Location: Carrboro, NC
Required Experience: 2-8 years
Description:
The ideal candidate will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and implementing projects within the decided-upon budget, timeline, and scope. They will also effectively monitor and present project updates to relevant stakeholders, clients, or project team members.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors for the flawless execution of projects
- Ensure that all projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget
- Assist in the definition of project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility
- Ensure resource availability and allocation
- Develop a detailed project plan to monitor and track progress
- Manage changes to the project scope, project schedule and project costs using appropriate verification techniques
- Measure project performance using appropriate tools and techniques
- Report and escalate to management as needed
- Manage the relationship with the client and all stakeholders
- Establish and maintain relationships with third parties/vendors
- Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation
- Meet with clients to take detailed ordering briefs and clarify specific requirements of each project
- Delegate project tasks based on staff membersâ individual strengths, skill sets and experience levels
- Track project performance, specifically to analyze the successful completion of short and long-term goals
- Meet budgetary objectives and make adjustments to project constraints based on financial analysis
- Develop comprehensive project plans to be shared with clients as well as other staff members
- Use and continually develop leadership skills
- Attend conferences and training as required to maintain proficiency
- Perform other related duties as assigned
- Develop spreadsheets, diagrams and process maps to document needs
REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelorâs Degree or equivalent experience
- Comfortable using collaboration and CRM tools such as Slack, JIRA, Aha and Salesforce
- Experience with best practice agile scrum development and lean startup principles
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is a plus
- Experience in a digital agency or start up
- Excellent people and management skills to interact with staff, colleagues, cross-functional teams and third parties
- Strong verbal, written, and organizational skills
- Ability to lead project teams of various sizes and see them through to completion
- Strong understanding of formal project management methodologies
- Able to complete projects in a timely manner