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Technical Project Manager

*remote positions available in CA, CO, FL, GA, MA, NH, TX, UT, VA, WA only

Position Intro

Linden Lab, a pioneer in the creation of virtual worlds, has been in business since 2003 and is best known for “Second Life”, the world’s largest user-generated economy.

Primary Functions

The Technical Project Manager will help ensure that Second Life is successful in its major initiatives and projects by planning, executing, and finalizing technology projects within the constraints of budget and time. This will require defining the objectives of the project, coordinating team members’ activities, ensuring the project meets its various milestones and overseeing quality-control of the product at its various stages.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for process, planning, and tracking execution throughout project life cycles.
• Develop full-scale project plans and associated communication documents.
• Identify, communicate, and monitor efforts to mitigate risks that might affect project quality and/or expectations.
• Work closely with individuals and teams to coordinate the efforts of interdependent groups toward the timely deployment of feature specific environments, ensuring that progress is not impeded.
• Work closely with individuals and teams to continually improve processes, identify and address pain points, and celebrate achievements.
• Own communications for all aspects of project delivery with internal customers, product, and other stakeholders.
• Work closely with internal stakeholders to strategize and communicate project timelines while removing roadblocks for the engineering teams and anticipating potential resource conflicts.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education or work experience.
• 3+ years of experience in a project management capacity- actively involved with all aspects of project development and execution.
• Strong familiarity with software development tools including ticket tracking systems (IE Jira, Basecamp, etc), team collaboration tools (Slack, Zoom, Hangouts, etc), and reporting tools.
• Experience with development in a complex large scale product that is continuously available and upgraded "on the fly".
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Good negotiation and conflict management skills.
• Strong ability to plan, manage, and complete multiple projects concurrently.

Travel Requirements

No travel required

Physical Demands & Work Environment

The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use the computer and communicate with coworkers in an office environment. The employee frequently is required to stand or sit to complete work and may occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.

Linden Lab seeks to maintain a diverse and welcoming workplace; therefore candidates from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

Fine Print :

The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees in this job. They are not intended to be construed, as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified.