Project Manager

BizTek People, Inc. | APA International Placement Consultants•Portland, OR

15d

About The Position

The Project Manager will be responsible for developing and managing project plans, budgets, scope, timelines, outcomes, and deliverables using company's PMO tools and templates. This role involves negotiating resource availability, managing timelines, budgets, and resource allocation across multiple concurrent campaigns. The Project Manager will also develop, mature, and ensure adherence to the PM methodology tailored to the company's operating environment. Key responsibilities include establishing and maintaining a project risk log, resolving project issues, and escalating as appropriate. The role requires comfort working through ambiguity, guiding projects with a clear understanding of business challenges, and translating business requirements into actionable project objectives. The Project Manager will develop roadmaps, understand key dependencies, and utilize strong negotiation and prioritization skills to navigate cross-functional teams. Additionally, this role will monitor and report on project performance and quality, support portfolio-wide quality audits, and drive continuous improvement efforts. Demonstrating appropriate leadership, collaboration, and decision-making behaviors, while maintaining technical knowledge and professional growth, is essential. The Project Manager will also conduct analyses to estimate and track project costs, manage project change control, and ensure project-related documentation is accurate and complete.

Requirements

5+ years of project management experience
Demonstrated success applying project management concepts and techniques across multiple, simultaneous projects
Strong communication and presentation skills across all levels of the organization
Demonstrated analytical skills, including problem solving and critical thinking, with attention to detail
Ability to facilitate meetings and manage difficult conversations with tact and diplomacy
Ability to gain and maintain credibility at all levels of the organization
Understanding of the full campaign lifecycle (brief → creative → production → launch → measurement)
Familiarity with development and management of cross-channel direct marketing campaigns including targeting, business rules, and test and learn iterations.
Familiarity with channels they'll be coordinating (digital, social, email, events, PR) — doesn't need to be an expert executor, but needs to speak the language

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in business, technology or related field preferred
Understanding of business process improvement and change management desired
PMI or equivalent certification preferred

Responsibilities

Develop project plans, budgets, scope, timelines, outcomes, and deliverables using company's PMO tools and templates.
Define resource requirements and negotiate availability with resource managers.
Manage timelines, budgets, and resource allocation across multiple concurrent campaigns.
Develops, matures, and ensures adherence to the PM methodology tailored to company operating environment.
Establish, maintain, and update project risk log.
Resolve project issues and escalate as appropriate; spotting bottlenecks before they impact a deadline.
Translate business requirements into actionable, achievable project objectives, and help sharpen stated goals.
Develop a roadmap understanding the key dependencies to be successful.
Navigate cross functional teams using strong negotiation and prioritization skills.
Monitor and report on project performance and quality across the portfolio; provides input into delivery metrics and project health indicators.
Support portfolio-wide quality audits and process adherence reviews.
Drive continuous improvement efforts to increase consistency and effectiveness of project delivery, including risk mitigation, stakeholder engagement, and outcome realization.
Demonstrate appropriate leadership, collaboration, and decision-making behaviors; maintains technical knowledge and professional growth.
Conduct analyses to estimate and track project costs and budgets.
Manage project change control and follow existing policies.
Ensure project-related documentation is accurate and complete.