Technical Project Manager, Bankrate

 

This role is not open to visa sponsorship or transfer of visa sponsorship including those on OPT and STEM-EXT OPT, nor is it available to work corp-to-corp.

We are seeking a dynamic, innovative Technical Project Manager to coordinate projects and requirements across our technical, creative and business teams in the Financial Services organization. You will be a key point of contact for a diverse cross-functional team that will look to you for organization and guidance. This is a highly visible role, offering the opportunity to interact internally and externally across all functional groups including regular exposure to senior leadership. 

What You'll Do

• Collaborate with diverse teams to develop, organize, and execute cross-functional plans for delivering tools / systems / integrations that drive growth
• Roadmap and prioritize with business stakeholders to refine and plan for both long and short term strategic initiatives
• Lead cross-functional team meetings between technical and non-technical teams to follow up, prioritize work, and track dependencies
• Coordinate meetings with stakeholders and provide updates
• Assertively hold all parties accountable to strategic goals
• Discover the true requirements underlying requests; recommend alternative process approaches when needed; lead teams to meet aggressive timelines
• Work with our technical, creative and business teams to coordinate the development effort, track milestones and/or performance metrics, drive the project, and manage the operational implementation process
• Assess incoming feature requests and work with creative and engineering teams to determine level of effort
• Contribute to progress tracking and reporting on all workstreams. 
• Facilitate meetings and effectively communicate project expectations and deadlines to team members and stakeholders

• Anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management and make trade-offs; encourage smart risk-taking behavior to maximize business benefit; identify interdependencies between concurrent projects to prevent downstream problems
• Put systems in place to enable teams to be self-organizing using tools such as JIRA boards, dashboards, reports etc.
  
  

What We're Looking For

• 3-5 years of Project Management experience
• Demonstrate maturity, judgment, negotiation/influence skills, analytical skills, leadership skills essential to successful program/project management
• A motivated self-starter that excels in planning, scheduling, project communications and risk management
• Thrives in a team environment with representatives from multiple functional disciplines
• Exhibit excellent verbal, presentation, and documentation skills, including comfort communicating to external stakeholders
• Detail oriented, yet able to look at a wide array of choices and identify what truly matters
• Proven track record of handling multiple projects of different sizes and durations
• Strong relationship building skills
• Strong problem solving capabilities

Compensation

• USA Compensation Range: $(75,000 - 100,000)*
  • *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, CNET, 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 and Puerto Rico, with international offices in the UK and Brazil. For more information, visit