Senior Project Manager

  • Full-time

Company Description

Connatix, the most advanced video platform for publishers, powers the video advertising businesses of the largest media companies in the world including CBS, Time Inc and Tribune Media. We are headquartered in New York City, with offices in Tel Aviv, Israel and Cluj, Romania.

Job Description

What you’ll be doing?

  • Responsible for coordinating business and technical delivery aspects of the project throughout its duration and provide high-level management direction and coordination as required;

  • Focus on ensuring that the environment of each team is working right;

  • Performing high-level planning and delivery coordination, influencing teams throughout negotiation with the Product Owner;

  • Monitoring progress against baselined high-level plans and provides detailed reports on measurable items, such as milestones and deliverables;

  • Reviewing the processes and needs of the teams and ensuring that they are progressing and not forgetting things;

  • Responsible for successful completion of project deliverables;

  • Supports the Product Owner, team leaders, the team members and the management team by ensuring that everyone is aware of what is actually happening and can trust the data being provided;

  • Track project performance using appropriate KPIs, metrics, tools, and techniques;

  • Actively identifies, manages, and mitigates any project risks, ensuring appropriate input from all stakeholders, maintaining accurate documentation, and communicating to internal and external parties as appropriate;

  • Align the company’s general business targets with the project’s objectives and outcomes;

  • Act as the primary point-person for all of the project needs;

  • Provide regular communication internally and externally on project status, schedules, issues, risks, and dependencies.

Qualifications

What We’re Looking For?

  • 5+ years of experience in project management - software development industry;

  • A strong project management background specifically software project development management, methodologies, frameworks, terminology and best practices;

  • Experience managing multiple priorities/projects including project scope, schedules, quality and change management;

  • Experience with managing projects of 30+ people in the development team;

  • Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies, software development life cycle and testing methodologies;

  • Time management, decisional and analytical skills; highly motivated and self-driven;

  • Proven skills in leadership and management;

  • PMP, CAPM, CSM, or other relevant certification are a plus;

  • Critical thinking to evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, and decompose high-level information into details;

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to understand and communicate technical problems.

Additional Information

Life is short. Work someplace great!

Connatix offers a dynamic, flexible work environment with competitive salary. The challenges we solve are serious, but we’re not. We have fun every day because we love what we do. We are on a mission to shape the future of native video and this is your chance to be part of it. Want to join the team that’s already thinking about what interactive media is going to look like five years from now?

We would like our new colleague:

  • To be open minded and a team player.

  • To have the ability to organize and prioritize their work.

  • To have a proactive attitude and to deeply care about the quality of their work

We are a young, fun team, and we like to have responsible colleagues who are able to complete  their tasks in a flexible way and work as they desire. We are looking for colleagues that will contribute to our great chemistry and make our team even stronger,

This is a great opportunity for the right candidate. If you are a team player who likes friendly, non-corporate environments and is looking to make a true impact, let's meet and talk about it.