Job Opening for Technical PM, Social Media Platforms in Aquent (Sunnyvale, CA)

Responsibilities
Gather requirements to develop strategic as well as tactical and detailed project plans, objectives, and schedules that support the needs of the Marketing Communications Social team.Lead cross-functional teams to define the scope, business objectives, and required project results.Document detailed findings to collaborate on crafting an end-to-end integrated solution.Work with internal and 3rd party solution providers to identify and evaluate solutions that can seamlessly connect technology platforms for a unified workflow.Marshal resources from a matrixed functional group to build a comprehensive project plan with internal and external dependencies.Clearly assign responsibility for tasks and decisions. Lead and monitor project schedules, progress, and costs.Consolidate, communicate, and lead all issues and risks affecting the program or project.Work cross-functionally with other teams to ensure successful completion of programs and projects.Handle rollout, release, post-launch support, and issue triage.Deliver comprehensive summary of post-project metrics and areas of potential improvement, and apply insights to future efforts.
Key Qualifications
5+ years of program management experience with a demonstrated ability to conceive and deploy functional workflow solutions at scale.Deep understanding of Social media content creation, workflow and publishing systems in a high value brand.Experience with the introduction and deployment of Social Media platforms at scale is required.Experience with deploying Sprinklr as a curation and publishing platform preferred.You have an understanding of complex technical projects, have experience adapting techniques to best fit circumstances, and can quickly learn about new technologies and solutions to lead their implementation.Deep experience defining product strategy and tactical product definition, preferably in a marketing agency setting.A deep understanding of Agile product management methodologies, including experience putting product management processes in place.The ability to analyze and document detailed functional requirements to facilitate the creation of technical level-of-effort estimates.You can apply good judgment while working independently within tight timelines.Extraordinary attention to detail and dedication to excellence.You are an excellent communicator, with great interpersonal skills, who can build trusting relationships within a diverse team.You are able to create order from disorder and understand the “right” level of process to apply to different projects.You discover and eliminate complexity and ambiguity in projects to ensure clarity and establish goals and expectations for services requested.Ability to develop broad perspective of an organization and to use that knowledge to develop new strategies and options for new projects.You can juggle multiple projects within a rapidly changing environment and change priorities quickly as required by the business.
Education
Bachelors Degree Preferred with 10+ years experience demonstrating increasing levels of responsibilities in a complex enterprise or marketing environment.
Undergraduate degree in Design, Computer Science, or Engineering is a strong plus.
Client Description:
Our client, a leader in consumer electronics, is one of the greatest, most innovative, world-changing companies ever created! More like a cluster of start-ups versus a large company, they are single-handedly credited with creating some of the most impactful products of this generation.
Working alongside some of the brightest and most talented people, the work you do here will add up to something big that could not be done anywhere else. There is no doubt that your best work will be brought out achieving some hefty goals at a heroic pace.
One thing we know is that you WILL NOT ever be bored.
WORKING WITH AQUENT: long-term assignments with Aquent gets you access to some pretty cool things:
You’re paid weeklySubsidized health (including term life and LTD) and dental benefits after your first four weeks of work (averaging at least 20 hrs/wk)Access to Fidelity 401(k)Access to FSA ProgramDirect deposit for your pay checkAccess to our Talent Rewards Program (we reward for referrals!)Access to free online courses via Aquent’s Gymnasium, to help you develop your skills: http://gymnasium.aquent.com/Access to free online courses via Lynda.comAquent support: your Aquent Resource Manager checks in with you during the course of your contract to make sure you’re happy and progressing according to your expectations (we’re also there to be looking for new opportunities for you when you’re close to wrapping up)