Project Manager - iCrossing TEST

Hearst; Scottsdale (AZ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

iCrossing, a Hearst-backed marketing and technology partner, is seeking a Project Manager to join the Delivery Solutions team. You will own coordination, communication, and risk mitigation on technology-focused projects within a collaborative engagement, acting as a bridge among strategy, design, and engineering groups.

The role emphasizes Agile delivery, stakeholder communication, and ensuring projects run on time, within budget, and to high quality.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of project management experience in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience leading digital transformation and CX projects.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage project budgets, billing, and time tracking.
• Lead Agile/Scrum delivery and track sprint progress.
• Maintain project plans and resource assignments.
• Develop relationships with stakeholders across teams.
• Drive on-time, within-budget delivery with quality.

Skills

Project management

Scrum/Agile

Communication

Cross-functional teamwork

Stakeholder management

Tools

JIRA

Job description

About Us

iCrossing is a Hearst-backed marketing and technology partner built for how brands grow today. As outcomes architects , we bring together strategy, media, experience, engineering, data, and AI to build connected digital systems that improve performace, strengthen customer experiences, and support measurable business growth.

Our work is grounded in data-backed strategy, modern digital visibility, and connected execution. We help brands perform now while transforming for what’s next, designing the platforms, content, media, and operating models that help them move faster, learn smarter, and scale what works.

At iCrossing, you’ll work with teams across marketing, technology, and experience to solve complex client challenges with strategic breadth and executional depth. As part of Hearst , we combine agency agility with access to powerful data, insights, audiences, content, and technology capabilities.

Your Impact

iCrossing is looking for a strong team player to join their Delivery Solutions team. As a Project Manager you will be owning coordination, communication, and risk mitigation on projects as part of a larger engagement team, ensuring your project runs smoothly. These projects will have a strong emphasis on Technology, though Project Managers are expected to work collaboratively and effectively with Strategy and Design/UX team members.

What you’ll do

• Manage project budgets, billing, and time tracking.

• Manage project workstreams through the full development lifecycle while serving as a primary communication point with client’s other technology partners

• Lead Agile ways of working within a Scrum framework for project delivery.

• Responsible for tracking sprint progress and managing program backlogs.

• Provide senior Delivery team members inputs in support of pricing, proposals, and Statements of Work / Change Orders.

• Develop meaningful relationships with managers across iCrossing service disciplines, external partners and vendors, including offshore and near shore teams.

• Develop a strong understanding of clients’ business models and work with senior delivery team members to align project execution tactics around these needs.

• Maintain project plans, resource assignments, and other project related documents and publish to appropriate stakeholders, including regular updates to iCrossing’s resource planning system.

• Drive successful completion of projects on-time, in-budget, and with agreed quality.

• Responsible for continuously re-evaluating the processes and plans to adjust for new information, changing risks, shifting priorities, and schedules.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Who you are

• Minimum of 3 years of project management experience in a fast paced, business solutions focused environment. Preferably, in projects focused customer experience, digital transformation (strategy/solution to design/UX to tech implementation), and content development.

• Knowledge of Scrum, Agile, or Lean methodologies required. Scrum Master Certification is a plus.

• Experience with JIRA or similar products for tracking user stories and defects.

• Comfortable working with technical teams and have an appetite for increasing technical knowledge

• Experience managing cross functional teams.

• Effective communicator both written and oral.

• Ability to adapt to rapidly changing business needs and priorities.

• Detail oriented with great problem solving and time management skills.

• Positive “can do” attitude with a focus on the success of the team over individual successes.

• Applies ingenuity and determination to find the best possible options to support business needs.

• Takes ownership of outstanding issues, is accountable, and establishes a high level of credibility with others in the organization

• Respects other people’s opinions and suggestions and works to create an “environment of trust.”