Software Project Manager

About Codazen

Want to apply technology in ways that make life more enriching? 

We think the digital experiences that make up more and more of our everyday lives should be seamless and engaging—even magical. Using our unique recipe of specialized skills and digital alchemy, we engineer experiences that help businesses engage with users, and users engage with the world. 

The source of our magic comes from our people. We continually strive to be better versions of ourselves—and have fun while doing it. If a career creating innovative experiences and digital products sounds exciting, we hope you’ll consider joining our amazing team.

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Summary

The Software Project Manager is responsible for the delivery, coordination, status reporting and management of complex projects for high-profile clients.  The Software Project Manager must be a self-starter and feel comfortable working in a highly collaborative, cross-functional environment, demonstrating an open-mind and a propensity for developing strong team relationships and creating unique customer solutions. The ideal candidate enjoys working with other team members and stakeholders to identify and solve complex user & business challenges and can easily adapt within a fast-paced and constantly changing environment. We’re looking for team player that strives to innovate, holds exceptionally high standards for his/her work, and genuinely enjoys working with a solid, talented team and has a good sense of humor.  

Role Requirements

• Lead project management of multiple projects, in a cross-functional environment
• Leverage your knowledge of current web/software technologies and business applications for competitive advantages
• Release management and versioning control
• Drive the execution of project plans and teamwork assignments and escalate functional/quality/timeline issues appropriately and ensures issue resolution
• Responsible for tracking key project milestones and adjusting project plans and/or resources to meet the needs of the project. Prepares relevant status reports
• Coordinate communication with all areas that impact the scope, budget, risk and resources of the work effort being managed. Coordinate change requests from original specifications and ensure proper change communication and impact analysis
• Drive project scheduling, resource allocation and forecasting, time entry, and project controls through the standard project management tools to ensure proper budget allocation and capitalization
• Maintain a high level of trust and confidence
• Embrace and help grow Codazen’s vision of innovation and teamwork 

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Marketing, Communications or equivalent work experience
• 5+ years of experience in project or product management within business application development projects for high-profile large clients
• Knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodology
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills including excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Attention to detail and follow-through to completion of tasks and proven track record of managing budgets and timelines
• Excellent time-management skills, including the ability to work on concurrent projects and quickly prioritize competing tasks and responsibilities
• Demonstrated experience managing customer relationships
• Experience interacting with engineers, business analysts, quality assurance analysts, and designers on a highly collaborative development team
• Some knowledge and familiarity of web technologies or languages (HTML, CSS, SQL, etc.)
• Extensive knowledge and expertise of project management methodologies and tools
• Shared passion for building quality, innovative web/software experiences

Plus

• Experience working on highly trafficked, high-profile websites
• Experience managing enterprise-level software development projects from the conception to launch
• Experience with JIRA, Confluence, Asana or similar
• Certified Associate Project Manager (CAPM) or Project Management Professional (PMP) certifications
• Experience with product planning, writing user stories, leading story sizing (e.g. planning poker), sprint planning, product backlog management & grooming, facilitating retrospectives, resource management practices and change management techniques

Full compensation packages are based on candidate experience and certifications. Irvine Pay Range$75,000—$175,000 USD

What Codazen Offers

• Competitive salary
• Generous paid time off and sick leave
• Paid holidays
• Health, dental, vision
• 401k (with company contribution)
• Profit sharing
• Company bonus