Project Manager

Bitcentral is seeking an experienced Project Manager to join our growing team.

About Us

Bitcentral whose corporate headquarters is in Newport Beach, CA, and Latin American headquarters in Mexico City, Mexico provides software solutions that maximize the value of media. Our reliable and flexible product offerings provide customers with the features they want and world class support to back them up. Since 2000, we have gained a trusted partnership reputation with news and media customers, providing them with efficient media workflows that result in higher productivity – all while helping them increase their audience reach and competitive market position. We design forward looking, pragmatically designed and exceptionally reliable media solutions in news, sports, and emerging-platform content.

We are dedicated to creating a culture of proactive sharing and listening to understand, an environment that attracts and retains the right talent, as well as to providing the right resources and the right tools for a productive and rewarding work environment.
Our home office is a great place to work with complimentary snacks and beverages, great views of Newport Beach from our fourth floor headquarters, fun team outings and an amazing workplace culture. We offer great benefits and cover 90% of premium costs for medical, dental, and vision for eligible employees and family members.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage corporate-level projects
• Track timelines for projects. Projects may consist of multiple Agile teams and require integration with other activities outside the scope of the Agile teams
• Holdteams accountable for their commitments and remove roadblocks to their work by leveraging organizational resources to improve capacity or help prioritize
• Support Product Owner in managing customer expectations for project deliverables and manage stakeholder communications.
• Champion ongoing process improvement initiatives to implement best practices for Agile Project Management
• Promote empowerment of the team, ensure that each team member is fully engaged in the project and making a meaningful contribution, and encourage a sustainable pace with high levels of quality for the team

Qualifications

• Solid understanding of software development life cycle models as well as expert knowledge of both Agile and traditional project management principles and practices and the ability to blend them together in the right proportions to fit a project and business environment
• Prior experience with SCRUM/Agile methodologies with enterprise-level application development projects.
• Experience overseeing multi-function project teams with at least 10-15 team members including Developers, Business Analysts, and QA Personnel
• Balanced business/technical background
• Sufficient level of technical background to provide highly-credible leadership to development teams and to be able to accurately and objectively evaluate complex project risks and issues
• Ability to provide leadership to business analysts and collaborate with customers and develop strategies and solutions of high business value

Experience and Skills Required

• BA or BS or equivalent experience is required
• A proven track record of successfully implementing software or web development projects using Agile methodologies
• At least 5+ years of experience as a Project Manager managing software project with multi-function teams.

• Very effective interpersonal skills including mentoring, coaching, collaborating, and team building
• Strong analytical, planning, and organizational skills with an ability to manage competing demands
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of business needs with the ability to establish/maintain high level of customer trust and confidence
• Solid understanding of and demonstrated experience in using any Agile Project Management tools and Microsoft Project, Visio, and all Office Tools
• Excellent oral and written communications skills and experience interacting with both business and IT individuals at all levels including the executive level
• Creative approach to problem-solving with the ability to focus on details while maintaining the “big picture” view

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $90,000.00 to $110,000.00 /year

Work authorization:

• United States (Preferred)

Additional Compensation:

• Bonuses

Work Location:

• One location

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Paid time off

This Job Is Ideal for Someone Who Is:

• Dependable — more reliable than spontaneous
• People-oriented — enjoys interacting with people and working on group projects
• Adaptable/flexible — enjoys doing work that requires frequent shifts in direction
• Detail-oriented — would rather focus on the details of work than the bigger picture
• Achievement-oriented — enjoys taking on challenges, even if they might fail
• Innovative — prefers working in unconventional ways or on tasks that require creativity