Project Coordinator- Travel Required

MediaNews Group; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); Remote; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401k

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Job summary

MediaNews Group is seeking a Project Manager to guide agile teams through product development, balancing scope, schedule, and cost while mitigating risks. You will coach the team, lead Scrum activities, and keep stakeholders updated on progress in a remote-capable role based in the United States, with residency allowed in PA and other states.

The role requires experience in agile project management, strong communication, and familiarity with PM tools like Jira, Trello, and Asana.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of project management experience
• Experience in digital media preferred
• PM certification preferred
• Familiarity with Jira/Trello/Asana and other PM tools

Responsibilities

• Lead all aspects of the project, including planning, execution, timely delivery, functionality, quality, issue tracking and communication
• Maintain accountability for project delivery to the PMO, business owner and stakeholders
• Create initial project planning documentation, including assumptions/constraints, success measures, risk and change control plans
• Report progress, risks and issues to management and stakeholders and resolve blockers
• Facilitate agile ceremonies and ensure alignment with SDLC standards and company strategy

Skills

Agile project management

Stakeholder communication

Risk management

Leadership

Education

PMP or CSM certification

Tools

Jira

Trello

Asana

Job description

A Project Manager at MediaNews Group is responsible for the flow of work through product development and acts as a servant leader and coach for an agile team. You will lead the team via agile practices, ensuring that the agreed-upon process is followed. In a larger project management context, you will be responsible for balancing the competing needs of scope, schedule, and cost, while uncovering and monitoring risks. Finally, the Project Manager keeps stakeholders apprised of the status of a project or ongoing product development and is highly visible throughout the organization.

You will be running a scrum team and playing the role of project manager on a larger program as needed. Although this is a remote role, candidates must reside in CO, FL, IL, MA, MN, OH, OK, PA, or TX.

Responsibilities

• Apply agile and occasional waterfall methodologies and Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) practices to initiatives from idea to launch and beyond, while ensuring alignment with SDLC standards and company strategy
• Lead all aspects of the project, including planning, execution, timely delivery, functionality, quality, issue tracking, and communication
• Maintain accountability for project delivery to the PMO, business owner, and stakeholders
• Create initial project planning documentation, including assumptions/constraints, measures of success, quality measures, risks, mitigation plans, issues, dependencies, schedules, and change control strategy
• Report progress, risks, and issues to management and project stakeholders; track risks, risk mitigation, known issues, change requests, and change impact in writing, and work to resolve blockers to completion
• Contribute to quarterly planning, Scrum of Scrums, all other agile ceremonies, and the project management community of practice
• Lead by facilitation using standard scrum and scaled agile methodologies
• Enforce the priorities of the work to be performed, as determined with the product owner, business owner, and project stakeholders; obtain product manager and client sign-off on key project deliverables
• Conduct post-project reviews, lessons-learned discussions, and retrospectives
• Draft and create project archives and process improvement plans based on lessons learned and retrospectives; Add project documentation to the repository for use in future projects

Qualifications

• Project management platform familiarity (Jira, Trello, Asana, etc.)
• Web technology platform knowledge preferred
• Experience in digital media strongly preferred
• Agile project management training and at least 2 years of experience
• Previous project management experience
• PMP or CSM certification preferred

Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to geographic location, education, work experience, time in role, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, the Company offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, life and disability insurance, 401k, as well as paid time off and select paid holidays (all benefits are based on eligibility).

MediaNews Group is a leading local news provider and digital marketing partner, with a 175+ year history dedicated to delivering impactful journalism and advertising that informs, inspires, and engages readers across diverse, local communities. With a portfolio of 77 daily and over 150 weekly publications nationwide, our products reach 47.2 million readers monthly with essential local news and information, including through brands such as: The Denver Post, San Jose's The Mercury News, Boston Herald, Saint Paul Pioneer Press, The Orange County Register, and more. The Product & Technology team's mission is to create people-centric digital technology that empower our local news and partners by putting people, product, and performance first. Our team builds product experiences across MediaNews Group's entire digital portfolio, including local news publications and the Adtaxi digital marketing agency. At MediaNews Group, you’ll join a team that values expertise, continuous learning, and autonomy, while embracing business agility through decentralized decision-making and scaled agile principles.

“All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.