Technical Project Manager II

The Opportunity:
We are looking for a Technical Project Manager who is familiar with Agile and Scaled Agile processes (SAFe, Scrum, Kanban, Lean, etc.) and supporting enterprise-level products. You will be working with teams based in the US and Europe. You will work closely with the Design (UX), Product, Data Science, and Product Engineering organizations. You will ensure deliverables are properly scoped, dependencies are accounted for and the project is meeting goals and deadlines.
The ideal candidate has successfully led and independently owned the lifecycle of a strategic, large and complex software project, ensuring timely and successful delivery using technical project management best practices. You are a detail-oriented person with exceptional communication, analytical and abstract thinking skills. You work well with others and are able to “influence without authority” in order to successfully deliver multiple projects on time.  You have worked closely with business and technology partners, played a crucial role in supporting enterprise customer-facing software, and have demonstrable experience building and fostering relationships with internal stakeholders.Key Responsibilities

• Work closely with Agile Coaches, Engineering and Product to align on competing priorities to ensure the backlog is properly prioritized with project-level requirements
• Run project status meetings to determine progress, identify roadblocks, drive their resolution or ensure a clear hand-off to the right owner and work to minimize risks
• Provide clear, concise and accurate written communication in the form of status reports to executive management
• Report project statuses to team mates and other stakeholders
• Work closely with all stakeholders review priorities and project deliverables 
• Attend cross-team meetings and articulate any issues, changes in priority, or blockers that impact projects

• Create project timelines and Jira Plans to manage and communicate project timeline including milestones, dependencies, risks to report project health status
• Track interdependencies, assess project risk, identify mitigations, and work across teams to develop contingency plans
• Assist Engineering teams with work estimation and resource allocation
• Conduct regular project reviews, gather feedback, capture outputs in tickets and/or notes and communicate to stakeholders
• Run product release management processes, including SAFe PI planning and demos, roadmap planning, change request management and Scrum of Scrums
• Contribute to and improve the PMO center of excellence

Qualifications

Required Skills and Experience

• 6-8 years managing end to end complex technical projects
• High proficiency administering Atlassian Jira, Jira Advanced Roadmaps and Confluence
• Deep experience with using ScriptRunner for Jira
• Deep experience creating and maintaining Confluence and Jira Dashboards
• Proficiency with MS Excel or Google Sheets and Google Suite products.
• Self-starter with ability to work independently
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Must be familiar with managing and running Scaled Agile principles, SAFe, such as Program Increment Planning and demos in an agile environment.

Nice to have:

• Working with and coordinating work for Design and UX teams
• Running projects involving data pipelines and working with enterprise applications that visualize and analyze very large data sets

 About  Ookla® is a global leader in connectivity intelligence, offering unparalleled network insights through the combined expertise of Speedtest®, Downdetector®, RootMetrics®, and Ekahau®. Ookla’s complementary datasets combine crowdsourced and controlled, public and private collection methods, QoS and QoE metrics, and more to unlock correlations and actionable insights — helping organizations optimize networks, enhance digital experiences, and create better connected experiences for end-users. Our team is a group of people brought together through passion and inspired by possibility. We are looking for team members who love solving problems, are motivated by challenges, and enjoy turning clever ideas into exceptional products. When you work for us, you are using Ookla data and insights to advance our mission of better connectivity for all.