Sr. Technical Project Manager

We are seeking a dynamic, innovative Sr. Technical Project Manager to drive the technical implementation of several projects across The Points Guy vertical. You will be a key point of contact for a diverse cross-functional team that will look to you for leadership and guidance. This is a highly visible role, offering the opportunity to interact internally and externally across senior levels of the organization.

What You’ll Do

• Work with Software Engineers, Business Leads, and partners to understand the business requirements and translate these requirements into technical/functional specifications. Discover the true requirements underlying feature requests; recommend alternative technical approaches; lead engineering efforts to meet aggressive timelines.
• Balance business needs versus technical constraints. Assertively hold all parties accountable to strategic goals.
• Partner with Engineering leads to coordinate the technical development effort, track/drive the project, and manage the operational implementation process. Anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management and make tradeoffs; encourage smart risk-taking behavior to maximize business benefit; identify interdependencies between concurrent projects to prevent downstream problems.
• Understand requirements from partners and guide Red Ventures’ engineering towards implementing functionality that will help our partners meet their strategic goals and compliance obligations.
• Work with the roadmap owners to launch these projects and provide ongoing technical support as appropriate.
• Evangelize within and outside Red Ventures to encourage a fast and smooth adoption of the services; be the primary conduit for gathering requirements for future enhancements; develop demos, sample and technical collateral as required.
• Manage time tracking and software capitalization estimates for work being developed.
• Coordinate meetings with stakeholders and provide updates.
• Assess incoming feature requests and work with engineering teams to determine level of effort.
• Work with stakeholders to understand business priorities and how to prioritize those within our engineering teams sprints.
• Act as Scrum Master/Agile Coach for teams.

What We’re Looking For

• 5+ years of experience leading large, cross-functional technical projects
• 4+ years of experience working on a software development team (as a dev manager, QA engineer, Scrum Master or TPM) managing projects and writing technical specifications
• Proven experience in managing large scale enterprise projects and writing public technical specifications
• Solid foundation in service-based and web-service technologies to be able to understand service interdependencies and drive towards technical solutions for multi-tiered systems
• Possess a thorough understanding of software processes (development, configuration, testing, and deployment)
• Demonstrate maturity, judgment, negotiation/influence skills, analytical skills, leadership skills essential to successful program/project management
• Be a motivated self-starter who is also a team player with great cross-group collaboration skills
• Exhibit excellent oral and communication skills
• Track record of successfully delivering high quality projects on time in a fast-paced/rapidly changing environment
• Detail oriented, yet able to look at a wide array of choices and identify what truly matters

Compensation

Cash Compensation Range: $90,000 - 130,000

New York City Compensation Range: $90,000 - 150,000

*Note actual salary is based on geographic location, qualifications, and experience. 

Additionally, the following benefits are provided by Red Ventures, subject to eligibility requirements.

• Health Insurance Coverage (medical, dental, and vision)
• Life Insurance
• Short and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Time Off
• Holiday Pay
• 401(k) with match
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Parental Bonding Benefit Program

Who We Are:

Founded in 2000, Red Ventures (RV) is home to a diverse portfolio of industry-leading brands and businesses, strategic partnerships and proprietary technology, including Bankrate, Lonely Planet, The Points Guy, BestColleges and more. Together, RV helps millions of people worldwide make life’s most important decisions, accelerates digital adaptation, and innovates the online consumer experience by improving every step of the consumer journey from first discovery of information, throughout the decision-making process, to transactions. Headquartered south of Charlotte, NC, Red Ventures employs thousands of people across the US