Senior Technical Project Manager

Company: Meredith Corporation
Location: Stamford
Posted on: February 25, 2021

Job Description:

Job TitleSenior Technical Project ManagerJob DescriptionCompanyFor over 20 years we have connected people with their passions, products with engaged customers, and our multi-channel clients-including some of the world's largest consumer brands-with innovative marketing programs.We believe great technology empowers organizations. At Synapse, we're using technology to reinvent subscription and consumer relationships, and building creative products that impact millions of people.Remote available in these states: CA, CT, FL, ID, IL, MD, NC, NY, PA, TXOffices in Los Angeles, CA and Stamford, CTOpportunity for Impact

• If you are obsessed and excited about providing an amazing Agile environment for your teams and you want to bring the technical to Technical Project Manager, then this is the role for you!
• The teams have a total of 25 onshore and offshore folks who build top quality products and services such as www.4yourhealth.com , integrations with partners, as well as customer care tools
• You'll work with an exceptional group of software engineers, QA, product managers, operations, and other technical project managers to take the business to the next level
• This is a mature organization that is also in the midst of a transformation. You'll be able to have an impact throughout the organization by advocating for and implementing meaningful changeRole and Responsibilities (What You'll Do)
  • Leverage your expertise to constantly raise the bar and ensure the team delivers extraordinary results - focusing on creating value, continuous improvement and collaboration
  • Strive to thoroughly understand customer, business, stakeholder and engineering needs to facilitate solutions to meet those needs
  • Build real partnerships among team members and throughout the company
  • Help define the team's vision, strategy and roadmap
  • Harness the Agile process to ensure priorities are met, while focusing, empowering and coaching the teams to success
  • Maintain excellent software development processes including Agile best practices such as release planning, estimation, daily meeting, problem management, risk management, and retrospectives
  • Manage cross functional company initiatives of all sizes and complexity from end to end
  • Resolve obstacles through strong partnerships, data driven judgement, clear action plans, and creative problem solving
  • Support project metrics, analytics and reportingProfessional Qualifications (What You Have)
    • You have 5+ years of hands-on experience with Agile software practices such as Kanban, Scrum, or other Agile methodologies
    • You have a strong track record of project management success on complex technology projects
    • You are able to understand high-level technical discussions and contribute meaningfully
    • You listen, communicate clearly and effectively with technical and non-technical audiences, and facilitate solutions with actionable plans
    • You have strong analytical skills and are results-driven
    • You care deeply about customers, technology, process, and quality
    • You love developing and growing people and have demonstrated the ability to do so
    • You have people management experience or are interested in learning
    • You know many of these technologies and are eager to learn the rest quickly - Jira, Aha!, Confluence, and other relevant project management tools
    • B.S. in Computer Science (or equivalent degree or work experience)Personal Characteristics (Who You Are)
      • Highly effective at creating collaborative relationships across an entire organization
      • High energy, accountable, and action-oriented with a history of getting things done in complex environments
      • Results oriented, tenacious, but with the ability to know when to push harder and when to look for alternative approaches - knowing when it matters and when it doesn't
      • Both accepting of other people's ideas and confident in your own
      • Values integrity, humility, creativity, open-mindedness, collaboration, creating value and continuous improvementIt is the policy of Meredith to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Meredith will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.Meredith participates in the federal E-Verify program to confirm the identity and employment authorization of all newly hired employees. For further information about the E-Verify program, please click here: http://www.uscis.gov/e-verify/employees #NMG# Posted 6 Days Ago Full time JR09587 About Us We are Meredith Corporation, a publicly held media and marketing services company founded upon serving our customers and committed to building value for our shareholders. We are on the pulse of pop culture, entertainment, food, fashion and lifestyle, news, business and finance, and sports. Meredith Corporation has been committed to service journalism for more than 115 years. Today, Meredith uses multiple distribution platforms - including broadcast television, print, digital, mobile and video - to provide consumers with content they desire and to deliver the messages of its advertising and marketing partners. Meredith's National Media Group reaches 175 million unduplicated American consumers every month, including 80 percent of U.S. Millennial women. Meredith is a leader in creating content across media platforms and life stages in key consumer interest areas such as entertainment, food, lifestyle, home, parenting, beauty and fashion. Meredith also features robust brand licensing activities including more than 3,000 SKUs of branded products at 4,000 Walmart stores across the U.S. and at walmart.com , and The Foundry, the company's state-of-the-art creative lab and content studio. Meredith's Local Media Group includes 17 television stations reaching more than 11 percent of U.S. households. Meredith's portfolio is concentrated in large, fast-growing markets, with seven stations in the nation's Top 25 and 13 in Top 50 markets. Meredith's stations produce more than 700 hours of local news and entertainment content each week, and operate leading local digital destinations. Our employees are Meredith Corporation's most important resource. We are always on the lookout for bright, creative talent to be part of the Meredith team. At Meredith, we favor an entrepreneurial spirit and reward excellence and achievement. Apply today, and come work with the most amazing talent in media!

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