Associate Project Manager

Acquia is the open-source digital experience company. We provide the world's most ambitious brands with technology (built around Drupal) that allows them to embrace innovation and create customer moments that matter. At Acquia, we believe in the power of community and collaboration - giving our customers the freedom to build tomorrow on their terms.

Headquartered in the U.S., we have been named as one of North America’s fastest-growing software companies as reported by Deloitte and Inc. Magazine, and have been rated a leader by the analyst community and named one of the Best Places to Work by the Boston Business Journal. We are Acquia. We are building for the future of the web, and we want you to be a part of it. 

We are looking for an Associate Project Manager to lead the continuous delivery of Acquia’s industry-leading Cloud and SaaS products using Agile processes. You will report to the Manager of Drupal Cloud Programs, and drive programs through the entire project lifecycle. You will also have responsibility and authority for managing milestones, schedules and processes required to track and deliver the products, and communicating and mitigating risks in the context of time-to-market requirements.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work with a motivated cross-functional team, make data-driven decisions, and be a significant contributor to Acquia’s success. Your passion for creating reliable and repeatable systems, critical thinking, in-depth technical and business acumen, exceptional project management, communication and interpersonal skills will motivate our teams and establish trust across cross-functional and cross-organizational stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Drive the programs product lifecycle: Work closely with product managers, product owners, software engineering managers, design leads, software engineers, QA, DevOps, operations managers, support and other critical stakeholders to get high-quality products and features through the software project lifecycle (build, test and release on time) as agilely as possible.
• Manage schedules and budgets of multi track projects: Clarify and drive commitments and priorities, establish and maintain clear chains of accountability, and clearly communicate to stakeholders.
• Address bottlenecks and risks: Provide escalation management, anticipate and make tradeoffs, balance the business needs versus technical constraints, and encourage risk-taking behavior to maximize business benefit.
• Understand release interdependencies and look for areas to improve: Drive towards solutions for delivering complex, multi-tiered cloud systems.
• Take responsibility and ownership: Own release schedules and milestones, keeping up the high momentum of our fast-paced environment.
• Partner with multiple teams: Reconcile the priorities of multiple cross-functional teams to ensure the timely delivery of products, and establish trust across all stakeholders.

Key requirements:

• 1-2 years of relevant industry experience
• Excellent written and verbal skills; maturity, judgment, negotiation/influence skills, analytical skills, and leadership skills
• Familiarity with Agile processes and the software development lifecycle
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate and lead cross-functional teams
• Demonstrated analytical skills
• Experience overseeing and creating processes
• Familiarity with or desire to learn about Cloud technologies, distributed systems, and the latest trends in networking, storage, and data centers
• Passion to improve processes, increase velocity, and promote empathetic, collaborative relationships a must

Individuals seeking employment at Acquia are considered without regard to race, color, religion, caste, creed, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, or sexual orientation. Whatever you answer will not be considered in the hiring process or thereafter.

Individuals seeking employment at Acquia are considered without regard to race, color, religion, caste, creed, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, or sexual orientation. Whatever you answer will not be considered in the hiring process or thereafter.