Technical Project Manager

The role

You will own delivery timelines for software, integration, and platform projects for retailer clients. You will work with engineering, product, solutions architecture, and account management to drive projects from kickoff to launch.

What you will do

• Own delivery timelines for software, integration and platform projects
• Keep plans, milestones and dependencies current in project management software
• Run delivery cadence including sprint planning, standups, backlog grooming, release planning, UAT and go-live readiness
• Spot slippage early and push back with internal teams and clients
• Manage cross-team and third-party dependencies
• Own program communication including status updates, risks, blockers, and escalations
• Manage change requests against agreed scope
• Define and share project management best practices
• Run post-launch and post-release retrospectives
• Build and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders

Required qualifications

• Proven experience managing software or technology projects with engineering teams
• Expert, hands-on Jira experience
• Strong working knowledge of Agile, Scrum or hybrid delivery methods and of the software development lifecycle
• Solid understanding of technical systems, APIs and integrations
• Track record of holding timelines
• Excellent organization, time management and communication skills
• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects across several organizations

Nice to have

• Experience in retail media, advertising or ad tech
• Experience in an account management or other customer-facing role
• A proactive mindset and the ability to independently identify opportunities for process improvement
• Experience in entrepreneurship or product management
• PMP, CSM, SAFe or similar certification

Benefits

• Remote-friendly setup
• Home office support
• Annual company retreats

Before you apply

• Only those selected for an interview will be contacted
• All candidates will be required to successfully complete a criminal background check

About the company

Vantage is a unified platform for retail media orchestration. It enables retailers to launch and grow media networks through scalable technology and automated workflows.