Associate Project Manager

Job description

Our program management group drives a seamless product delivery that will delight our clients and their customers. Working in collaboration with our engineering, design, product and quality assurance teams, you will build software that solves real-world problems. You are a passionate advocate for software quality, its role in our society and its relationship to technology. You possess outstanding project management skills, ability to lead a multidimensional program(s) within a brand ecosystem, and a solid understanding of contemporary tools and product methodologies.

As an Associate Project Manager throughout the project life cycle, you are focal to the impact of the engagement. You facilitate various project workshops and processes enabling a cross-functional effort that will bring an exceptionally high-quality product and experience to consumers.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• This role will focus on planning, directing, and coordinating projects from initiation through to implementation
• Clearly defining project roles & responsibilities, escalation paths, and ownership
• Actively participating in project scope, sizing, and resource requirements
• Facilitating scrum ceremonies with the project team and establish various touchpoints with internal stakeholders and clients to communicate clear status
• Coordinate with global Program and Project Managers for sprint scope and overall release scope
• Coordinating, supervising and supporting the project team members/staff with regards to project deliverables
• Tracking project deliveries using agile project management tools
• Allocate and monitor SOW deliverables by scheduling tasks and tracking progress to delivery milestones, adhering to process compliance in producing the release level artifacts, and reviewing deliverables
• Manage Risks and Dependencies
• Reporting on project progress and communicate relevant information to Program Manager and leadership team
• Contribute to team building and resolve or escalate team conflicts with engineering managers
• Track daily progress and ensure slippages are controlled, managed and reported
• Conduct defect triage workshops to improve product quality
• Coordinate with product owner and scrum teams in preparation for sprint planning in order to set the team for success. Document and publish sprint delivery schedules and timelines
• Manage Scope by capturing all elements in the scope item, whether charging additional to the customer or not
• Keeping a signed-off Change Order document for each chargeable scope item
• Focus on value delivered to the customer and constantly work with client engagement and product managers
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Self-motivated and able to manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

• Preferably a BS or MS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or prior experience in software development or QA engineering
• 8+ years of overall experience with Engineering background and 4 years actively as a Project Manager/Scrum Master
• Ability to effectively interpret project’s objectives from client’s perspective as well as challenges and support the team on their deliverables
• Prior experience directly interacting with or working with clients across the world is a must
• Extremely strong oral and written communication skills are a must
• Strong experience working with colleagues and stakeholders in the US
• PMI PMP/ACP Certificate / Scrum Master certification is a plus
• Deep understanding of all aspects of software development
• Track record of championing agile practices and identifying the right framework that can be adopted by agile teams
• Experience in managing and tracking team velocity and other KPIs in relation to the project
• Experience in risk management of projects
• Experience in dealing with ambiguous and uncertain situations. Must be able to demonstrate a past track record
• Experience reporting project budgets and tracking burn
• Experience using Jira/Azure DevOps agile delivery tools is must and should be able to maintain as single source of truth for end-to-end project execution and governance
• Proven track record of working independently and making key decisions
• Ability to influence team members with innovative changes and improvements by challenging the status quo and demonstrating risk-taking
• Must have a pleasant and polished demeanor

ABOUT US

Born in 2001, Code and Theory is a digital-first creative agency that sits at the center of creativity and technology. We pride ourselves on not only solving consumer and business problems, but also helping to establish new capabilities for our clients. With a global client roster of Fortune 100s and start-ups alike, we crave the hardest problems to solve. With a remote-first approach to our people, we have teams distributed across North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. The Code and Theory global network of agencies is growing and includes Kettle, Instrument, Left Field Labs, Mediacurrent, Rhythm, and TrueLogic.

Striving never to be pigeonholed, we work across every major category: from tech to CPG, financial services to travel & hospitality, government and education to media and publishing. We value the collaboration with our client partners, including but not limited to Adidas, Amazon, Con Edison, Diageo, EY, J.P. Morgan Chase, Lenovo, Marriott, Mars, Microsoft, Thomson Reuters, and TikTok.

The Code and Theory network comprises nearly 2,000 people with 50% engineers and 50% creative talent. We’re always on the lookout for smart, driven, and forward-thinking people to join our team.