Project Manager

At Edmunds we’re driven to make car buying easier. Ever since we began publishing printed car guides in the 60’s, the company has been in the business of trust, innovating ways to empower and support car shoppers. When Edmunds launched the car industry’s first Internet site in 1994, we established a leadership position online and have never looked back. Now, as one of the most trusted review sites on the Internet, millions of visitors use our research, shopping and buying tools every month to make an easy and informed decision on their next car. For consumers, we bring peace of mind. For dealers, we make tools to help them solve their problems and sell more cars. How do we do it, you ask? The key ingredients are our enthusiastic employees, progressive company culture and cutting-edge technology. Want to join the team? Read on to find out how!

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

Working @ Edmunds.com:

Employees think it’s a pretty great place to work and some pretty impressive publications think it is too: we have been recognized as one of the best places to work by Fortune Magazine, Great Places to Work, LA Business Journal, Newsweek, Computerworld, Built in LA, Inc. Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Business Week Magazine, and Architectural Record. We've also been identified as one of the best workplaces specifically in Technology, for Diversity and Asian Americans, and as a Newsweek Most Loved Workplace for LGBTQ+ employees. If you’re interested in learning more and joining our mission, we’d love to hear from you!

Edmunds will consider for employment qualified candidates with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of all applicable laws.

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