Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Pitchup.com is an award-winning and quickly expanding travel site that makes it easy to book camping, glamping, and caravan sites. They are seeking a Technical Project Manager to help their software engineers deliver high-quality products and services, overseeing project planning, team management, and technical expertise.
Responsibilities
- Define the project scope, objective and deliverables
- Track and report on project progress, mitigating risks and removing roadblocks
- Lead and motivate a team of software engineers, setting goals, mentoring/coaching and overseeing their general wellbeing
- Utilise technical background to shape the software development lifecycle
- Provide feedback on technical design, architecture and code changes
- Resolve technical challenges faced by the team
- Continue to enhance and grow the testing process
- Participate in code reviews to identify and address defect or areas of improvement
- Maintain comprehensive project documentations and capture key learning to inform improvements
Skills
- Proven experience (5 - 7 years) as a Technical Project Manager or similar role, managing software engineering projects
- Previous experience of reporting to a Founder or Senior Leadership team
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, capable of collaborating effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- In-depth knowledge of software development methodologies (e.g., Agile, Scrum) and project management tools
- Hands-on technical expertise in software development, programming languages, and frameworks
- Preference for a career history of working in small, high growth scale up organisations over larger corporations
- Ideally worked for an e-commerce, online marketplace or OTA business
- Exposure to our tech-stack would be advantageous
- Project Management or Agile certifications are advantageous
Benefits
- £500 to spend annually on learning & development at Udemy and whatever software you need
- Choice of technology
- Work-from-home office equipment allowance
- 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays (pro-rated for part-time employees)
- Pension matched to 4%, private healthcare, life insurance, critical illness cover and income protection - for peace of mind
- Discounts including: gym memberships, sports equipment, Caffe Nero, Odeon cinema and various hotel and retail outlets
- Great staff discounts on Pitchup bookings across thousands of properties in 70 countries
- Employee assistance helpline, in case you ever need someone to talk to, with access to get-fit programmes, nutrition advice, financial and legal advice and counselling
- Enhanced paternity and maternity leave
- Cycle to work scheme
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