Culture & careers

Job Description

Red Privet is looking for a full-time, seasoned leader with demonstrated management skills to work closely with executive management and key resources with the goal of efficiently facilitating, mediating and managing research-based strategy, design, marketing, and development projects. This position will be responsible for effective management of Red Privet programs and ensuring projects are completed on-time, on-budget and to internal and external client expectations.

Responsibilities.

• Ensure all projects are proceeding according to timelines, meeting targets and expectations.
• Advise executive management about projects, status and resource planning.
• Communicate with clients to oversee program and project progress.
• Work closely with other project management resources with the goal of efficiently facilitating, mediating and managing relationships between clients and Red Privet.
• Support the development and communication of project management standards and best practices.
• Assist in project planning, WBS and schedule development, and resource planning and project estimation.
• Effectively communicate and manage project expectations with team members and clients.
• Provide primary point of contact for client project managers.
• Collect, communicate, and maintain client data (i.e. contact information, addresses, time reporting, staffing documentation, training requirements, etc.).
• Develop, monitor, and revise project plans.
• Keep team members aware of dependencies, milestones and deadlines.
• Remove issues preventing the team from accomplishing goals.
• Smartly escalate issues from an account to task level to the management team.
• Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path.
• Track project related action items, risks, and decisions.
• Collect, track, and review project status reports.
• Manage project scopes, budgets, and track burn rates.
• Track and report project data (i.e. dates, estimates, actuals).
• Proactively manage changes and devise mitigation plans.
• Prepare change control documentation.
• Facilitate team communication and issue resolution.
• Build, develop, and grow business relationships vital to the success of the project.
• Conduct project post mortems/lessons learned and report recommendations in response to successful and unsuccessful project elements.

 

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years project/program management experience (4-6 preferred).
• Minimum 1 year using SCRUM management methodology (SrumMaster preferred).
• Experience managing technology/digital marketing space projects (ones involving user-centered experience design is strongly preferred).
• Good understanding of Software Development Lifecycle models (Agile experience is strongly preferred).
• Excellent planning and projecting skills.

• Experience managing six-figure projects (seven-figure projects/portfolios strongly preferred).
• Broad knowledge and experience in project management processes.
• Excellent attention to detail and able to effectively handle multiple priorities.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively across all levels of the organization.
• Be an effective listener, able to maintain focus, extract necessary information, and validate understanding of the information.
• Demonstrate ability to understand customer’s needs and identify new ways to serve/satisfy customer.
• Collaborative and able to work in a team based environment.
• Capable of leading and directing the work of others.
• Able to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Willingness to submit to drug screening and background check (client requirement).
• Associate’s Degree required, Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree preferred.

Work Environment & Benefits.

• Competitive salary.
• Medical, dental and vision benefits.
• Life insurance, Short- & Long-term Disability Insurance.
• 401 (k) with company match.
• 11 paid holidays, plus paid annual personal and sick leave.
• Flexible Work Environment.
• Relocation assistance.
• Public Transit Discounts.
• Profit sharing.