Technical Project Manager
At Liftoff+Vungle, we're helping mobile businesses scale and succeed via our sophisticated technology that enables them to find their most engaged users. We are a trusted guide for growth and engagement, transforming how people discover and experience apps. Advertisers depend on us to reach, acquire, and retain high-value users worldwide. We are one of the world's largest independent, unbiased and privacy-friendly growth platforms that fuels the entire mobile app growth cycle across user acquisition, engagement, monetization, and analytics. Consistently ranked as one of the fastest growing companies and best places to work, we are a profitable company with strong product-market fit and tremendous growth opportunity. We have a creative, collaborative, and humble culture. We are data-driven, proactive, and have the courage to drive change.
We are seeking a talented and experienced Technical Project Manager to oversee a wide variety of projects from design through implementation. You will schedule and lead Sprint Planning/Reviews, Daily Standups and other team meetings. You will have the chance to network with in-house personnel as well as vendors for each project to maximize resources and efficiency.
Responsibilities
- Manage projects with top-down oversight throughout entire execution to ensure success as defined by adherence to standards of scope, budget, and timeline.
- Develop project plans that merge project requirements with company goals and coordinate various managers and technical personnel during all project phases, from initial development through implementation.
- Monitor project progress continuously and make detailed scheduled reports on measurable items, such as milestones and deliverables.
- Communicate proactively with all involved personnel to provide encouragement, identify problems, create solutions, and implement efficiency improvements.
- Build in mitigation plans anticipating issues and risks and actively re plans with tech leaders, key business partners and delivery teams to reset expectations throughout project delivery
- Oversee acquisition of resources and materials as needed before and during projects by talking with team members, managers, and in-house accountants and negotiating price and payment agreements with vendors.
- Experience with corporate wide communications and training
- Promote a culture of collaboration, performance and accountability
Experience
- 4+ years' experience as a technical project manager with experience leading large and complex cross-functional projects
- 3+ years experience leading IT Operations/Infrastructure programs
- Tolerant of ambiguity and the flexibility to work well in a dynamic environment with evolving priorities
- Very good interpersonal effectiveness and communication skills
- Strong organizational planning skills
- Effective and creative in solving problems with an ability to identify issues and resolve, or identify the internal resources to assist
- Effective at building relationships across organizations and with key decision makers