Sr. Technical Project Manager
Posted on 2/15/2023
INACTIVE
BigCommerce

1,001-5,000 employees

Open SaaS ecommerce platform for online businesses
Company Overview
BigCommerce, a top-tier Open SaaS ecommerce platform, offers an optimal blend of enterprise-level functionality, customization, and performance, all while maintaining user-friendly simplicity. Their unique Open SaaS solution combines the benefits of SaaS and API-enabled flexibility, providing the necessary tools and integrations for swift customization, scalability to meet the global shift to online purchasing, and agility to secure and expand sales. With a proven track record of significantly reducing total cost of ownership (TCO) for leading brands, and a global presence across 150 countries, BigCommerce stands as a strong industry leader in the ecommerce sector.
Consumer Software

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

$219.2M

Founded

2009

Headquarters

Austin, Texas

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

-5%

1 year growth

3%

2 year growth

7%
Locations
Remote • United States
Experience Level
Entry
Junior
Mid
Senior
Expert
Desired Skills
Agile
Communications
Management
Requirements
  • Provide cross-functional visibility into status, resourcing needs, dependencies, granular requirements, dates and escalations for projects
  • Drive all of the cross-functional communication for a project from Kickoff through General Availability
  • Own the Go To Market process end-to-end and ensure all of the right stakeholders are in the loop and aware of the work expected of them
  • Demonstrate stellar stakeholder management and executive presentation skills
  • Create and enforce cross-functional accountability across all business and technical groups & levels using soft and hard levers
  • Lead and inspire your teams; influence everyone around you
  • Collaborate with colleagues within our PMO and across all other functions
  • Apply your hard-earned experience to creatively solve for the desired shared outcome each and every day
  • Make the most of your chops to work with technical and not-so-technical counterparts
  • Contribute to our company culture and collective intelligence
  • 5+ years experience in web technologies, a technical project manager leading medium to large software development projects
  • Project management, Agile development, process improvement/quality certifications are desired but not required (e.g. PMP, ScrumMaster, Lean or Six Sigma)
  • Must demonstrate direct experience using Agile methodologies for managing projects and coaching teams
  • Self-driven. You have superior organizational skills, integrity and great follow-through on tasks. You don't get overwhelmed easily
  • Naturally curious. You're innovative, extremely creative and constantly providing ideas to optimise the process
  • Fun. You're a charismatic people person who can talk to anyone; you're flexible, fearless, and excited to help build something awesome
  • Pragmatic. You understand the awesomeness and downfalls of Agile, waterfall, and other philosophies & methodologies - and know what to apply for each situation
  • Motivated. You understand the impact of a highly-satisfied, excited crew; you are slightly obsessive-compulsive about grinding away at issues
  • Positive. You know that when like-minded, talented colleagues put their minds to achieving ambitious goals, great things happen. You bring that positivity & attitude to everything you do
  • Problem Solver. You use logic and imagination, to make sense of a situation and come up with an intelligent solution
  • Scrappy. You have an innate, scrappy and entrepreneurial drive to get things done in a fast-moving environment where things can (and do!) change quickly, priorities compete, and you may not always have all of the details upfront. Nothing gets by you
  • A utility player. You're willing to help out wherever needed
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science or equivalent
Responsibilities
  • Drive multiple simultaneous projects from start to finish and deliver value to our merchants on-time
  • Manage daily activities of scope and change management, capacity planning, progress tracking, proactive risks and issues management, cross-functional/stakeholder and leadership alignment
  • Develop and deliver plans for executive audiences