What are the responsibilities and job description for the Jr. Project Manager position at Appiphony?
Appiphony is looking for a talented junior project manager, previous experience in the roles is not necessary, however a passion for delivering solutions, guiding customers and working closely with a team is. We are a company that hires people who are truly into what they do, and supports them in learning and developing their professional skills.
Appiphony, (www.appiphony.com) is an application design & development firm located in Chicago’s West Loop. We create beautiful web and mobile apps for Fortune 500 companies and were recently funded by Salesforce Ventures.
We believe in a normal work week: our approach is to come in, get things done, have some fun along the way, and then go home do whatever makes you happy. If you are seeking a modern work environment where everyone uses Macs, collaborates via Slack, and tracks their work in Trello, that’s us. Check out our values here: https://medium.com/appiphony-l...
In this role you will
- Manage multiple development teams that are building apps for our customers
- Facilitate client projects from kick off to delivery
- Work through requirements with clients and development team
- Make product quality decisions on functionality as well as user experience
- Track project timelines
- Keep up to date on Salesforce features
- Interface with clients on a weekly basis to provide project updates
- Conduct project demos
You may be a fit for this role if you have previous experience as a
- Client facing at a web agency interfacing between customers and designers/developers
- Jr consultant or business analyst at a technology company
- Jr project manager working directly with IT or development
- Customer facing role that required coordinating multiple company resources to deliver a service to a client
Desired Skills & Background
- Extreme sense of Ownership
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a passion for software
- Task oriented and organized
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- Knowledgeable about common software user flows
- Able to handle multiple projects at various points in the project lifecycle