Job Description
What You're Applying For:Edmunds is seeking an adaptable Project Manager to support delivery for our software development teams. This is a full time position in a remote-first, hybrid work environment, based in Santa Monica, CA. You will be joining a close-knit Program Management team and reporting to our Director of Program Management to support our Product & Technology departments.
The ideal candidate will have 3+ years delivering software projects of high quality, and have the ability to thrive in a dynamic environment where change is both expected and welcomed.
What You'll Do:
- Act independently as a project manager for 2-3 cross-functional software development teams
- Support portfolio-level initiatives which may span multiple project teams, with oversight from senior program managers
- Partner with technical and product leads to construct project timelines, conduct planning, and support execution using Agile principles for your projects
- Facilitate key meetings for project teams (e.g. scrums, planning and retrospectives)
- Ensure that blockers are resolved, and communication gaps are plugged quickly and efficiently for assigned initiatives
- Build deep, trusting relationships with all project team members to drive individual team efficiencies
- Collaborate with your team leads on your project teams to refine or establish processes(goals, responsibilities, communication channels, workflow) that set them up for success.
- Act as a champion for your teams to improve process, morale, and productivity
- Guide teams through changes in priorities and milestones at the direction of executive &team leadership for your projects
- Collaborate with the Program Management team at large to support overall resource planning, accounting/capitalization activities, and organize department events
- Demonstrate flexibility in assumed roles to support critical initiatives (Our Program Management team is a service organization, so assignments to your project teams may evolve over time depending on our organizational priorities)
You'll Love This Job If:- You genuinely enjoy working with people and are motivated by helping others succeed
- You embrace change and are excited by the new opportunities that present themselves each time you are asked to learn something new
- You are willing and able to take ownership of tasks big or small, whatever it takes to help your teams get the job done
- People compliment you on your ability to bring order to chaos, to get things done, and your amazing ability to get along with all kinds of people
- You feel a deep sense of responsibility for making sure commitments are delivered accurately and on time
What You Need:
- 3+ years project management experience successfully delivering software/web development projects at various stages of the development lifecycle
- Hands-on experience working on teams using Agile scrum and Kanban software development methodologies with cross-functional teams of 5-10 people
- Ability to quickly form strong relationships that enable you to lead through influence rather than formal authority in a matrix organization
- Excellent meeting facilitation skills, with follow-through on decisions/action items
- High comfort level learning concepts quickly, to effectively serve as a translator across technical and business roles
- Working knowledge of collaboration tools such as Google Apps, Atlassian JIRA, and Slack
- Working knowledge of Excel or Google Sheets for basic analysis
- Ability to balance your workload across multiple, competing priorities and threads
- Ability to break down projects into smaller, achievable tasks
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, while using your resourcefulness to ask for help from the right people when you need it.
- Ability to act as an accurate translator across business and technical functions.
- Ability to navigate and adapt quickly to ambiguity and change
The compensation range for this position is $98,000 - $125,000 per year. The base pay will take into account internal equity as well as job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. In addition, Edmunds offers full-time employees a comprehensive total rewards package including the benefits listed below.
Edmunds Perks:- Flexible time off
- 13 Paid Holidays
- Comprehensive Health Benefits (medical, dental, vision, life and disability)
- Flexible Spending Accounts (Employees) and Health Savings Accounts (Employee and Employer Contributions)
- 401K Plan with company matching at 100%, up to 6% of eligible salary with immediate vesting
- Stock purchase program
- CarMax vehicle discount
- Up to 4 months Paid Parental Leave
- HeartCash matches employee donations to the causes that are important to them
- 2 Days of Paid Time Off for time to dedicate to social impact causes
- FitCash covers a portion of gym or fitness activity fees
- Well-being sessions
- Employee Recognition Program
- On-going career development opportunities
- Pet insurance
- Sabbatical leave
- Education Reimbursement
- Pre-tax spending accounts for qualified transportation expenses
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