We are looking for a Technical Ecommerce Project Manager to ensure successful scoping, implementation, and delivery of technical solutions for several ecommerce teams. Reporting to the Director of PMO, this role is a critical link between product, engineering, QA, and marketing. You should be skilled at partnering with stakeholders to ensure milestones are clearly defined and documented and you will be critical in driving progress of the work. 

ABOUT ACEABLE 

Aceable is a mobile education platform focused on creating affordable, engaging, and convenient online courses available across all mobile devices. Built by former teachers, NASA engineers, and those passionate about education, the Austin-based team is obsessed with helping people reach life goals and milestones through online certification. 

After launching its first mobile app to provide accredited driver's ed courses, Aceable expanded into real estate education and is quickly becoming one of the leading online real estate schools in the U.S. To date, the Aceable team adds hundreds of thousands of students per month, and touts more than 20 million students served. We're only getting started, and we need your help to get us to our vision of millions of students per month. 

Aceable has been awarded as one of the Best Places to Work in Austin for multiple years running by numerous entities, such as the Austin Business Journal, BuiltInAustin, and EqualOcean. We actively work to foster a creative, collaborative, and diverse culture whose overall mission is to impact as many student-lives as possible. 

ABOUT YOUR NEW TEAM

The Aceable PMO team is redefining how a PMO functions in an organization. Our team enables success across the entire company. In some cases, that means researching and documenting state regulations, in other instances, it’s cross-functional waterfall project management, and in yet other cases, it’s coordinating the technical implementation of ecommerce tests and solutions across multiple product lines using Agile methodologies. We also have members of our team who are scrum masters embedded in the engineering teams.  

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Execute operationally against day to day issues
• Work with product management to drive roadmap items to fruition
• Use established project management methodologies/tools, work with team to successfully manage complex project scopes of work(s), which include – defining work effort and estimates, developing effective team execution plan(s), supporting teamwork effort by removing impediments, anticipating issues, and ensuring that the right parties are engaged to resolve problems. Assists in tracking burn analysis, team velocity, etc.
• Manage multiple complex projects simultaneously
• Raise issues early to resolve them to closure 
• Plan, monitor, and track delivery of quality control and take corrective action as appropriate
• Work in coordination with the director to develop project policy, procedures, and standards
• Communicate project information to all project team members, stakeholders, and DevOps managers, as appropriate
• Plan and execute pre and post implementation, keeps change log updated
• Anticipate strategic impact to projects (inter dependencies to/from other projects) Coordinate with appropriate parties
• Support special projects as requested by management as needed based upon expertise required for difficult or complex problems
• Assist in determining project budget (resources) and project team capacity
• Demonstrate good judgment and depth of experience in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions
• Understand project thoroughly and the cause and effect of team decisions
• Recommend project strategy. Clearly articulate explanations of complex regulatory and project issues/risks to team members and management within the organization.
• Orchestrate across multiple areas meetings to develop risk mitigation strategies and address critical issues.
• Build effective partnerships with marketing stakeholders, developers, QA Team, and product managers.
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with team and management.
• Provide leadership and encourage teamwork throughout all levels of the organization.
• Collaborate with Marketing, Product, Engineering, and QA managers to identify ways to resolve critical problems.
• Elevate project issues to Director of PMO

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

• 4+ years of relevant ecomm project management experience 
• Prior ecommerce agency experience in a Project Manager or Producer role 
• Proven track record of delivering successful ecommerce projects 
• Strong command of standard Project Management methodologies such as Waterfall or Agile 
• Strong organizational skills and detail oriented 
• Strong leadership, negotiation, and interpersonal skills 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills between both the stakeholders and all levels within the organization are required
• Have a love for process and exceptional attention to detail 
• Enjoy a challenge and are eager to grow 
• Enjoy fostering and developing strong relationships between the members of your team and stakeholders to deliver upon project requirements efficiently and effectively 
• Are excited to work on high traffic, high profile websites with complex requirements

ACEABLE PERKS 

• Join one of Austin's Best Places to Work in 2021 
• Competitive pay and benefits
• Generous time off programs
• Flexible work schedule
• Passionate, high-achieving teammates excited to help you succeed and learn
• Our own space on the top floor of a downtown building
• A team meal every week 
• Fully stocked drink fridges and snacks + cold brew coffee on tap
• Company events & activities (Holiday events, happy hours, quarterly volunteering)
• Free parking spot downtown in our garage 24/7 or a monthly transportation stipend 
• Education stipend ($500/year/employee)
• Free Roadside Assistance subscription
• NOTE: Our team is currently remote due to Covid-19 and we have some awesome virtual perks that come with it (trivia, karaoke, bingo, happy hours, lunch & learns, and more)

At Aceable we celebrate and support all differences. Aceable is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital, disability, and veteran status.