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Position summary:
Are you ready to take your career to the next level and help lead a cutting-edge company into a bright future? if so, we want to hear from youPenn foster aims to enhance the lives of our students with education that can help them work towards their career goalsWe are going through some incredible digital transformations and are looking for motivated and future focused individuals to help us with our mission.
We are actively seeking a talented and experienced marketing technology project manager to oversee a wide variety of website projects for our portfolio of sitesAs a marketing technology project manager, you will be responsible for developing and managing project plans and resources all while ensuring capacity and risks are minimizedReporting to the director of web experience, you will liaise with the business and marketing technology team to manage milestones/sprints/deliverables using agile development practices in a continuous integration environment focusing on delivery, quality, and scalability of mission-critical websites.
You should have examples of projects that you have managed end-to-end from requirements gathering to finished productYou should be great at communicating with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, breaking down complicated problems, developing hypotheses, and building to scale.
This position will report to the director, web experience.
Essential job functions:
Convert business requirements and high-level technical requirements into projects, milestones, sprints, and deliverables for all medium to large projects for all websites.
Act as an internal point of contact between the business, marketing and marketing technology to project manage website initiatives, determining priority, capacity and often scheduling resources.
Communicate project status for website projects through detailed scheduled reports.
Collaborate with team leads to guide developers, qa testers, system administrators and other internal team members to deliver quality content and solutions on time and on budget
Hold regular technical team meetings to determine progress and address any questions or challenges regarding projects
Ensure website quality and efficiency by creating qa test plans and working with our qa testers to conduct regular website tests.
Ensure full compliance on the website with all laws and regulations.
Knowledge, skills, abilities:
Expertise in creating work breakdown structures for website projects
Deep understanding of development sprints, user stories and backlogs
Solid knowledge and experience with marketing technology including: sitecore, joomla, wordpress, aws, jira
Proficiency in html, xhtml, css design, cross-browser and cross-platform compatibility, firewalls (functionality and maintenance), access, mysql and javascript.
Passion for web development and knowledge of the industry`s growth and best-practice standards
Strong ability to understand capacity, dependencies and risks
Strong attention to detail with an analytical mind and outstanding problem-solving skills.
Excellent time management and organizational skills and experience establishing guidelines in these areas for others
Excellent documentation skills
Known for transparency and promoting a teamwork mentality in a high-level collaborative environment
Experience:
Bachelor`s degree or related work experience
Three – five years’ experience in website development or equivalent experience within marketing technology
Strong understanding of how distributed systems and mobile technology products work.
Direct experience in managing technical integrations with outside parties and coordination with development teams.
Experience managing engineering/development projects using agile methodologies (scrum preferred)
Expert using jira, workfront or other related project management functions
Experience with client-facing applications, cms integrations
Experience working with restful apis
Experience with agile development workflows and jira
Experience with aws and/or azure cloud platforms a plus
Experience with sitecore a plus
Exposure or experience with amazon web services
Equal employment opportunity:
At penn foster we are proud to be an equal employment opportunity employerWe are committed to creating a work environment that embraces and celebrates diversityWe do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other status protected under federal, state, or local law.
About us:
At penn foster, we are dedicated to helping over 300,000 students each year achieve their goals through affordable, accessible, career-focused learningOur mission has remained the same since 1890: to enhance the lives of our students and clients through the acquisition of skills and credentials that can help them work toward their career and life goalsTogether with our extensive partner network of leading employers, community-based organizations, and academic institutions, we close skills gaps and are building a workforce that’s prepared for the future job marketWe aim to help businesses thrive by mobilizing their individual workers and energizing communities with opportunities for growth and progressWe are proud to play a role in the success of over 80% percent of our graduates that see improvement within their careers, as they inspire us to keep finding new ways to further our reach and broaden horizonsJoin the penn foster movement and start working toward a better future today.
What we offer:
We offer a competitive base salary, plus a robust benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, flexible spending, generous paid time off, sponsored volunteer opportunities, parking & commuter benefits, a 401k with a company match, plus free access to all of our online programs.
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