Our mission at Suplari is to shine the light on waste so that companies can invest in growth, innovation and their people. Suplari’s software leverages machine learning and AI technologies to deliver actionable insights from a company’s spend and procurement data and easily visualizes these tailored recommendations and data trends in a clean, user-friendly interface. Customers realize hard dollar cost savings and effectively manage supplier risk that is often hidden within millions of data points and takes hours of manpower and clunky spreadsheets to uncover.Suplari is truly making an impact for clients such as Nordstrom, 21st Century Fox, and Sonos, (just to name a few) and we’re just getting started. We’re aiming to “share the wealth” by providing businesses with the tools to reduce spend, mitigate risk and increase compliance, and we need your help! 

Job Description

Do you like focusing on challenging problems and finding creative solutions? Would you like to help create something that makes a difference? Do you like to be part of a fast-growing company and be able to put your mark on something early? As an integral member of an engineering team, you will lead projects and services in an agile environment throughout the software development lifecycle, from project initiation to post-production support. You are well versed in capturing and analyzing functional requirements, applying core project management principles, collaborating across the organizational spectrum, and communicating in both technical and business terms.
What you'll be doing: 

• Analyzing and documenting business requirements
• Writing functional specifications for and refining them with the Product and Engineering teams
• Developing project plans and schedules to meet business objectives. Acting as liaison with various groups and departments
• Working with individuals and group managers to estimate duration for activities and establishing common targets
• Acting as the focal point of contact for project requirements, status, and issue resolution
• Continuously working with the service team to evaluate risks and assess potential impacts on project delivery
• Coordinating the team's Agile practices
• Working with external customers and partners on integration projects

What you bring:

• 5+ years of Program or Technical Project Management in a technical engineering environment
• Strong problem-solving skills--creative and analytical with skills in lateral thinking and logical reasoning
• Experience with Agile software development methodologies
• Experience describing capabilities using artifacts such as project pages, functional specifications, and sequence diagrams
• Working knowledge of HTTP protocol: requests, responses, JSON, status codes, headers, and authentication
• Working in a cloud-based development environment (AWS preferred)
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. Tailors communications to the appropriate audience: wonderfully succinct
• A collaborative working style--work well in a team environment
  

We'd love to hear from you if: 

• You love being a part of a small, dynamic, and agile organization that encourages you to learn and grow
• You love finding solutions to interesting problems
• You welcome having autonomy with complex tasks
• You are passionate about using your experience and expertise to inspire the team
  

Education/Training

• A Bachelor’s Degree in computer science or equivalent experience

Why Suplari?

• Competitive compensation package
• Ownership through equity and options
• Comprehensive, company-paid medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Been there, done that team: Our management team has a track record of success at companies such as HP, Amazon, Apptio, Skytap, iConclude, Trulia, and Zillow
• Suplari is backed by top tier venture capital investors Madrona Venture Group, Shasta Ventures, Amplify Partners, Two Sigma Ventures and Workday Ventures.
• Ability to make a critical impact at an early stage company
  

More Information:

• This position will be located in downtown Seattle.
• We are not interviewing remote employees at this time.

Suplari is an equal opportunity employer!