Job opening - Project Manager at ELC Technologies (Portland, OR)

ELC is the leading edge developer of next generation internet technologies.

Founded in 1991, we enable businesses worldwide to take full advantage of their opportunities in mobile, cloud and web applications. Our clients draw from more than a decade of sophisticated web application development experience and rely on us as a guide and partner when planning and executing strategic application deployment.

ELC has one of the world's largest and most experienced Ruby on Rails teams, and provides more than 400 years of combined application development experience in all programming languages that are relevant today. Our clients include Fortune 500 companies, major professional sports leagues, and universal media conglomerates. ELC is headquartered in Portland, Oregon, and has offices in Santa Barbara, California as well as an international subsidiary in Singapore.

We have seen excellent growth in the past year and require another ! agile project manager to join our team. We have a wide variety of projects pass through our shop from quick development of mobile applications to developing enterprise scale web applications. A potential candidate must posses an eclectic range of skills and attributes to deal with our range of projects, including high organizational skills, high energy, excellent communication skills, poise in stressful situations, selflessness and natural intrigue.

Responsibilities:

• Manage multiple projects of medium to large scale through every phase of the project.


• Organize and facilitate project planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning, and demos.


• Track and communicate team velocity and sprint /release progress with and to all affected teams and management.


• Ensure the development teams are practicing the core agile principles.


• Update! agile tracking systems to provide transparency on product and! sprint backlogs.


• Assist with internal and external communication and maintaining client relationship.


• Assist team with making appropriate commitments through story selection and task definition.


• Determine and remove obstacles that may interfere with the ability of the teams to deliver assigned goals.


• Facilitate discussion and conflict resolution; improve the productivity of the teams in any way possible.


• Provide direction to project activities to ensure successful implementation and support.


• Promote continuous improvement and help teams to increase productivity.


• Promote a collaborative team environment that fosters creativity and innovation.


• Assist in defining and deploying new product development processes and in facilitating the. continuous improvement of existing processes.

Experience:

3+ years experience in software project management.

Thorough understanding of enterprise software development processes and lifecycle.

Ability to adjust and apply technical knowledge in a dynamic environment.

Bachelor’s Degree.

Must have web development and front-end (customer facing) project experience.

Excellent team building, communication, and collaboration skills required.

If you are interested in this position please send your resume to jobs@elctech.com

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