Project Manager

Summary

Join Coforma's growing, distributed team as a detail-oriented Project Manager leading a team of Accessibility Specialists. You will manage a portfolio of projects, coordinate teams, and ensure successful project delivery. The ideal candidate possesses strong situational awareness, leads cross-functionally, and assists in developing company processes. This US-based remote position offers a competitive salary ($117,420 to $143,170 annually) and benefits. The role requires experience in project management and working with diverse teams in an agency setting. Passion for accessibility and improving lives through digital products is essential.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional work experience
• Minimum of 2 years of experience as a Project Manager, Delivery Manager, Scrum Master, or Product Manager
• Experience in an agency setting managing small- to large-scale digital design and development projects
• Experience working with product, design, and engineering teams as a cohesive unit and maintaining open lines of communication in a multi-disciplinary environment
• Passion for learning, ability to create and adapt systems, and ability to collaborate with creative, technical, and business stakeholders and team members
• Experience using agile frameworks like Lean, Scrum, Kanban, and Test-Driven Development (TDD)
• Experience working cross-functionally with strategists, product designers, developers, communications, and other disciplines
• Experience managing milestones, dependencies, communications, and stakeholder expectations
• Strong organizational skills and keen attention to detail
• Ability to communicate clearly in writing and orally (whether verbally or through assistive technologies/aids) to increase transparency
• Strong competency in situational awareness, situational leadership, and conflict mitigation and resolution
• Ability to nurture relationships to help drive prioritization across multiple projects and create ecosystems of success
• A proactive, empathetic, persistent, positive, and growth mindset
• Full-time resident of the contiguous United States (must be legally authorized to work in the US now and in the future without sponsorship)
• Applicants selected for this position may be subject to a government security clearance and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information related to the nature of some of our client's work

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary point of contact and proactively build relationships with stakeholders and project partners
• Understand the team’s objectives, systems, and capabilities in order to make decisions about project priorities and help resolve issues
• Implement and manage project onboarding templates and processes, including educating team members on roles, responsibilities, and project processes
• Day-to-day management and oversight of projects, including scope, schedule, cost/budget, risk, quality, and resources
• Build and develop the project team to enable optimal performance by providing purpose, direction, and motivation and creating holistic success for everyone involved
• Manage the team’s velocity and continually improve our processes for organizing and completing the work
• Coordinate with partner teams to ensure alignment, build understanding, identify and resolve conflicts, and ensure successful outcomes
• Report risks, successes, progress, backlog, and failures to stakeholders in a timely, clear, and efficient manner
• Monitor time tracking for the team, ensuring all members are tracking time regularly and accurately
• Assist with contract coordination by verifying invoices, data checking modifications, tracking options exercised and funding as well as roles allocated, providing deliverable reporting, compliance and risk efforts, etc
• Lead the team and drive results related to contractual objectives and support accessible outcomes
• Foster a culture of accessibility across our customers through training and mentorship programs
• Track key performance indicators, metrics, key results and report progress to stakeholders
• Contribute to the creation and maintenance of accessibility documentation and resources

Preferred Qualifications

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
• Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM) or SAFe® Scrum Master (SSM) certification
• Understanding and familiarity with accessibility constraints, patterns, components, and templates
• Knowledge of WCAG and comfort with answering questions about accessibility best practices
• Experience working with web accessibility testing tools and assistive technologies
• 2+ years of experience working on a remote team or remote freelancing
• Prior professional services, government, federal, or private consulting experience
• Comfortable collaborating with product owners and designers to integrate accessibility into the development lifecycle
• Familiar with both automated and manual testing methods
• Comfortable using various forms of assistive technology (Ex. VoiceOver, JAWS, Talkback, Axe, etc.)

Benefits

• Unlimited paid time off along with paid holidays
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• A 401(k) plan with an employer match
• Internet, phone, and home office stipends
• A professional development fund along with numerous growth opportunities