Delivery/ Project Manager, Markets Experience
Job Description:
Dow Jones is on a journey to take our products to the next level and we need you to assist in making that happen. The program management team is key to ensuring that our deliverables are executed as efficiently as possible. They are also our cultural backbone, team mentor, and give life to the organization. To help us achieve our vision, we are looking for a passionate Delivery Manager who will lead the delivery of projects across our markets experiences, including products such as the Watchlist, stock screeners, alerts, and charts that serve all of our brands. This role requires an extremely high level of collaboration, with many platform stakeholders to engage, while working closely with the engineering, design, and product managers to execute efficiently. As a Delivery Manager on the Digital Experience team within Dow Jones, you will lead the delivery of a digital news team; adding value and minimizing waste in a continuous delivery cycle. Coaching the team on Lean principles of Value and Waste Coaching Agile Framework, with a focus on Scrum or Kanban. Partnering with cross-functional teams to eliminate roadblocks, manage expectations, and risk. Managing resource forecasting, trend analysis, and financial reporting. Communicating milestones, team progress, and financial status. Who You Are:
An evangelist for change and continuous improvement An adaptive communicator to/with all levels of the organization Understands the product's business and technical needs Are a proactive problem solver Are thorough:
Demonstrates strong attention to detail, good follow-through, and clear communication Can demonstrate the practical application of recognizing and eliminating waste in the Delivery process Questions value and encourages others to do the same Adept at evaluating the framework best suited for a team's delivery process An influencer Stays calm under pressure, acts fast, promotes and sees the big picture, embraces change; is resilient Is continuously learning, actively listens, is a thought leader in project management This job will have the following
Responsibilities:
Working within a cross-functional development team, reporting to the Director of Project Management, you will have the opportunity to define and refine our process around delivery whilst ensuring the highest level of code quality. Your prior experience working in a development environment delivering services and new features will aid you when joining a team that is already making a significant impact across the business. You will:
Ensure the delivery by:
Driving definition of project planning, scope, and backlog grooming Coaching the team to deliver iteratively and with high quality Managing and mitigating risk and issues Ensuring external project dependencies are properly tracked Communicating and reporting status at the appropriate frequency and details for each stakeholder Data (metrics) based project tracking and delivery projection Drive agile ceremonies Assist with technical feasibility, implementation approach, deployment strategies, and QA efforts Help drive the work intake process Serve the Team by:
Helping them to construct solid working agreements, guidelines and drive process adherence and improvement Optimizing productivity and driving team accountability Partnering with the product owner on scope, backlog grooming, stakeholder communications, etc Collaboratively defining, documenting, and driving agile adoption Foster cross-team coordination and communication Motivating, empowering, and improving the team Know and understand the project:
Gain a detailed understanding of the products, tools, and practices of the teams Knowledge of the technical and business context of the project including related services Demonstrable understanding of your product domain and immediate surrounding areas, be able to and confident of discussing this with PMO team members. Qualifications & Requirements:
Requires a Bachelor's degree (BA or BS) from a four-year college or university At least 5 years of experience managing projects and teams at various levels of maturity Demonstrate progressively responsible experience / technical expertise in systems/software including managing multiple projects and teams on large-scale programs Excellent team management skills and detailed understanding of product and systems integration issues Some applied knowledge of the media industry, web technologies, and user engagement platforms Proven ability to produce high levels of customer/stakeholder satisfaction Basic investment industry knowledge including industry drivers, key players, trends, business processes, and third-party service providers Ability to prepare resource and time estimates with a good degree of reliability Strong presentation, organizational, and interpersonal skills Strong customer service skills; frequent strategic interactions with high-level clients Time and task management skills Demonstrated leadership and team-building experience Agile certification (CSM/PSM, PMI-ACP, PMP, SAFe, etc) Expert user of Jira/Confluence
Salary Range:
$80K -- $100K
Minimum Qualification
Technical Project Management, Digital Marketing & Social MediaEstimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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