Full Time Minnesota IT Job
Southwest Suburbs - Chanhassen
Position Summary
Senior Project Managers within the Technology PMO at Life Time Fitness are responsible for managing project scope, timelines, budget, and ensuring effective delivery of member and prospect digital solutions. They lead and motivate project teams, making timely decisions to ensure project success within set parameters. They ensure expectations are clearly communicated across internal teams and business stakeholders.
This role will work on a variety of interactive projects and/or back office applications.
Examples of Work Performed
- 70% of their week actively managing projects through various phases of software development (Discovery -> Delivery), 15% on gathering requirements for smaller-scale projects (in collaboration with Business Analysts), 15% on status reports / project metrics and resource planning
- Work across a numerous programs and projects to ensure technical excellence of our consumer-facing experiences • Responsible for management and delivery of Interactive projects on budget, time and within agreed upon scope
- Manages multiple projects and tasks simultaneously
- Provides ongoing project update reports to internal teams
- Responsible for following and monitoring project management processes and documentation
- Assists in educating clients internal and external to Consumer Technology on the Interactive process
- Oversees projects from conception through delivery including overall continuing project maintenance
- Ensures ongoing resource needs are captured and utilization rates are maintained across the interactive team
- Responsible for management and communication of budget status and tasks among team members and enforcing deadlines
- Responsible for coordinating final delivery of Web applications
including implementation phase, UAT, final sign-off - Seeks out vendor or internal solutions and manages overall project issue resolutions
- Oversees asset and document management for projects
- Proactively work with Business Analyst, Creative, User Experience, Development and Quality Assurance Analyst to define project requirements and estimate effort to deliver
Minimum Qualifications
· Education:
Four-year college degree in related field or equivalent combination of education and experience
Graduate degree preferred
· Experience:
1. At least 7+ years of professional experience as a Project Manager or equivalent position responsible for defining and managing project scope, timelines, profitability, and effective delivery of digital solutions
2. Strong grasp of current web technologies as well as related business issues
3. Experience managing projects in an Agile/iterative environments
4. Experience solving business problems with technology
5. Excellent written and oral communication skills
6. Must be confident working with all levels of management, and understand the demands and responsibilities of those roles
7. Experience effectively working with external clients and internal client teams
8. At least 2 years of experience working on projects that include 50% or more of the following:
- a. Numerous programming languages (Java, JavaScript, C#, PHP, Objective-C, Python, Ruby, etc)
- b. Enterprise level content management and/or collaboration tools (Adobe CQ, SharePoint, Jive. etc)
- c. Content distribution networks and other media delivery platforms such as Scene 7, YouTube, Bright Cove
- d. Browser performance testing, load testing
- e. Rich internet development (AJAX, Flash, Flex, Silverlight)
- f. Mobile development (Phone Gap, Titanium, mobile web and application development)
- g. Social integration or Apps with Facebook, Twitter, etc.
- h. Web analytics packages (Google Analytics, Omniture / SiteCatalyst, Unica)
- i. Search engine optimization techniques and tools
- j. Behavioral targeting or end-to-end marketing optimization (CRM type tools, A/B testing, etc)
- k. E-commerce or other monetization technology integration (experience with Insite a plus)
- l. Integration tools & techniques (ESBs, Orchestration, SOA, XML, JSON, SOAP, REST, etc)\
- m. UNIX, Windows, and Mac Oss
- n. Hosting / Cloud / SaaS offerings
- o. Vendor management
· Licenses / Certifications / Registration:
PMP certification a plus
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Other Characteristic
1. Strong communicator – able to identify and clearly communicate the impact of project risks to budget, timeline and scope to relatively non-technical co-workers and key business stakeholders with excellent presentation skills
2. Ability to direct internal and external resources and build strong relationships
3. Solution oriented mindset – creative use of technology and alternative approaches. “No” is not in your vocabulary
4. Strong attention to detail and commitment to high quality deliverables
5. Able to work with teams to balance solution vs. budget, schedule, and tools
Appreciation of high quality visual design, marketing strategy, business strategy, and user experience disciplines6. Cool under pressure, able to manage many details and priorities
7. Focus on broad technical expertise – including Web (Desktop and Mobile), Messaging (Email, SMS, Push), Native Apps (Mobile, Kiosks), Social (Tools, Apps, Integration), E-Commerce, and Online Video
8. Ability to work independently and as a team member
9. Experience using standard digital project management tools such as Clarity- PPM Tool, Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, VISIO and MS Project
10. Enthusiasm to learn new technologies, and ability to do so quickly, on the job
Physical / Mental Requirements and Working Conditions
Work is performed in an office setting. This position is required to regularly:
1. Talk and hear
2. Use hands and fingers to organize, place and move workflow
3. Read, write, type and comprehend text
4. Visually observe objects up close and at a distance
5. Effectively communicate and interact with others
6. Use reasoning and solve problems through analytical deduction
To apply send your resume to:
Jaime Seeley
Senior Corporate Recruiter
[email protected]
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