Technical Project Manager

A client is looking for a Technical Project Manager to support their Research & Analytics in capacity planning, providing transparency in work being performed, and optimizing cross-team prioritization.

Location: Remote – Someone who can work on Eastern/Central Time Zone

Position: Technical Project Manager

Pay Rate: $60-70 on W2

Duration: 7 months or longer

Shift: 8:00am to 5:00pm

Description:

We’re seeking a highly-skilled technical project manager to support the client’s Research & Analytics in capacity planning, providing transparency in work being performed, and optimizing cross-team prioritization. This person will have production experience and work across teams to define and instrument JIRA solutions to support the team’s goals. The ideal candidate will be self-motivated, results-oriented, and able to independently lead cross-team initiatives. They will be expected to prepare and present progress updates to appropriate management channels regularly, to ensure project success is achieved.

Job Responsibilities:

• Lead, build and develop the JIRA solutions for the client’s Research & Analytics to ensure capacity planning, providing transparency in the work being performed, and optimizing cross team prioritization.
• Establish and maintain processes to manage scope over the project lifecycle, setting project quality and performance standards, and assessing and managing risk within, and across, multiple stakeholders.
• Coordinate internal and external resources, ensuring projects remain within scope, schedule, and defined budgets, in collaboration with project staff from various teams.
• Analyze project progress and, when necessary, adapt scope, timelines, and costs to ensure that project team adheres to project requirements.
• Establish and maintain relationships with appropriate stakeholders, providing day-to-day contact on project status and changes.
• Encourage collaboration through lean processes. Look to develop processes that offer high value with minimal overhead, allowing team members to focus on what they do best.
• Report project outcomes and/or risks to the appropriate management channels as needed—escalating issues as necessary based on project work plans.
• Run meetings, record and circulate minutes, manage project plans, tickets, outage reports and other necessary documentation to keep the department running smoothly.
• Define go forward roles and responsibilities as well as alignment needs within the Research and Analytics team.
• Thoughtfully develop and define business requirements and KPIs that enable the business to track performance and success.

Skills and Qualifications

• Proven experience implementing Jira across matrixed teams; Jira administration necessary; JIRA certification (nice to have, not required)
• Proven experience in Program Management, with 5+ years of relevant experience or a relevant combination of education and experience; preferably in digital media, data engineering and/or analytics organizations.
• Excellent project and program management skills; able to effectively juggle multiple ongoing projects and priorities to meet deadlines in both waterfall and agile workflows
• Proven success working with all levels of management in a cross-functional organization. Excellent ability to listen, understand, and translate senior leadership needs, scope projects accordingly, negotiate objectives and deliverables, and activate the organization to deliver results
• Accountable, goal-oriented team player; able to organize processes across teams
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; excellent organizational skills a must
• Self-starter who goes the extra step in making sure a project gets launched in a fast-paced environment
• Unmatched attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple work streams without sacrificing quality
• Self-awareness and the ability to foster organizational harmony
• Experience in working with Confluence
• Experience training and educating project teams as well as teams new to Jira
• Experience with Google Suite (Sheets, Slides, Docs)

About our client:

Our client is a subsidiary of an American multinational telecommunications company for its media and online businesses.

Please be aware that this client requires all contingent workers entering a U.S. client’s office and/or attending a company event (including client events) are required to be vaccinated for COVID-19. This temporary contingent position will require the successful candidate to obtain and show proof of a vaccination to enter a U.S. office and/or attend a company event (including client events).

About APR:

Since 1980 APR Consulting, Inc. has provided professional recruiting and contingent workforce solutions to a diverse mix of clients, industries, and skill sets nationwide.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Don’t miss out on this amazing opportunity! If you feel your experience is the match for this position please apply today and join our team. We look forward to working with you!

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