Project Manager

Position: Project Manager  

Location: Onsite in Tustin, CA

Pay: 85k-110 Salary DOE

Position Summary:

We are seeking a highly skilled, driven, and motivated Project Manager to work directly with the Zigzy leadership team. This is an excellent opportunity for a Project Manager to collaborate with talented individuals to achieve and develop new goals and ultimately reach new levels of success. 

This individual will need to be very detail oriented, have multiple project management methods and methodologies such as Waterfall, Agile, Six Sigma, etc., be able to manage multiple projects and ideas at any given time, help take on the responsibility of helping various teams plan and execute projects to achieve business goals, create project plans, track team's progress against that plan, communicate with stakeholders, and remove any barriers that might prevent a team for being successful all while maintaining a collaborative, upbeat and can do attitude. As leaders, it is imperative that they promote a culture of teamwork, collaboration, and success.

This position is part of Zigzy, a next-gen content syndication company engineered for scalable, consistent growth

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following in addition to routine daily duties. Other duties may be assigned.

• Managing the day-to-day operational aspects of Business, Operational and Technical projects.
• Being responsible for all aspects of a project from the design stage through to completion and handover to the Executives and Stakeholders.
• Writing up all project documentation.
• Submitting progress reports to stakeholders, senior managers clients.
• Setting the standards and methodology to be used in a project.
• Creating a working environment that allows everyone to work to the best of their abilities.
• Taking responsibility of projects through their entire lifecycle.
• Properly scoping a project.
• Managing project budgets.
• Managing project resources.
• Communicating with stakeholders to clarify the desired outcome of a project.
• Ensuring that all relevant processes are followed on projects.
• Administering the allocation of jobs and budgets on a project.
• Managing project personnel within the scope of the role to achieve project objectives.
• Manage cross functional teams.
• Regularly review and analyses the project scope.
• Managing Stakeholder expectations.
• Identifying project risks.
• Driving cross-functional project teams.
• Taking into account Stakeholders interests.
• Ensuring that the highest quality standards are met.

Desired Competencies:

1. Highly detail oriented, proactive, self-directed
2. Good communicator
3. Strong internal and external customer focus
4. Ability to deal with ambiguous situations
5. Must have demonstrated ability to collaborate and work well with others
6. Excellent verbal and written communication and listening skills
7. Has knowledge of commonly used terminology, concepts and practices and procedures within the Marketing/Social Media industry
8. Knowledge and awareness of Project Management principles, documents and plans
9. Good facilitation and analytical skills
10. Ability to deliver results on time, on budget, and to the very highest standards
11. Ability to quickly gain the technical, behavioral and contextual elements of a project
12. Running large- and small-scale projects
13. Project reporting
14. Stakeholder management
15. Good business writing and math skills

Desired Education/Experience:

Bachelor’s Degree, and Project Management Certification: PM, PMP, Certified SM/PO, LSSBB; 5 years’ experience in this field of work is preferred; Marketing/Social Media Experience preferred.

Other Duties: This job may require frequent sitting or standing for long periods of time. This job profile is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of job duties and responsibilities, as one may perform additional related duties as assigned in order to meet the needs of the organization.

Work Authorization: Must be able to verify identity and employment eligibility to work in the U.S.

[EOE/M/F/D/V. Drug-free workplace.]

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