Junior Project Manager - (US-NY-New York)

Junior Project Manager - (US-NY-New York)

Compensation: $75K - $80K / Year
Minimum Education: Bachelors
Job Type: Full Time
Jobcode: EAKJA2
Financially self-sufficient international Internet startup is in need of a Project Manager to help manage our development process. Strong PM experience in fast-paced environments as well as excellent communication skills and familiarity with offshore stakeholders all essential. This role will be based in our NYC office with our Technology team. It will communicate multiple times a day with marking and customer services stakeholders in our Central London office. The PM will report to the CTO who is based in NYC. Some travel will be required. 

Responsibilities: 

* Manage both complex and simple projects. 
* Maintain ticketing system to create weekly milestones for release 
schedule in line with stakeholder and executive priorities. 
* Coordinate testing and approval of new features with global test 
resources and foreign stakeholders. 
* Work closely with Business Project Manager in London to assure 
development is in line with stakeholder priorities. 
* Develop and maintain thorough and documented project plans for 
large scale projects - i.e., outline project scope with client, 
set resource needs, set project goals, create the project plan, 
and oversee development and delivery. 
* Manage local and foreign stakeholder relationships and 
communication throughout the product development/QA process. 
* Build strong working relationships with executive sponsors and 
stakeholders. 

Essential Skills and Experience: 

* Excellent Project Management and communication skills. 
* Strong knowledge of Internet development in a fast-paced environment. 
* Understanding of standard Internet technology (HTML, JavaScript, 
SQL, PHP/JSP/.NET or simillar). 
* Experience with QA testing. 
* Demonstrated ability to extract requirements from non-technical 
personnel. 
* Experience in leading large scale web-based software projects 
through the entire SDLC – from definition of requirements through 
release and ongoing maintenance. 
* Min. 3-5 yrs experience managing complex projects. 
* Good presentation skills; excellent written and oral communication 
skills. 
* Ability to communicate with business people about business issues 
and with technical people on technical delivery detail. 

Qualifications: 

·Bachelor’s Degree. 

·Professional project management accreditation preferred, but not required. 


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