Description

Los Angeles based Internet Brands is seeking a Technical Project Manager to join our team.

The Ideal Candidate:

You are a project management guru – a perfect mix of prioritization genius and organization prowess. You see the big picture, you quickly recognize what it takes to achieve it, and you drive results. While you know all of the methodologies, tools and tricks of the trade, you know that reaching the right outcomes is far more important than your obsession with status reports. Your role is to keep things moving, avoiding bureaucracy and bottlenecks. People love working with you because you engage all the right players and you know how to get stuff done along the path of least resistance.

Responsibilities:

• General management of web projects.
• Work with product, business and development to effectively drive projects from concept to launch.
• Work with internal development team to execute against requirements.
• Ensure projects are launched according to published schedules.
• Keep business owners up to date on project status and potential issues.
• Resolve project, design, or resource issues before they cause schedule delays.
• Enhance project management process to accommodate rapidly changing software needs.
• Help mentor junior project managers in terms of SDLC, agile processes, and technical skills.

• Minimum 2+ years of experience in a web project manager role, or equivalent experience leading distributed development teams.
• Understanding of project processes (scheduling, documentation, risk analysis, requirements gathering, and contingency planning).
• Strong understanding of development process, including development, testing, and deployment, as well as work breakdown, dependencies, responsibilities (full SDLC).
• Proficiency in AGILE/SCRUM methodologies.
• Strong understanding of Search Engine Optimization/Marketing principles and best practices.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Strong ability to use/manage project management tracking/reporting tools (eg. JIRA/Greenhopper/Confluence).
• Strong attention to detail, follow-through, and organizational skills.
• Highly analytical, logical, and good problem-solving skills.
• Ability to interact professionally with all levels of staff.
• Consumer-facing web company experience is a plus.​​