Noodle is hiring a
Technical Program Manager

Summary

The job is for a Technical Project Manager at Noodle, a higher education partner that offers strategy, services, and technology to universities. The role involves managing the delivery of the Noodle Learning Platform initiatives using Agile methodologies and coordinating with various teams. The position can be based in South Africa or the United States.

Requirements

• BA or BS degree, or equivalent experience/certification in a directly related discipline
• 4+ years of technical project experience working with technology or software development teams using Agile methodologies
• Proven track record of success delivering software or technology development/implementation projects using Scrum, Kanban, or SAFE
• Availability to work US hours
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Comfort with public speaking; ability to run focused and productive meetings
• Excellent organisational, problem-solving, data-gathering, and documentation skills
• Proficiency in creating and tracking tickets and project plans using in project management tools (Jira, Confluence, Trello, Portfolio, Smartsheets, Monday.com, MS Project)
• Meticulous attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to coordinate multiple projects simultaneously
• Ability to work independently; comfort with ambiguity
• Excellent interpersonal skills; ability to work as a part of a team
• The ability to set up systems that keep all parties informed, accountable, and clear on expectations
• High emotional intelligence and the ability to work closely ‒ yet respectfully ‒ with a wide array of professionals

Responsibilities

• Partner with engineering and product management to help define a strategic roadmap and deliver on business initiatives and key metrics
• Oversee end-to-end execution and delivery for major deliverables which includes dependency management, risk assessment, and issue/conflict resolution
• Actively promote and enable consistent engineering processes and practices in alignment with Agile methodologies
• Coordinating the schedule of meetings to seek alignment and understand project blockers
• Assist Product Development Managers with product backlog maintenance and with making appropriate commitments to deliver business value through story selection, the definition of tasks, and estimation
• Track, measure and communicate team velocity and sprint progress within the agreed reporting framework
• Ensuring team members have access to the dashboards they need to monitor quality and progress towards our KPIs and OKRs
• Organize and facilitate scrum events such as sprint and release planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, demos and other meetings as needed

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience using Atlassian products (JIRA, Confluence, Trello), preferred
• Knowledge of or experience working in or with one or more of the following technologies/subject areas: Data Engineering, Data Analytics, AWS, Tableau, or Salesforce CRM, preferred
• Certified Scrum Master, CAPM or PMP certification, preffered

Benefits

• The position may be located in South Africa and travel is expected periodically for company/team events
• This is a full-time position
• Remote working (within South Africa)
• Yearly education allowance for lifelong learning
• Gym Allowance
• Internet Allowance
• Contribution to either Medical Aid or Retirement Annuity
• Work from our beautiful New York City office OR from the comfort of your home office!
• 401K + match, bonus potential, and equity opportunities
• Tools you need on us! Mac is our computer of choice
• Our insurance plan offers medical, dental, vision, short- and long-term disability coverage, plus supplementals for all employees and dependents
• Paid Parental Leave
• Pre-tax commuter benefits
• 3 weeks paid vacation + 10 paid holidays + paid sick leave
• Monthly Gym stipend and membership to premium medical services like Eden Health
• Monthly mobile connectivity stipend
• Access to mental health services like Ginger and Talkspace
• Annual education stipend for lifelong learning
• Growth - we pride ourselves on creating environments where employees can be themselves and grow within and around the company
• Salary range: $90,000 - $110,000 a year (applicable only if the successful candidate is based within the United States)