Technical Project Facilitator

Expected professional experience: One to three years running projects in a tech environment (project management, scrum master, tech lead / project lead)

Expected educational experience: High school diploma / GED and above

Position: Full-time salaried

Salary range: $75,000 to $95,000

Additional benefits: 

• Paid mental health and physical health days
• Paid holidays
• Paid vacation (2 weeks+)
• Monthly paid volunteer hours
• Health, dental and vision insurance (company pays 75% of premiums)
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance (company pays 100% of premiums)
• 6 weeks' paid leave for birth, adoption and medical caregiving
• 401k with company match
• Internal salary transparency
• Friendly, relaxed work environment with emphasis on work / life balance
• Community-oriented

We are looking for an energetic, outgoing person to help execute software projects - sometimes Fortune 500s, sometimes small local nonprofits, and often folks in-between - to create custom designed web and mobile applications. We work in a "lowercase A" agile development process that usually runs two-week iterations. Your day-to-day is spent working with our developers, clients, and stakeholders to help capture and clarify requirements, break down development tasks, lead recurring meetings, test and demo software, and hopefully have fun doing it!

Our team is focused on outcomes, not hours; we offer flexible, hybrid schedules, and a community-centered atmosphere. Our team is fully vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19, and for everyone's health, it's a requirement to work at our company. We're looking for folks living in Madison, WI or willing to relocate. This is a full-time position (40 hours max).

Just to be clear: We don't care what you studied in college (or if you went at all!).

Responsibilities will include:

• Coordinating with developers throughout project iteration to ensure work is being completed each day, any blockers are removed, and deliverables are completed on-time
• Administering the project-tracking software, ensuring that it is accurate and up-to-date 
• Organizing multiple projects in an agile environment
• Gathering and prioritizing client and project requirements, including writing user stories and acceptance criteria
• Working with developers to reliably and consistently estimate user stories, finalize tasks, and coordinate changes
• Guarding against over-committing and scope creep
• Translating high-level product information into actionable tasks for the development team
• Leading meetings (including retros, planning and review)
• Performing quality assurance and testing
• Compiling and reporting on delivery metrics
• Enthusiastically working with clients and colleagues from disparate backgrounds - and with disparate goals - to create comprehensive custom software solutions

Some other attributes

• You're open-minded and accepting, and enjoy working with a diverse group of professionals from varied backgrounds.
• You have enough experience to have developed opinions about things like documentation, scope creep, and client communication.
• You don't feel challenged working with the same client or project day in and day out, and want fresh problems to explore.
• You pay attention to details, and rarely need to be told anything twice. 
• You love learning new things but you don't automatically assume new == better.
• You have strong prioritization skills, and rarely miss the forest because you're too focused on the trees. 
• You focus on solutions, not problems, and approach problem-solving from a creative, detail-focused position.