Project Manager

Hertz; Estero, Northern (FL, KY); Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Up to 40% off Hertz rentals

Paid Time Off

Medical, Dental & Vision plans

401(k) with company match

Parental Leave & Adoption Assistance

Educational Reimbursement & Discounts

Job summary

Hertz is seeking a strategic Project Manager to lead delivery of customer-facing products and TS initiatives across web, mobile, and platforms in the U.S. This role focuses on governance, cross-functional collaboration, and delivery excellence to improve the customer journey.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years in product delivery or transformation projects, strong Jira/Confluence/ MS Office skills, and experience coordinating multi-team launches.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in IT, CS, engineering, business, marketing, or related field.
• 7+ years of experience leading product delivery, software implementation, customer experience, or transformation projects.
• Expert level experience in Jira, Confluence, and MS Office products.
• Proven experience managing cross-functional teams for customer-facing products such as websites, mobile apps, portals, e-commerce experiences, or services.
• Strong understanding of product delivery, SDLC, Agile delivery, release management, project governance, and risk management.
• Working knowledge of user experience principles, customer journey mapping, APIs and integrations, analytics, testing practices, and business process change.
• Ability to lead multiple projects across different platforms.
• Experience coordinating launches across product, engineering, marketing, support, and operations teams.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, facilitation, analytical, and critical thinking skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of customer-facing product projects across web, mobile, e-commerce, self-service, or account experiences.
• Build and manage integrated roadmaps for feature releases, platform enhancements, modernization efforts, and customer experience improvements.
• Partner with product management, engineering, UX/UI, QA, analytics, marketing, operations, and support teams to align priorities and execute launches successfully.
• Drive execution across the product delivery lifecycle, including BAU support, requirements planning, sprint and release coordination, testing readiness, launch planning, and post-release stabilization.
• Manage interdependencies across customer journeys, front-end experiences, APIs, back-end services, third-party platforms, and operational processes.
• Establish project governance, status reporting, risk management, and decision forums to maintain alignment across business and technology stakeholders.
• Support core products and optimization efforts such as A/B testing, phased rollouts, feature adoption tracking, and customer feedback loops.
• Coordinate go-to-market readiness with marketing, training, support, and operations teams to ensure smooth customer launches and internal preparedness.
• Delivery forecasts, team capacity, vendor contributions, and project KPIs to ensure accountability and timely execution.
• Measure outcomes using product and business metrics such as adoption, conversion, engagement, retention, customer satisfaction, and benefits realization, and drive continuous improvement

Skills

Cross-functional teams leadership

Agile delivery

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, engineering, business, marketing, or related field

Tools

Jira

Confluence

MS Office

Job description

A Day in the Life:

We are seeking a strategic and customer-focused Project Manager to lead delivery of customer-facing products and support transformation initiatives across web, mobile, and platform experiences. This role is responsible for managing complex, cross-functional projects involving product enhancements, new feature launches, application modernization, systems integration, and business readiness activities that improve the end-to-end customer journey. The ideal candidate combines strong project governance and delivery leadership with a deep understanding of product development, user experience, and data-driven decision-making engagements, and customer satisfaction outcomes

What You'll Do

• Lead end-to-end delivery of customer-facing product projects across web, mobile, e-commerce, self-service, or account experiences.
• Build and manage integrated roadmaps for feature releases, platform enhancements, modernization efforts, and customer experience improvements.
• Partner with product management, engineering, UX/UI, QA, analytics, marketing, operations, and support teams to align priorities and execute launches successfully.
• Drive execution across the product delivery lifecycle, including BAU (Business as Usual) support, requirements planning, sprint and release coordination, testing readiness, launch planning, and post-release stabilization.
• Manage interdependencies across customer journeys, front-end experiences, APIs, back-end services, third-party platforms, and operational processes.
• Establish project governance, status reporting, risk management, and decision forums to maintain alignment across business and technology stakeholders.
• Support core products and optimization efforts such as A/B testing, phased rollouts, feature adoption tracking, and customer feedback loops.
• Coordinate go-to-market readiness with marketing, training, support, and operations teams to ensure smooth customer launches and internal preparedness.
• Delivery forecasts, team capacity, vendor contributions, and project KPIs to ensure accountability and timely execution.
• Measure outcomes using product and business metrics such as adoption, conversion, engagement, retention, customer satisfaction, and benefits realization, and drive continuous improvement

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, engineering, business, marketing, or related field.
• 7+ years of experience leading product delivery, software implementation, customer experience, or transformation projects.
• Expert level experience in Jira, Confluence, and MS Office products
• Proven experience managing cross-functional teams for customer-facing products such as websites, mobile apps, portals, e-commerce experiences, or services.
• Strong understanding of product delivery, SDLC, Agile delivery, release management, project governance, and risk management.
• Working knowledge of user experience principles, customer journey mapping, APIs and integrations, analytics, testing practices, and business process change.
• Ability to lead multiple projects across different platforms
• Experience coordinating launches across product, engineering, marketing, support, and operations teams.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, facilitation, analytical, and critical thinking skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP, Scrum, or related certification.
• Experience supporting customer-facing products in e-commerce, marketplace, fintech, retail, or other environments.
• Knowledge of accessibility, privacy, security, compliance, and vendor management considerations for products.
• Ability to collaborate with internal and external stakeholders across multiple functions and locations
• Flexible and adaptable; ability to work effectively in ambiguous situations
• Results driven, ability to make decisions and help solve problems
• Ability to drive process and organizational change.
• Ability to work under minimal supervision with a goal-oriented mindset.

Salary range for the position is $135,000 - $145,000. Actual salary will commensurate with experience.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

What You'll Get:

• Up to 40% off the base rate of any standard Hertz Rental
• Paid Time Off
• Medical, Dental & Vision plan options
• Retirement programs, including 401(k) employer matching
• Paid Parental Leave & Adoption Assistance
• Employee Assistance Program for employees & family
• Educational Reimbursement & Discounts
• Voluntary Insurance Programs - Pet, Legal/Identity Theft, Critical Illness
• Perks & Discounts -Theme Park Tickets, Gym Discounts & more