Project Manager (United States)

Red Oak Technologies is a leading provider of comprehensive resourcing solutions across a variety of industries and sectors including IT, Marketing, Finance, Business Operations, Manufacturing and Engineering.

Our client is in the retail apparel and fashion sector. They are looking for a Project Manager, Direct-to-Consumer Portfolio to join their team. This role is a CONTRACT position. Position will be REMOTE . Candidate must be residing within the United States of America in order to be considered for the role.

**Remote**

**Must be able to work on Pacific or Central time zone hours**

**Experience in retail apparel or fashion preferred **

**Seeking Direct-to-Consumer, DTC, D2C, or Direct to Consumer experience**

Position Duties:

• Leading daily scrum calls and managing project teams in a geographically distributed environment
• Interacting extensively with both technical and functional team members and ensuring alignment of requirements and deliverables
• Owning and driving all aspects of the project lifecycle - daily standups, sprint retrospectives, backlog grooming, planning, requirements gathering, design reviews, user testing, product demos and release planning
• Authoring epics, features, stories, and acceptance criteria in JIRA and Confluence.
• Managing issue backlog, coordinating flow of work from planning to requirements gathering to development to release
• Capturing key issues, decisions, facilitating resolution and mitigating production risks
• Building project plans, tracking, and managing comprehensive project schedules and monitoring/measuring progress on an on-going basis
• Clearly and concisely communicating project details, including timeline, risks & issues, across all levels of the organization
• Identifying and analyzing preliminary business needs, defining project scope and objectives; developing project schedules, resourcing estimates, and gaining stakeholders’ consent
• Managing and leading user acceptance testing involving cross functional teams
• Assisting with other responsibilities based on business needs.

Position Requirements:

• At least 7 years of experience working as a project manager managing business and IT projects supporting eCommerce teams in a Retail space
• At least 7 years of experience as a scrum master working within a hybrid team structure
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and ability to work with people at various levels of the organization including senior management.
• Self-motivated, proactive, and capable of managing multiple priorities and projects.
• Ability to work on cross-functional projects involving multiple partners within and external to the organization
• Proven working knowledge of both traditional and agile project methodology and success with delivering projects on time, on budget, and with high quality.
• Experience using office tools, Microsoft Excel, Project, SharePoint, Visio, and PowerPoint.
• Proficient in Agile management tools like JIRA and Confluence
• Proficient in Project Management tools like Smartsheet
• Should be available to facilitate and host early AM meetings to support Europe team members

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