Company Description

Digital River is a pioneer in enabling brands to sell direct to their customers online. For over 25 years, established and fast-growing brands alike rely on our flexible, API-powered solutions to launch new eCommerce purchase options, localize transactions in new countries, and simplify the technology and services needed to support their online channels. It boils down to Digital River taking risk and responsibility on behalf of our clients to process payments, mitigate fraud, and handle taxes and regulatory compliance.

Digital River is a digital first company headquartered in Minneapolis with offices across the U.S., Asia, Europe and South America

Job Description

What You'll Do: 

The Project Manager manages projects across organizational boundaries, working directly with contributors from key departments including Product, Engineering, IT, Finance, Marketing, Sales, and Leadership. This individual will manage multiple projects concurrently and utilize both traditional and agile project management techniques. The Project Manager will exercise strong relationship building skills, communication skills, and other soft skills to work to deliver quality results on a specified deadline. 

60% -- Project Management

• Manage delivery of projects through the entire lifecycle: intake, research, requirements building, release, and go-to-market
• Develop and maintain project plans
• Coordinate project intake, capacity planning, project estimation, requirements, and activities

25% -- Process and Standards Management

• Contribute to the continued deployment and refinement of project management standards and processes throughout the organization
• Use the appropriate mix of traditional and agile project management best practices to manage assigned projects
• Develop and evolve existing project management processes (as part of a team)

15% -- Project Status Communication

• Communicate project status via formal and informal reporting processes
• Exercise sound judgement on escalations or accurate status reporting
• Identify and communicate status/challenges and bring recommended action plans to multiple levels in the organization
• Prepare and present status at regular scheduled meetings

Qualifications

What You'll Need to Succeed: 

 Required / Minimum: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration/Information Technology/Related Field
• 2-5 years of experience in Program Management
• Understanding of IT systems infrastructure & engineering practices
• Capacity for rapid absorption (or direct experience) of eCommerce industry & technologies (systems, tools, best in practice)
• Business acumen and communication skills
• Knowledge and experience working with Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Understanding of IT systems infrastructure & both agile and traditional engineering practices
• Problem solving, data interpretation, analytical and troubleshooting skills as well as conflict resolution skills
• Hands on knowledge of Software Development Lifecycle practices

  Preferred: 

• Experience in MS Project
• Experience working with SAP project & portfolio 

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Why Digital River:

Digital River provides numerous benefits to all our employees, ensuring an inclusive and supportive work environment that fosters continuous growth and up-skilling. These benefits include:

Digital River prioritizes a "Digital First" approach, where virtual work arrangements are the primary experience for most of our employees. We offer flexible location options for the majority of roles we are recruiting for, allowing you to work from any of the locales where we currently have entities:

USA – Ireland – UK – Germany – Taiwan – Japan – China

On top of our digital-first approach, we offer Flexible Time Off (FTO) to our US based employees and a very generous paid time off to those outside of the US.

We believe in empowering our employees to drive their own professional development. Every employee is provided with the chance to collaborate with their leader and design Individual Development Plans (IDPs), enabling personalized growth opportunities and up-skilling that are championed. We support your journey to acquire new skills and knowledge to excel in your role and beyond.

Digital River offers exceptional benefits regardless of your location, including medical coverage, retirement benefits, and paid leave for new parents. Digital River, with the partnerships with some of our clients, offers generous discounts on everything from trips, to a cup of coffee. Our commitment to your well-being extends beyond measurable monetary value, as we focus on providing a meaningful employee experience and a flexible working schedule.

At Digital River, we fully embrace and support a diverse workforce. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we strive to create a work environment free from bullying, harassment, and discrimination. Our employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements, and candidate skills. We do not discriminate based on gender, race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, family status, or any other legally protected status in the locations where we operate.

Importantly, Digital River is dedicated to providing reasonable accommodations during our hiring and onboarding process. Your Talent Acquisitions Partner will be there to assist you further in this regard. We believe in your continuous growth and development, and we are committed to supporting your journey.

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