Senior Technical Project Management
Do you love working with exciting new products in the data industry? Do you enjoy a diverse set of projects across the globe? Acxiom is looking for a Senior Project Manager to join our Product & Engineering Team. This person will work with a high-energy, innovative area of the business to develop and execute plans across multiple aspects of data products and engineering.
The ideal candidate for this role will operate easily in the middle ground between the business and technical aspects of an organization, understanding both yet having the ability to translate effectively across them. This is a high-visibility position in an exciting and rapidly transforming area of the business.
*This role can be located almost anywhere in the U.S.
WHAT YOU WILL DO:
· Work across multiple teams around the globe to achieve business needs, including but not limited to
o Engineering deliverables
o Data deliverables
o Process innovation
o Technology migrations
o Privacy mandates
· Facilitate the process of setting short- and long-term plans, helping to connect those plans to longer-term strategic company goals
· Coordinate across multiple functional teams for a given area of the business, ensuring stated deliverables are met within given constraints following an agile methodology (where applicable), while keeping all stakeholders informed of status and risk.
· Remove barriers impeding project progress, escalating issues as required.
· Promote synergy across multiple teams to ensure success of shared goals
· Help determine and then adhere to best practices established by the project management team, as well as the product and engineering organization as a whole
WHAT YOU WILL NEED:
· Bachelor's Degree or equivalent technical project management work experience
· 5+ years of technical project management work experience
· Thorough understanding of project management principles (traditional and agile)
· Solid understanding of product management activities
· Ability to independently manage multiple complex projects/initiatives in parallel
· Ability to work across different roles, teams, time zones, and communication styles
· Strong risk management and conflict resolution skills
· Familiarity with Agile software development methodology coupled with Jira or similar sprint management software
· Adaptive communication skills, both written and verbal
WHAT WILL SET YOU APART:
· Prior exposure and understanding of the marketing ecosystem and tech stacks for the data industry
· Strong problem-solving skills
· Strong communication & consensus building skills
· Ambition and drive to understand the unknown to put together the “big picture”
· Ability to quickly pivot based on market, client, or company needs
· Self-directed and self-motivated with great attention to detail
· Thorough understanding of the application of sound agile engineering principles (scrum, Kanban, etc)
· Knowledge of project management tools such as Jira, Trello, Confluence
· Strong Excel and Powerpoint skills
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Primary Location City/State:
Homebased - Conway, ArkansasAdditional Locations (if applicable):
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