About the Role
The Sr Technical Project Manager specializes in managing CRM marketing service technical initiatives. The candidate will work closely with cross-functional Technical Services and Engineering teams to manage resources and schedules while ensuring quality standards of data-driven technical solutions. This role supports key client accounts, partnering closely with clients and client services counterparts, requiring exceptional project management, technical database and data integration understanding, and leadership.
Responsibilities
- Define project scope, work breakdown structure, and schedule, focusing on regular and timely delivery of value.
- Organize and lead project status and working meetings.
- Prepare and distribute progress reports.
- Manage risks, dependencies, and issues.
- Correct deviations from plans and perform delivery planning for assigned projects.
- Assist in team development while holding teams accountable for their commitments and removing roadblocks.
- Leverage organizational resources to improve capacity for project work.
- Mentor and develop team members.
- Support the Product Owner in managing customer expectations for project deliverables.
- Manage stakeholder communications.
- Help implement an effective system of project governance.
- Define and manage a well-defined project management process.
- Champion ongoing process improvement initiatives to implement best practices for Agile Project Management.
- Promote empowerment of the team, ensure meaningful contribution from each member, and encourage a sustainable pace with high levels of quality.
Requirements
- Lead fact-gathering sessions to capture current state and future state processes, and to capture and mitigate areas of risk.
- Manage project documentation and capture requirements from all functional stakeholders.
- Lead cross-functional meetings, provide project status, and drive open issues to resolution.
- Present status updates on portfolio of initiatives and own issue resolution for initiatives.
- Analyze, recommend, and drive process and program improvements across functional teams.
- Manage projects for on-budget deliveries.
- Manage project escalations and drive project issue resolution to ensure timely and successful project launches.
- Proactively manage client pod delivery programs, communicating status, issues, and risks to client services, clients, and internal teams.
- Responsible for project management core practices: change request, issue logs, risk mitigation plans, escalation management, decision tracking, postmortems.
- Ensure group adherence to agreed-upon delivery methodologies (by function) minimizing overall project risks.
Skills
- Solid understanding of software development life cycle models.
- Expert knowledge of Agile and traditional project management principles and practices.
- Experience/understanding of CRM, Email, SMS and CDP.
- Experience with Enterprise-Level PPM software (Jira, Grenhopper, Rally, VersionOne, Resource Guru, etc.).
- Experience with Microsoft Project, Visio, and all Office Tools and dashboard tools.
- Operations and technical project delivery experience with a database agency or technology company.
- Strong communication skills; ability to grasp complex issues and translate them into easily understandable terms.
- Strong initiative and ability to simultaneously manage multiple projects throughout various stages of the project life-cycle.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills focused on the ability to educate, coordinate and lead interdisciplinary teams.
- Demonstrated experience in developing and rolling out business and operational processes.
- Ability to interface effectively with team members from all functional disciplines as well as senior management.
- Ability to set expectations among internal and external groups regarding scope, timeline, and quality of deliverables.
- Creative approach to problem-solving with the ability to focus on details while maintaining the “big picture” view.
- Excellent oral and written communications skills.
- Experience interacting with both business and IT individuals at all levels including senior level.
Experience Level
- Sr Technical Project Manager
- Senior Project Manager
Education Level
- BA or BS or equivalent experience is required
- MA or MS is a plus
Salary/Compensations
- $140,000 - $200,000
Benefits
- Unlimited PTO
- Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Employee Equity
- Employee Discounts
- Virtual Wellness Classes
- Pet Insurance
About the Company
- Zeta Global helps brands build stronger customer relationships through data-driven marketing.
- Zeta’s Marketing Platform (ZMP) is an AI-enabled Martech solution that supports customer acquisition, retention, and growth through personalized engagement.
- The platform supports use cases across messaging, loyalty, and customer experience, with solutions designed to scale for enterprise and mid-market organizations.
- Zeta works with brands across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific to deliver measurable marketing performance.
Equal Opportunity
- Zeta considers applicants for employment without regard to, and does not discriminate on the basis of an individual’s sex, race, color, religion, age, disability, status as a veteran, or national or ethnic origin; nor does Zeta discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.
- We’re committed to building a workplace culture of trust and belonging, so everyone feels invited to bring their whole selves to work.
- We provide a forum for employees to celebrate, support and advocate for one another.
- Learn more about our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion here: https://zetaglobal.com/blog/a-look-into-zetas-ergs/
