Technical Project Manager - Remote

Monday - Friday 9 a.m. PST - 5:30 p.m. PST

Want to be part of an amazing team, hell-bent on crafting a better future within the customer space? We're always looking for strategic people who are curious, data-driven, have a growth mindset and excel at creating strategic points of view by levering data and learnings to inform internal stakeholders.

We are consultants. Strategists. Creators. Doers. Achievers. Explorers. Geeks. Hipsters. Leaders. Learners. Renegades. Seekers. Visionaries. And we fundamentally believe that we're better together.

We're looking for a Technical Project Manager to support a Global Team within Microsoft to drive impact with one of our leading client teams. This individual will play a key role in partnering closely with multiple teams to keep consistent, up-to-date process and documentation of the group. You will help drive stability and improvements around the structure of the program while overseeing technical requirements, project plans, organizing and executing software development projects.

This key role manages all aspects of project planning – from project scope/definition, project planning, timeline measurement and resource allocation.

Would you like to…

• Help identify technical requirements to map out workflows, business requirements documentation, etc.

• Create and execute workback schedules in partnership with dev team to ensure on-time delivery

• Set expectations for developers and stakeholders, leads projects through to completion and ensure that deadlines and requirements are met

• Ensure all asks are created to specification

• Prospect and develop new partnerships, including researching, identifying, and vetting prospects, managing communications with all prospective partners

• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify technical requirements and backlog any development projects requiring collaboration

• Manages Development team backlog

• Facilitates development team request eliminating blockers

What you bring…

• 4+ years of previous project management experience

• Experience using Azure DevOps

• Scrum & Agile Methodology

• Exceptional written and oral communication skills, and ability to handle sensitive and confidential information appropriately is a must.

• Proven ability to influence and drive cross functional collaboration.

• Experience working in cross functional teams comprised of various agencies all united to achieve the same goal.

• A high degree of skill at interpreting data to inform strategy and provide actionable insights.

• Interest and discipline to learn about our product portfolio.

• A customer service mindset when working with stakeholders.

• Microsoft experience a plus.

We would like you to have…

• Excellent communication skills and the proven ability to influence multiple levels of the organization.

• Results-focused with a deep sense of accountability and experience driving large projects from start to finish.

• Proven ability to think strategically and creatively, while maintaining great attention to detail.

• Passion for customers and experience nurturing customer relationships at scale and 1:1

• Strategic mindset including interpreting data to inform strategy and execution.

• Natural leader with the ability to educate and influence with high levels of ambiguity and tight deadlines.

• Exceptional collaboration skills with experience developing strong collaborative relationships with a diverse range of partners.

• Experience leading systems and processes to achieve shared goals across teams

• You are highly motivated to accomplish recurring tasks and solve problems with strong focus and follow-through.

• You demonstrate positivity and optimism.

• You are comfortable working remotely.

Would you like to join a global organization that...

• Embraces work-life balance – our employees' well-being remains a top priority for us

• Promotes a culture of learning and advocacy across the globe - diversity will enable us to strengthen our impact

• Encourages innovation and experimentation

• Understands that changes will occur, and adaptability is crucial to assist when it does

• Emphasizes and rewards collaboration

• Works remotely. We continue to safeguard the health of our employees so our interviewing and on-boarding process will remain virtual until further notice

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This role requires the individual to be fully-vaccinated against COVID-19. The individual will be required to submit proof of vaccination. Reasonable accommodations will be considered for exemptions to this requirement in accordance with applicable law.