Description:
Use your project management skills to change the world for animals! The PETA Foundation is seeking a driven Project Manager to join our team of supportive PMs, designers, developers, and QA professionals. We’re the technical folks responsible for building our websites, data systems, Salesforce orgs, and more, but we’re also compassionate people who support PETA’s mission to stop using animals for experimentation, food, clothing, or entertainment. This position is work from home, and offers professional development trainings, paid vacation, holidays, sick time, medical insurances, companion animal insurance, and so much more.
Position Objectives:
To lead small and medium web and technical projects and to provide support to other project managers and PETA and PETA Foundation staff members
What your day will look like:
• Leading cross-functional teams of designers, developers, QA, marketers, and fundraising professionals to facilitate all phases of the project lifecycle
• Effectively communicating with the team and monitoring project progress
• Collaborating with teams to establish the technical vision for the project
• Developing project schedules and business needs, holding teams accountable, and bringing projects to successful completion
• Eliciting requirements from stakeholders and using them to create clear, comprehensive, and concise requirements documentation
• Identifying risks, creating mitigation strategies, and executing them
• Drafting product testing instructions for the Quality Acceptance team and user acceptance tests for stakeholders to independently test new and updated products
• Conducting training related to features and operations of products
• Implementing established procedures to keep all project materials accurate and up-to-date
• Completing project reviews and ensuring that lessons learned are shared with the team and applied to future projects
• Delivering excellent customer service to numerous stakeholders and requesting departments
• Always recognizing the work you do helps animals everywhere
• Bachelor's degree in a related area or equivalent work experience
• 3 years of experience as a project manager or business analyst in a technical field
• Knowledge of different types of project management methodologies and tools
• Ability to understand the technical components of the projects being managed
• Demonstrated ability to gather project requirements through a variety of elicitation techniques
• Strong writing skills used to document requirements, draft project documents, and to communicate with teams day-to-day
• Demonstrated ability to anticipate problems, identify opportunities, and take a proactive approach to project management
• Excellent organizational skills, analytical skills, and attention to detail
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including ability to lead meetings and present to small audiences
• Proven ability to exercise independent judgment
• Exhibits a high level of emotional intelligence to build strong working relationships and manage difficult situations, such as competing priorities within the PMO
• Ability to manage multiple projects and tasks at one time and to prioritize daily tasks based on project requirements and business objectives
• Commitment to the objectives of the organization
Bonus qualities:
• Project management certification preferred
• Experience as a project manager for web-based and mobile app development
• Experience as a web designer or quality assurance technician
• Experience with Microsoft Office suite, Asana, WordPress, Salesforce, Google Analytics, or other similar platforms
• Knowledge of internet trends, and development and design best practices, as well as a high degree of self-motivation to stay abreast of new technology, tools, and methodologies
The salary range for this position is $61,000.00 - $81,500.00 annually. The ultimate salary within this range that will be offered to a qualified candidate will be determined based on the candidate’s experience and the cost of living in the area in which the candidate will live and work.
A list of benefits available to qualified employees is available here.
Application Deadline:
Applications for this position will be accepted until April 19, 2025.
We may fill this job opening before the deadline if we find a qualified candidate.