Technical Project Manager
Avvo is looking for a Technical Project Manager to manage multiple projects within Avvo and across Internet Brand’s (our parent company) legal vertical. You will partner with the product / engineering team members to steward key projects within our strategic road map, serving as air-traffic control for our business.
The Ideal Candidate:
You are a project management guru – a perfect mix of prioritization genius and organization prowess. You see the big picture, you quickly recognize what it takes to achieve it, and you drive results. While you know all of the methodologies, tools and tricks of the trade, you know that reaching the right outcomes is far more important than your obsession with status reports. Your role is to keep things moving, avoiding bureaucracy and bottlenecks. People love working with you because you engage all the right players and you know how to get stuff done along the path of least resistance.
Responsibilities:
- General management / delivery of web/software projects in an Agile development environment
- Work with product, business, development and QA teams to effectively drive projects from concept to launch
- Ensure projects are launched according to published schedules
- Facilitate transparency and information radiation on project status and potential issues
- Resolve project, design, or resource issues before they cause schedule delays
- Continually look to improve project management process to accommodate rapidly changing business needs
- Attend and/or facilitate delivery team events in order to ensure continuity of planning towards larger projects and deliverables
- Be able to speak to all open work - status, schedule, impediments, etc.
- Remove impediments for the team, and ensure focus on value delivery and improvement
- Manage cross-team dependencies for larger projects that span teams and business units
- Contribute to and drive team prioritization discussions
- Provide feedback to and partner with the dev and product managers to help improve team performance
Qualifications:
- 5+ years IT project management experience
- 5+ years’ experience on a software development team with thorough understanding of the software development lifecycle.
- 5+ years’ of experience working with teams to deliver software in a project manager or Scrum Master capacity.
- Proficiency in Agile and it’s different delivery frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, XP)
- Strong ability to use/manage project management tracking/reporting tools (eg. JIRA, Roadmunk)
- Ability to understand and then communicate technical issues to a broad range of technical knowledge levels
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Strong attention to detail, follow-through, and organizational skills
- Highly analytical, logical, and good problem solving skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to work with diverse personality types
- Ability to interact professionally with all levels of staff
Benefits to help you balance your life
Avvo is growing fast and we make sure our benefits keep up. Free snacks and drinks are great (we have that), but we want our employees to be healthy, have time to unwind, and pursue their passions. We value your personal time as much as you do.
- 3 weeks paid vacation and paid holidays
- Medical, dental, and vision for employees
- 401(k) plan with a company match
- Company-paid ORCA card
- Accessible and transparent leadership team
- Dog-friendly office
- Casual dress code
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.