Engineering Project Manager
Our mission is to cool the world by transforming every home to be more comfortable and healthy for the people who inhabit it - without compromising the environment. We are looking for a project manager to support the Head of Engineering with our first product’s launch efforts, while having uncompromising focus and vision for our customer’s needs.
Responsibilities
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Lead effective standups, sprint planning, backlog grooming, and sprint retrospectives.
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Give weekly updates and take useful meeting notes to share with relevant stakeholders, including changes, blockers, next steps and action items.
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Build out and keep updated quarterly and annual timelines, detailing dependencies, tasks and milestones.
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Communicate effectively to motivate others to improve productivity, including multi-tasking, being agile and flexible, giving and receiving feedback, solving problems and taking initiative.
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Identify areas which need improved resourcing, such as tasks with slipping deadlines.
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Ensure that all projects are completed on time and within budget in cooperation with management.
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Support materials procurement, purchasing, and sourcing activities.
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Write technical progress reports, communicate timeline updates, and manage grant-funded activities.
Desired Qualifications
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3+ years of project management experience in a consumer technology or related industry.
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Outstanding planning and organization skills.
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Experience managing projects involving domestic and international suppliers.
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Proven experience working in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment, with people from diverse backgrounds.
Bonus Qualifications
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Experience managing outsourced consultants and agencies.
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Experience seeing a hardware product from concept to launch.
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Experience managing and mentoring others.