Digital Agency Project Manager - Web Development
Digital Agency Project Manager - Web Development
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Job Description
Software International (SI) supplies technical talent to a variety of clients ranging from Fortune 100/500/1000 companies to small and midsized organizations in Canada/US.
We are currently looking for a Digital Agency Project Manager Web Development for our global web development client.
This is a full time permanent role.
Role: Digital Agency Project Manager Web Development
Type: Permanent fulltime
Salary: $90000 $100000 vacation benefits
Location: Remote Toronto ON Canada (must be able to work on EST)
Job Description
Reporting to the Manager of Project Management Office this role is responsible for the management and coordination of designated projects as directed by the business. Our purpose is to facilitate all internal and external project activities as necessary to fulfill both shortterm and longterm business objectives with an eye to increasing the value of site offerings.
Responsibilities:
o Provide project support to Project team members functional managers and the business.
o Provide support to external project resources including the Design group
Payment Processors and 3rd party vendors.
o Work with Project team members to respond to and as appropriate resolve or escalate project risks.
o Ensure/facilitate interdepartmental project communications both verbally and through electronic means.
o Ensure individual project conformance with overall Program Objectives.
o Ensuring ontime delivery of all projects under his/her leadership.
o Work with Project team members to ensure that all initiatives have clear success criteria an plan (including resources) and an assessment of the delivery.
o Work with other members of the PMO and functional managers to confirm and negotiate resource assignment according to current business priority.
o Work with other members of the PMO to set and as necessary reset project goals
in accordance with approved Change Management practices.
o Communicating timely project status updates to the PMO management team and clients as appropriate.
o Responsible for creating or monitoring the creation of project assets including:
o Project definitions through Requirements documentation
o Technical documentation including Technical Specifications
Release/deployment plans Rollback plans etc.
o Release Scope portals (WIKI pages) for each planned Project release.
o JIRA support entries (ie. project labels triage build versioning keyturns) as necessary through the project lifecycle
o Creating project plans schedules issue logs and risk mitigation plans
o Tracking of project tasks including resource assignment estimation and status
o Provide leadership for Production release activities including impact/risk assessment resource allocation/coordination and sponsor/business
communication.
o Administration of Project Management tools including JIRA Microsoft Project and the Project areas of the Internal WIKI.
Job Requirements:
o Minimum of 5 years of project management/leadership experience in a digital agency required.
o Must have at least 4 years experience in full software life cycle projects.
o Minimum of 2 years of external client management experience is required.
o Prior experience with website billing projects would be considered a strong asset
o Experience working with offsite project team members is preferred.
o Previous experience as a software developer systems analyst or business analyst is
preferred.
o Project Management experience on large/enterprise applications is required.
o Besides project management experience preference will be given to those candidates
with a demonstrated technical background in a computer science discipline as well as
some practical experience in web programming.
o Experience with Project Management tools such as Microsoft Project (or similar) as
well as defect management software is required.
o Strong interpersonal skills (including conflict management) are required.
o Must be able to clearly explain technical issues and constraints to nontechnical
people both in verbal and written communications
o Must have excellent written and oral communication skills and be able to speak
comfortably to a variety of audiences.
Employment Type
Full Time
