal operations and content creation tools, like their proprietary CMS, and more.

Responsibilities:

• Take full ownership of your Web, Apps or Consumer projects (API and Apps to start with)
• Agile ceremonies: Run daily standups, sprint planning and retrospective sessions and any other ceremony required in facilitating collaboration within the team, help remove impediments and improve the team’s overall health and efficiency.
• Prioritization: ability to take requests from many cross-functional partners, both big and small. Prioritize and set multiple projects in motion simultaneously.
• Planning and resourcing: Demonstrate effective planning. Ability to set and manage realistic project timelines with stakeholders. When challenged with a tight deadline, ability to think outside the box to find innovative solutions in order to meet the deadlines.
• Coaching the team and individuals in making the best possible decisions given the information available.
• Striving toward increased team efficiency and coaching the team to get the most out of self-organization.
• Reporting project status: Effectively report progress to stakeholders and leadership, this includes both lower effort initiatives (e.g. A/B testing) and large projects (major incremental revenue driving initiatives)
• Coordinate with Product Managers, Designers, Engineers & other stakeholders.
• Be deeply embedded in your team and their work, you will strive to ensure the team feels connected with their mission and product.
• Build and maintain central repository of P&E’s information to be used as a guide for onboarding new members on the team

You have these:

• 3+ years of experience working in technology and/or at a digital media company.
• 3+ years of working experience in a scrum master role (or as Technical Project Manager) with an agile team.
• Advanced understanding of software development and documentation tools such as Confluence, JIRA, Github.
• Knowledge with Web and Apps products and the ability to learn new technical concepts quickly.

We’d love if you also have these:

• Adept in a fast-paced environment while juggling many projects at one time.
• Excellent communication skills, organizational skills and a keen attention to detail.
• Enthusiasm for collaboration required and a good sense of humor appreciated!