Project Manager

Paradigm; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Paradigm is seeking a Project Manager to drive customer implementations from planning through launch. You will create clear project objectives, manage scope, cost, time, and quality, and coordinate cross-functional teams across Jira, MS Project, and Mavenlink.

You will balance waterfall, Agile and hybrid approaches, ensure timely updates, and maintain single-source project documentation. Strong communication and relationship-building with customers are essential for success.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of demonstrated success as a Project Manager.
• Experience working within the software industry; startup or high-growth experience preferred.
• Excellent organizational skills with a strong attention to detail.
• Strong communication skills; ability to translate complex messages and articulate benefits & tradeoffs.
• Strong problem-solving ability to lead a team of non-direct reports.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the overall success of implementations by planning, executing, and closing customer projects.
• Provide planning & resource scheduling, tracking team workload and communicating bottlenecks.
• Follow up with team on action items and project updates, holding individuals accountable to commitments.
• Provide risk & issue management, spot & minimize potential project risks and delays.
• Responsible for scope management, including internal & external communication.
• Work in a blended environment of waterfall, Agile and hybrid across customers with Project Management tools (Jira, MS Project, Mavenlink).
• Create & maintain project documentation that is the single source of truth about a project.
• Provide hands on project management during analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, launch & post launch phases.
• Strong focus on customer satisfaction and relationship building.

Skills

Project management

Software industry experience

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Problem solving

Tools

Jira

MS Project

Mavenlink

Job description

Paradigm is a software company transforming the way that the residential, construction & building product industries operate across the globe. We are looking for a Project Manager to be part of revolutionizing these industries. We are building the future with modern software engineering, agent-assisted systems, and mobile-first experiences. We are powered by our parent company, Builders FirstSource (NYSE: BLDR): a Fortune 300 company with over $23 billion in revenue and more than 29,000 employees across 550+ locations, BFS is redefining construction through data, digital infrastructure, and AI-powered innovation.

The Project Manager is responsible for the overall success of implementations by planning, executing, and closing customer projects. In addition to being responsible for supporting the administrative, scheduling, and communication-related activities for customer projects, the Project Manager is responsible for creating clear and attainable project objectives, building the project requirements, and managing the associated constraints of the project of cost, time, scope, and quality.

What You Will Do

• Responsible for creating clear & attainable project objectives, building out project requirements & managing the associated constraints of the project including cost, time, scope & quality.
• Provide planning & resource scheduling. This will include tracking the team workload and communicating bottlenecks & resource availability proactively.
• Follow up with team on action items & project updates, holding individuals & team members accountable to commitments.
• Provide risk & issue management, spot & minimize potential project risks and/or issues that might delay the project completion.
• Responsible for scope management, including both internal & external communication.
• Work in a blended environment of waterfall, Agile and hybrid across customers with Project Management tools (Jira, MS Project, Mavenlink).
• Create & maintain project documentation that is the single source of truth about a project to keep teams aligned & informed.
• Provide hands on project management during analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, launch & post launch phases.
• Strong focus on customer satisfaction and relationship building.

What You Need To Succeed

• 3+ Years of demonstrated success as a Project Manager.
• Experience working within the software industry. Start up or high growth experience highly preferred.
• Excellent organizational skills with a strong attention to detail.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical messages, spotlight benefits & tradeoffs to provide clarity & direction.
• You are a strong problem solver with the ability to lead a team of non-direct reports to push the solution & progress.