Associate Project Manager
Our company is devoted to doing the best possible work for our clients and maintaining a fun, thriving environment for our team. You will work side by side with top talent to improve your skills and advance the company as a whole. We listen to your ideas and use them.
Requirements
- A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a similar degree
- Experience in frontend or backend development
- Knowledge of project management software such as ActiveCollab, Basecamp, MS Project or similar
- A solid understanding of web design standards, usability, and rich media
- Strong interpersonal, analytical, problem-solving, negotiating, influencing, facilitation, organizational, prioritization, decision making, and conflict resolution skills
- A solid understanding of project management methodology including the ability to identify and resolve issues, manage risk, develop detailed work plans and specifications, perform resource allocations, and run team meetings
- An ability to anticipate issues, identify future choke points, and work ahead to time to alleviate potential issues
- Proven mentoring and team building skills
- An ability to manage many projects simultaneously
- Great attention to detail and be highly organized
- Familiarity with e-commerce platforms such as Shopify, PrestaShop, Woocommerce, and Magento would be an added advantage
Responsibilities
- Assisting and reviewing development of project scopes, considering resources, and technological constraints including cost estimates with consideration to business impacts and identified risks
- Creating and executing project work plans and revising as appropriate to meet the changing needs and requirements. This includes wireframing, sitemaps & scope of work
- Defining project scope and giving clear instructions to design and development team
- Clarifying and communicating project objectives and success criteria to team
- Identifying resources needed and assigning individual responsibilities
- Assuring that projects are completed according to schedule and within budget
- Reviewing deliverables prepared by team before passing to Account Managers
- Effectively applying our methodology and enforcing project standards
- Ensuring that project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately
- Collaborating with SEO team, developers, and other parties involved to establish the vision and analyzing tradeoffs between usability and performance needs
- Ensuring that approved requirements are developed in sufficient scope and detail that will result in the delivery of a solution that meets customer needs as they perceive them
- Attending client meetings as required
- Assisting with developing quality assurance processes, documentation, and testing where needed
- Maintaining awareness of the current industry environment that shapes opportunities for client solutions