Assistant Project Manager

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Company: 10X Ventures
Location: New York, NY 10018 (Clinton area)

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Job details
Salary

$35,000 – $45,000 a year

Job Type
Full-time
Qualifications
  • Experience:

    • relevant, 1 year (Required)

    • Management, 1 year (Required)

  • Education:

    • Bachelor’s (Preferred)

  • Location:

    • New York, NY (Required)

  • Work authorization:

    • United States (Required)

    • Full Job Description

    This is an entry level role great for college graduates!

    You will be the primary owner of:

    • Agile ceremonies (stand-ups, iteration planning meetings, retrospectives, etc.)
    • The agile project tracking tool
    • Improvements to the team’s dev process
    • Communication between the team and other teams/internal stakeholders
    • Documentation (timelines, meetings, hours reports, etc.) (often using Confluence)

    The average day for someone in this role might involve:

    • Leading the team’s morning standup
    • Reaching out to connect folks or find out information to resolve any blockers
    • Preparing for, and then facilitating, a meeting to help the team make a decision
    • Answering questions about priorities and processes
    • Distributing notes from a meeting
    • Following up with stakeholders on some open questions
    • Organizing stories in Pivotal Tracker
    • Producing a project timeline, level of effort estimate, risk assessment, schedule, and budget

    Required

    • One or two (preferable) years of experience as a project manager, project coordinator, or business analyst at a software development company
    • Passion and proficiency for spreadsheets, process, and documentation
    • Interested in work that combines high level strategy with a strong focus on the details of day to day operations
    • Comfortable working with a cross-disciplinary team of software developers, dev-ops engineers, product managers, QA engineers, and UI/UX designers
    • Familiar with one or multiple agile frameworks and knows when to apply the right tool/process for the right job
    • Can quickly prioritize across multiple streams of work in a fast paced environment
    • Can both lead a team and act as an individual contributor by taking notes, running meetings, and creating scrum/agile artifacts
    • Strong interest in communicating well and working to improve team happiness and health
    • Able to motivate and hold different teams together, or help the team interface with a diverse group of colleagues and stakeholders
    • Iterative and data-driven approach to process improvement

    Preferred

    • Experience with agile methodologies
    • One year of relevant experience
    • Experience with PM tools (trello, asana, jira)
    • Knowledge of contracts, budgets, statements of work, and RFPs

    Work Location:

    • One location

    Benefits:

    • Flexible schedule