The Technical Project Manager will support the Product and Engineering teams with projects, including customer-facing web sites, administrative tools, and emerging technology platforms.
This individual will be responsible for managing and tracking concurrent digital projects as well as coordinating the operational workflow across the product team. They will play a key role in supporting the Engineering teams. The ideal candidate will be detail oriented and experienced with project management and scrum. They must possess excellent verbal and written communications skills and a strong understanding of digital technologies.
What You’ll Do…
- Assess the Agile Maturity of the team and organization and coach the team on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values, self-organization and story breakdown.
- Organize and facilitate sprint ceremonies for assigned teams including backlog grooming, planning, stand-ups, reviews and retrospectives while providing direction and advice on practices and standards adopted in the project.
- Manage and identify both internal and external project risks, issues and dependencies, anticipate and remove impediments and collaborate closely with internal developers & external partners.
- Assist with backlog creation, refinement and prioritization while optimizing the flow of work for assigned teams.
- Create and report on key metrics to measure, improve and report Agile performance to stakeholders.
- Cultivate and sustain effective partnerships and foster a culture of continuous improvement to enhance effectiveness and adopt good practices.
- Be a servant leader but enforce the Agile rules.
About You…
- 2-4 years of experience as a project or program manager.
- Advanced knowledge of Agile development methodologies with technical proficiency required to participate in sprint planning.
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal with emphasis on conflict resolution, coaching, shielding the team and creating appropriate communication channels.
- Strong planning skills with emphasis on forecasting, prioritization and estimation.
- Experience working with Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) tools or similar Agile Work Management Tools.
About Us…
Progyny is a leading fertility benefits management company in the US. We are redefining fertility and family building benefits, proving that a comprehensive and inclusive fertility solution can simultaneously benefit employers, patients, and physicians. Our benefits solution empowers patients with education and guidance from a dedicated Patient Care Advocate (PCA), provides access to a premier network of fertility specialists using the latest science and technologies, reduces healthcare costs for the nation’s leading employers, and drives optimal clinical outcomes. We envision a world where anyone who wants to have a child can do so.
Our mission is to make any member’s dream of parenthood come true through a healthy, timely, and supported fertility and family building journey.
Come join a company that’s been recognized by Modern Healthcare as one of the Best Places to Work in Healthcare.
Our Perks:
- Family friendly benefits:
- Paid maternity and paternity
- Fertility benefits (including egg freezing and IVF)
- Emergency childcare program
- Parent’s group
- Health, dental, vision and life insurance options for employees and family
- Paid vacation and summer flex time
- Company equity
- Bonus program
- 401K Match
- Monday breakfasts/ Friday lunches/ healthy snacks
- Company social events
- Sit/ stand desks