Project Manager

Location

Remote | Canada

Job description

Modern Tribe is looking for a talented and experienced Project Manager. If you are drawn to order like a moth to a flame, then drop us a line. If you like maintaining lists and seeing team members make progress because you set them up to succeed, then you are perfect for this role. We’re a WordPress agency so hopefully you have run some projects with the platform. If you are skilled in agile, waterfall and whatever-suits-the-project techniques, then we should talk.    

The Project Manager will be responsible for overseeing the lifecycle of multiple projects from inception to launch and beyond. You should feel comfortable wrangling a chaotic project into an organized one. You should ask lots of questions and feel a need to. We are hoping you will not just project manage, but understand the project, the business goals and engage in the technology enough to be able to anticipate scope, budget and timeline challenges.     

Your primary responsibility is to shepherd the project to success. We pride ourselves on our projects arriving on time, on scope, on budget with a happy team and customer. You will create confidence through organization and oversee communication.     

This is a permanent full-time remote position with a salary of up to $85K annually.   

Responsibilities:

• Manage expectations for everyone on a project including the team, the account managers, and the customer    
• Create and define project roles and responsibilities    
• Communicate project information, including: status reporting, meeting actions, change requests, risk reports, issue logs, schedule and budget tracking.    
• Manage all aspects of project delivery including:    
• Project scope definition    
• Specifying deliverables    
• Specifying project duration    
• Cost estimation    
• Review and forecast project budget    
• Creating project plans    
• Managing project change requests    
• Run scrums and other status meetings    
• Regularly review team hours    
• Write SOWs and Change Orders    
• Manage collection of assets and information from the customer    
• Perform meeting prep, prepare agendas, and handle all follow up    
• Produce weekly and monthly summary reports    
• Oversee team performance / collaboration and provide feedback, correcting course as needed    
• Be responsible for the employee life cycle including; disciplinary actions, performance reviews, goal reaching activities, fostering a positive environment, following company policies, etc.    

Skills, Competencies, and Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in related field specialized training, or equivalent work experience     
• 5+ years of project management experience    
• Experience with agile and waterfall management styles    
• Experience producing large CMS-powered websites
• Advanced skills when it comes to online collaboration tools. You feel at home when we talk about Slack, Google Meet/Zoom, Google Docs, Jira or any number of online PM tools
• Experience managing projects with large budgets 
• Excellent, clear and concise communication skills, both oral and written 
• Creativity and flexibility to facilitate leveraging solutions for positive outcomes 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with WordPress    
• Experience with enterprise-level web development projects
• Some strategy, business analysis or product owner experience

We Offer:

• Excellent Employer paid Benefits options - Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription    
• Traditional and Roth 401k with company matching    
• Fun employer-sponsored events    
• A collaborative team culture    
• Consistent/set work hours    
• Challenging non-redundant daily duties    
• A voice in how things get done    
• Access to ongoing training    

Disclaimer:

This job description is only a summary of the typical functions of the position. It is not intended to be an exhaustive or comprehensive list of all job responsibilities, tasks, or duties. Additional duties and tasks may be assigned as part of the job function. Liquid Web Inc. reserves the right to modify, interpret, or apply this job description in a way that best supports the organizational needs. The job description in no way creates or implies an employment contract. The employment contract remains “at will”.    

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy: Liquid Web is committed to offering equal employment opportunity without regard to age, color, disability, gender, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, military status, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.    

Job tags

Salary