Junior Technical Project Manager

JR United Kingdom; Derby; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading football media company is looking for a Junior Technical Project Manager. In this role, you will manage software engineering projects, oversee project delivery, mitigate risks, and collaborate across teams. We value a growth mindset and strong communication skills, aiming for excellence in project management.

Qualifications

• Experience leading frontend and backend technical projects.
• Strong experience managing software engineering sprint planning.
• Proficient in agile methodologies like Scrum and Kanban.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily standups and ceremonies with software engineering teams.
• Create project plans and ensure delivery frameworks are followed.
• Track project performance and provide updates to stakeholders.

Skills

Agile Project Management

Technical Problem Solving

Resource Management

Communication

Team Collaboration

Tools

Jira

Click Up

Job description

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Footballco is the world's leading football media company, built for the next generation of fans. Our mission is to give fans more of the game by building football communities that entertain, inform, and inspire action. We cover everything in football from news and analysis, original reporting, and social media content, to web stores, video, podcasts, newsletters, and live scores. With over 3 billion video views per month, 100 million social followers globally, and a reach of 650 million across web, social, and video platforms, Footballco is the world’s largest football media company and one of the largest digital media companies in sport globally.

About the Role

The Junior Technical Project Manager will be responsible for delivering end to end projects and feature requests against the technology department product roadmap.

Reporting into the Technical Program Manager, the position will work alongside product managers, designers and engineering team leads to manage the delivery of key projects and feature requests, focusing on prioritising items that add the greatest value to Footballco and making sure items are delivered to agreed timescales.

A core responsibility of the Junior Technical Project Manager will be managing daily standups and ceremonies and working closely with the engineering team leads to optimise the engineering teams time and resources. Assisting engineering team leads and principle in technical problem solving and agreeing on resources capable of delivering specific epics.

The Junior Technical PM will instill the process designed by the program manager to manage the global delivery of the product roadmap. Making sure project plans, designs, requirements, technical specs are of a good quality and all projects are monitored and managed in appropriate tools. Providing stakeholders with updated and helping technical leaders to prioritise against available resources

What You'll be doing:

• Global delivery of key items on the technology roadmap
• Technical problem solving with engineering leaders to release bottlenecks in delivery
• Manage daily standups and ceremonies with software engineering teams
• Resource planning and capacity management within the software engineering teams
• With the Technical Program Manager, ensuring a project delivery framework is adhered to for all projects and feature requests
• With Product management, define each project scope, goals and deliverables
• Define the responsibilities of key stakeholders involved in each project, including senior management, customers, project teams, vendors, and other affected parties.
• Facilitate collaboration between cross-functional teams and external partners to drive project success.
• Track project performance using appropriate tools and techniques to ensure timely delivery and achievement of goals. Provide detailed reports and updates to senior technology leadership and stakeholders on project progress, risks, and performance metrics.
• Identify, manage, and escalate project risks and issues where necessary, and ensure proactive contingency planning to minimise impact on business operations.

What You Have:

• Experience leading frontend and backend technical projects
• Strong experience managing software engineering sprint planning and resource management
• Experience working with in-house development teams
• Proficient in agile project management frameworks and methodologies (scrum and Kanban)
• Previous experience using project management tools such as Jira and Click Up

Individual Skills

• Proven track record of delivering projects on time and within budget
• Growth and learning mindset, collaborator, and team player
• Strong matrix leadership skills
• excellent communication skills with comfort speaking with business stakeholders
• Strong technical problem solver
• Ability to challenge technical requirements and decisions

Footballco is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on age, race, gender, colour, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category.