IT Project Manager

As a **IT Project Manager**you oversee all development projects. As a successful Project Manager (Technical Producer), you are a great communicator with a broad knowledge of website, web app, mobile app development processes. You manage project management with relative ease while keeping your team motivated, organized, up-to-speed and on-track. You ensure all projects are successfully completed on time and in line with the budget. You are the main contact of production from start to finish. You uphold the success and delivery of the final product. You are incredibly diligent with an attention to detail and can juggle multiple projects at once.

**What You’ll Do**:
**Leadership and Expertise**:

- Oversee front-end, website, web app, and mobile app development projects.
- Ensure a deep understanding of development processes.

**Project Planning and Resource Management**:

- Forecast accurate timelines and plan development resources for each project.
- Collaborate with design and development teams to estimate, implement, and build timelines for proposals.

**Functional Requirements and Daily Operations**:

- Ensure functional requirements are clear, tracked, and achievable.
- Conduct and manage daily stand-ups, ensuring they are timely, focused, and brief.
- Verify project progress through exact ticket workflows and boards.

**Collaboration and Vision Alignment**:

- Collaborate with Design and Strategy Team’s Project Manager/Creative Directors to ensure alignment with the product vision and high-level business objectives.
- Assist in classifying, managing, and identifying risks for functional improvement requests.

**Team Management and Delivery**:

- Manage developers and QAs, guiding the team to focus on the on-time delivery of agreed products.
- Demonstrate a passionate approach to project management to establish processes and drive projects forward.

**Progress Tracking and Quality Control**:

- Track, analyze, and monitor progress throughout the development lifecycle.
- Oversee quality control to maintain high standards in deliverables.

**Client Management**:

- Educate and guide clients through 500 Designs development processes.
- Report progress to team leads, project managers, CEO, and CCO.

**Deployment and Version Control**:

- Plan deployment strategies, version control, and updates.

**What You Should Have**:

- 4+ years of technical project management experience
- Demonstrated ability to organize and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, matrixed environment
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in a dynamic environment
- Familiarity with communication platforms i.e. Slack, Google Chat, etc.
- Ability to author and refine business requirements and assist in translating those into system design specifications
- Proven track record of success in leadership position (e.g. managing developers, designers and/or coordinating with project managers)
- PLUS: Knowledge of three or more of the following: ReactJS, JavaScript, CSS, Python, Tailwind, Next, WordPress and Webflow.

**What’s In Store For You**:

- **Competitive Compensation**: Enjoy a generous salary that recognizes your skills and contributions
- **Flexibility at its Finest**: Embrace the freedom of a 100% remote work environment, giving you the autonomy to work where you're most productive
- **Rewards Galore**: Benefit from enticing company incentives and rewards that celebrate your achievements
- **Profit-share**: As a valued team member, you'll have the opportunity to partake in our profit-sharing plan
- **Health and Wellness**: Rest easy with comprehensive health coverage through our Health Card
- **Workspace Upgrade**: Enhance your home office with our workspace upgrade allowance
- **Monthly Internet Upgrade Incentive**: Enjoy monthly internet upgrade incentives to keep you connected at top speeds
- **Empowerment through Resources**: Access a plethora of training resources, including design tools, to bolster your skill set
- **Engage and Grow**: Participate in a variety of engaging internal and external company events, such as culture-building activities and enriching workshops
- **Free Lunch every Monday (a.k.a. Monchdays)**: Kickstart your week with complimentary lunch every Monday
- **Recharge and Relax**: Take advantage of paid vacation and sick leaves to ensure a healthy work-life balance
- **Work-Life Integration**: We foster a culture that values your overall well-being, allowing you to seamlessly integrate work and life

**About 500 Designs**:
Join the team of passionate problem solvers at 500 Designs, the award-winning design agency based in sunny Irvine, California. As one of the fastest-growing companies in the U.S., we're looking for talented individuals to help us tackle new challenges with wonder and curiosity.

Our 140+ person team specializes in strategy, branding, UI/UX, web design, creative, and development, providing clients with top-notch solutions that make a real impact. From crafting comprehensiv