Help us manage our growing portfolio of projects
At House of Kaizen, we want to be the best at solving our clients’ problems through a methodical approach to prioritizing the subscriber’s experience. We aim to discover and ultimately optimize the moments that matter along the subscriber journey that will grow, engage and retain our clients’ subscriber base. We believe in a people-first workspace where we can be our whole selves. We are a community that makes it a priority to support and elevate each other, continuously seeking out ways to create the work-life balance and fulfillment that makes us all better. We value being a better place to work, so we continue to ensure that our team is provided for, that we have the space to practice self-care, and that we feel equipped to continue delivering our unique strengths for our clients
We’re seeking a Project &Portfolio Manager to join our team and help build upon our long history that reflects our performance driven, always-optimizing approach to digital marketing.
As Project Portfolio &Manager, you will need to manage multiple active projects across several key clients, communicate &coordinate with staff and clients, monitor the progress of the project to keep it on schedule, ensure that all deliverables are on-time, and the project remains within scope/budget.
Key responsibilities for the Project Manager include:
- Accountable for building, managing, and reporting on projects in our project management system based on project SOWs.
- Collaborate with stakeholders and team leads to prioritize based on overall objectives and strive to resolve changing needs, resourcing constraints, and other barriers.
- Incorporate industry best practices, conduct internal and external benchmarking, and establish standard, key measures, and metrics.
- Oversee the proper use of our project management system by the staff to ensure accurate and timely data on project status and resourcing.
- Act as the project advocate both internally and externally with clients for risk and issue management, project organization, planning of interdependencies, and escalation.
- Communicate, coordinate and schedule between staff and clients.
- Adjust schedules and timelines on the project as needed.
- Coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors.
- Measure project performance (deliverables, scope &budget).
- Perform risk management to minimize project risks and keep staff &client up to date.
- Oversee all incoming and outgoing project correspondence &documentation.
- Appropriate application of RACI model within project plans.
Requirements:
- 3-5 years experience in project management.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Solid organizational skills and attention to detail
- Ability to manage various project elements simultaneously.
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office &G Suite (Google Workspace).
- Consultancy/Service company experience is a plus.
- Experience using the Teamwork Project Management platform is a plus.
- Subscription business experience is a plus
- Knowledge of product management, A/B testing &optimization principles and/or UX design and research, media planning &management, and data &analytics is a plus.
- Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Scrum Master (CSM), PRINCE2 or IMPA certification is a plus.
Project Manager top skills &proficiencies:
- Developing and Tracking Project Deliverables and Resources
- Coaching and Training
- Supervision
- Process Improvement
- Planning
- Performance Management
- Verbal &Written Communication
Benefits:
- Strong focus on professional development with 3 team retreats per year and a personal development roadmap specific to your position.
- Excellent health benefits options normally only seen in large companies. We give you a monthly contribution and you select the types of plans you prefer.
- 401k plan with match after 3 months of employment.
- Job flexibility – our team enjoys the benefits of working remotely.
- Generous paid time off – 3 weeks your first year and up to 6 weeks per year based on tenure.
- 9 or more additional paid holidays per year.
- 2 paid community service days each year.