vantageanalytics - Technical Project Manager
Requirements
• Proven experience managing software or technology projects with engineering teams, ideally at a software, SaaS or at a service provider. • Expert, hands-on Jira experience: boards, sprints, epics, dependencies, workflows, dashboards and reporting. You build and maintain the plan, not just update tickets. • Strong working knowledge of Agile, Scrum or hybrid delivery methods and of the software development lifecycle, including QA, UAT and release management. • Solid understanding of technical systems, APIs and integrations, enough to ask the right questions of engineers and spot risk in a plan. • A track record of holding timelines: you can tell when a project is slipping, say so early, and negotiate new dates with engineers, stakeholders and clients without losing the relationship. • Excellent organization, time management and communication skills, including clear written status reporting to senior management. • Experience managing multiple concurrent projects across several organizations. • Experience in retail media, advertising or ad tech. • Experience in an account management or other customer-facing role. • A proactive mindset and the ability to independently identify opportunities for process improvement. • Experience in entrepreneurship or product management. • PMP, CSM, SAFe or similar certification. • Preferred Location: Greater Toronto Area
Responsibilities
• Own delivery timelines for software, integration and platform projects at our retailer clients, and keep plans, milestones and dependencies current in our project management software. • Run the delivery cadence with engineering, product and SA: sprint planning, standups, backlog grooming, release planning, UAT and go-live readiness. • Spot slippage early, assess its cause and impact, and push back clearly and constructively with engineering, product, internal teams and clients, resetting dates and expectations before they become escalations. • Manage cross-team and third-party dependencies, including client-side technical work, and hold each owner accountable for dates and deliverables. • Own program communication: crisp status updates, risks and blockers, and well-timed escalations to senior management. • Manage change requests against the agreed scope and flag scope, timeline and resourcing trade-offs to leadership. • Define and share project management best practices across Vantage, including Jira standards, RAID and status reporting, and release processes. • Run post-launch and post-release retrospectives to create new efficiencies and a culture of continuous improvement. • Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, both internal and external, ensuring alignment on goals and expectations. • Travel, domestic and international, up to 25% of the time.
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