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POLITICO Project Manager in Arlington, Virginia
Description
The Project Manager is an integral member of the Project Management team and of their assigned project teams. The Project Manager is responsible for working closely with their project team comprised of Engineers, Quality Assurance, Product Management, and Design, to plan, execute and deliver high-quality projects on time and within scope. The Project Manager has a strong sense of ownership and has a deep understanding of Politico’s products and applications to facilitate solutions to a variety of business and technical challenges and unblock their team when impediments arise.
The Project Manager collaborates with their project team to progress product development efforts forward.
This role will be based out of our offices in Arlington, VA (HQ), New York, NY or Sacramento, CA.
What You’ll Do:
Act as project team scrum master and actively work with project team members to define the overall sprint goals, scope, dependencies, and milestones for releases of Politico products and plan according to team velocity
Coordinate the quarterly planning process with Product Management to estimate and define high priority product features Manage the day-to-day activities of the project team, including planning and organizing sprint cycles, facilitating daily standups, engineer task assignments, facilitating retrospectives, etc., while ensuring the overall objectives of projects are achieved and issues that are identified are managed
Work closely with Software Development Managers to ensure engineers are working at full capacity and identify and advocate for team members when they become blocked or face impediments during the sprint
Become a key team member who: understands how end users interact and use the product; can identify when acceptance criteria on tickets is not sufficient for developers or QA; clarifies requirement questions with Product when they arise; is comfortable testing to help troubleshoot issues
Lead and congregate various teams through all phases of the project life cycle working toward the same outcomes, including Quality Assurance, Engineering, Product Management, and Design
Work closely with colleagues in Technology and Product to remove impediments and bring appropriate decision makers together to align on project decisions or changes to reach resolutions
Facilitate decision-making processes and ensure that key information is shared in a global team environment
Document and distribute key notes and action items from team meetings, interactions, and decisions; communicate globally to the team in Slack and/or on issues in Jira and follow-up as needed for timely resolution
Support and lead the team through the change management process for any scope or schedule modifications required
Collaborate with other project teams to ensure dependencies are accounted for and completed within an acceptable timeframe
Bring fresh ideas and perspectives that improve product quality and outcomes and continually improve project management practices throughout the company
What You’ll Need:
3+ years of experience leading software technology projects (e.g., product development, software development, system implementations) through all phases of the project lifecycle
Experience working in an agile environment and managing concurrent tasks, projects, and agile teams for software development projects
Excellent oral and written communication skills, and ability to explain technical problems to a non-technical audience
Strong interpersonal skills to create professional relationships with colleagues in Tech and other departments to become a trusted partner
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to aid in the identification of root cause issues and to support team members when impediments arise
Experience with issue tracking and sprint planning software is required; experience with JIRA preferred
Ability to collaborate and adapt processes based on the needs of the team
PMP certification or certified scrum master preferred, but not required
The anticipated salary range for candidates who will work in New York, NY is $100,000-$110,000. The final salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to the type and years of experience within the job, type of years of experience within the industry, etc. In addition to base salary, we offer on-going career development coaching, a flexible vacation plan, fully paid six-month parental leave, 401k match, medical, dental, and vision insurance, phone and commuting reimbursements, and more.
We are driven by our values. We are relentless contributors, disruptors of the status quo, collaborators, talent cultivators and DEI stewards. Our culture is defined by grit, total integrity and a prioritization on innovation.
We value our people. Click here (https://www.politico.com/blogs/meet-politico/2017/08/24/faq-241910) for more on what we offer and what it’s like to work for POLITICO.
Let’s keep in touch. You can view our list of open positions here (https://recruiting.ultipro.com/PER1013PCLL/JobBoard/b972ff6a-41b7-4e97-9c71-273c2595c77d/?q=&o=postedDateDesc) and email us careers@politico.com. We hope to see your application soon!
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