Deepfield is seeking an Engineering project manager to help improve existing processes and define new ones as we grow our company and product portfolio. Our ideal candidate must be innovative and flexible, willing to work within a dynamic environment where priorities can and will shift quickly.  

We are an agile shop and the project manager is expected to facilitate planning and scoping exercises with product and engineering managers, attend daily scrums and other Agile ceremonies, and proactively help to unblock team members from making progress.  Communication is key! The project manager must communicate project status to teams, internal and external, via a variety of methods: paper, Slack, email, phone, message in a bottle. If we can be communicating better, the project manager is expected to show us how!  We also expect the project manager to help manage connections and dependencies across our product, features, and teams. Do teams need to connect to solve a problem? Can we simplify processes or requests?   Speak BGP, Python, Linux, or network mumbo jumbo? Excellent! We have a technical environment — be prepared to learn how the internet really works. The project manager will know how our products work and how current tasks fit into the larger picture, technically and strategically.  Estimate much? Did we miss a deadline? Are we too distracted? The project manager will know exactly where we were, are, and plan to go. While guiding the team through our release cycle, you'll challenge the team to focus on delivering a minimum viable product on time and within budget. Roadblocks will be identified and removed, while seeking to identify where improvements or changes can be made. 

You have:

A Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 3 years' experience working in software and 2 years in a PM role.  Proficiency in Jira or a similar project management tool.  Management experience with Agile methodologies and principles. Exceptional time management and analytical skills.  Ability to manage multiple projects and prioritize effectively in a fast-paced environment. Comfort with new technologies and asking questions, including a mindset focused on curiosity. 

It would also be nice if you had:

Masters degree preferred. Certification: Project Management Professional (PMP) or PMI-ACP is a plus.
 

Responsibilities

Hold a deep understanding of project details, dependencies, timelines, and use cases  Communicate project progress, obstacles, and project risks to leadership  Proactively lead and support development teams to refine their processes to become highly effective teams  Collaborate with team leads to create, maintain, and organize backlogs  Balance competing priorities and demands from our customers, sales, technical operations, and R&D  Facilitate inter-team communication: between dev teams, between dev, and dev ops/sales, and between product management and engineering  Organize and update documentation and tickets that encompass teams’ feature work, customer requests and product bugs