Technical Project Manager

Everlaw is growing!  We are expanding our high-performing project management team that drives and delivers high impact cross-functional initiatives.  As a Technical Project Manager, you’ll use your passion for process driven growth to collaborate across disciplines, lead critical transformational systems projects, deliver measurable results, and contribute to our PMO as we build a center of excellence for project management.  Your contribution will matter and help the company scale and drive our company’s mission forward.

As a good fit for this position, you are highly motivated, a creative problem-solver, and relentless in your desire to deliver quality results and continual improvement.  With an obsession for details, you are resourceful, curious, independent, and operate effectively in a self-starting environment. 

Project Management is a key pillar under our Operations organization, which provides the foundation for the company to function and scale gracefully.  We work hard to optimize solutions that help Everlaw and Everlawyers succeed.  We steward complex business decisions, provide project management leadership for cross-functional projects, and serve as a center of excellence for operational best practices.

At Everlaw, our mission is to promote justice by illuminating truth. Our company culture is open and vibrant and we’re committed to the professional growth of our team members, offering an annual Learning and Development stipend and regular check-ins with managers regarding career goals. If you’re looking for a place that values passion, integrity, thinking big, and a desire to learn, we’d love to hear from you! Think you’re missing some of the skills and are hesitant to apply? We do not believe in the “perfect” candidate and encourage you to apply if you feel you can bring value to our team.  

This is a full-time, exempt position located onsite in Oakland, California, with a hybrid work schedule: in office M/W/Th with the option to work from home Tu/Fri.

Getting started

• Feel like part of the team! Our onboarding process will integrate you into the company with informative sessions on our product, policies, processes, and team structure and goals.  You will spend meaningful time getting to know your peers and discover what excites and challenges them.
• Learn, grow, and contribute right away. We trust that you will bring experience and knowledge that will uplift the team, but we don’t expect you to know everything on Day 1.  We will support you as you get up to speed on all aspects of Everlaw.

In your role, you'll...

• Lead complex cross-functional projects that involve strategic technical initiatives with minimal supervision.
• Plan projects in line with project management best practices and Everlaw-specific norms. This includes identifying stakeholders, collecting and analyzing requirements, defining scope and key technical milestones, creating comprehensive project plans including schedule, testing, and communication plans, building project teams, and assigning tasks. 
• Execute projects by managing day-to-day project activities and resources, monitoring and tracking project progress, updating project plans and documentation, facilitating data-driven decision making and problem solving, influencing and collaborating on change efforts, and proactively identifying and addressing potential risks. 
• Keep stakeholders engaged and informed by providing timely project progress updates and soliciting key stakeholders’ input when appropriate.
• Contribute to the project management team’s documentation and best practices with your expertise and lessons learned. 
• Help drive continuous improvement of company-wide systems, processes, and procedures.
• Work hands-on wherever needed.

About you

• You have at least 8 years of experience in project management, with at least 4 years focused on technical projects, and may have PMP or other project management certifications.  
• You have led technical projects from ideation to implementation, in the areas of systems implementation, strategic technical transformation, or product innovation and launch.
• As a plus, you are familiar with software development cycles, IT infrastructure, SaaS implementation and change management, and cyber security best practices, and have experience in a SaaS, cloud-based, or technology-driven organization.
• You are an outstanding written and verbal communicator and collaborator, across business, IT, security, engineering, product, and leadership teams, maintaining a positive attitude in difficult situations.  You build trust and partnerships to maximize results.
• You can influence, lead, and inspire cross-functional teams in pursuit of project objectives.  Your influence accelerates decision making and drives alignment within and beyond the PMO.
• You have well-established organizational, problem-solving, and time management skills, with exceptional attention to detail and data analysis skills.
• You manage multiple responsibilities and ambiguity with the agility to shift tasks or roles when necessary, working both independently and as a team player.
• You embrace change and technology to drive continuous improvement, and coach others through this process.
• You have a deep sense of integrity, credibility, and ownership, and have the desire to deliver the best possible result. 
• You have a BA or BS and a growth mindset to keep learning and developing your skills.
• You are authorized to work in the United States; please note that at this time, Everlaw is not sponsoring visas for any positions.

Benefits

• The expected salary range for this role is between $150,000 - $180,000. The final offered salary will be dependent upon many factors including the candidate’s experience and skills. The base pay range is subject to change in the future.
• Equity program
• 401(k) retirement plan with company matching
• Health, dental, and vision
• Flexible Spending Accounts for health and dependent care expenses
• Paid parental leave and approximately 10 days (80 hours) per year of sick leave
• Seventeen paid vacation days plus 11 federal holidays
• Membership to Modern Health to help employees prioritize mental health and wellness
• Annual allocation for Learning & Development opportunities and applicable professional membership dues
• Company-sponsored life and disability insurance
• Find out more about our Benefits and Perks

Perks

• Work in Uptown Oakland, just steps from the BART line and dozens of restaurants and walking distance to Lake Merritt
• Flexible work-from-home days on Tuesdays and Fridays
• Monthly home internet reimbursement
• Select your preference of hardware (Mac or PC) and customize your desk setup
• Enjoy a wide variety of snacks and beverages in the office
• Bond over company-wide out-of-the-box events and fun activities with your team
• Time off for company-sponsored volunteer events and 4 paid hours per quarter to volunteer at a charitable organization of your choice
• Take advantage of learning and career development opportunities 
• Ranked #9 on Glassdoor's Best Places to Work 2023 for US small and medium companies
• One of Wealthfront’s 2021 Career Launching Companies, and ranked #2 on the “2022 Bay Area Best Places to Work” list by the San Francisco Business Times and the Silicon Valley Business Journal
• One of Fast Company’s World's Most Innovative Companies for 2022 and proud contributor of free ediscovery resources to benefit the greater good through “Everlaw for Good”
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