(Corte Madera, CA)
Restoration Hardware is looking for an exceptional project manager to join our team.
The perfect candidate will have expert level organizational skills and direct experience establishing process and methodologies in large organizations. They must be excited about managing projects of varying degrees with the ability to switch gears quickly. Intimate knowledge of web development is essential; experience with ecommerce at a major retailer is a plus.
Candidates who are personable, open to learning, collaborate well with others, have a positive attitude, are patient with co-workers, and are more apt to saying “yes” or “we’ll try” (rather than “no” or “that’s impossible”) will be at the top of our list.
Our current sites have significant opportunities for improvement and we are ready to start from scratch to redesign and rebuild. Coming in at the ground level of this effort is an exciting opportunity to significantly influence the evolution of the business and development processes within our organization.
E-Commerce experience is a plus but developers who demonstrate usability experience from other user facing web industries (entertainment, business, etc.) will be considered.
Primary Responsibilities:
· Managing project lifecycle from start to finish; ideation, requirements gathering, scheduling, execution, testing, deployment, and post-mortem.
· Maintaining master list of ecommerce projects (both approved and proposed), their priorities, and schedules.
· Managing communication of project schedules with internal business partners.
· Gathering and refining project and task estimates.
· Scheduling and forecasting resource allocations.
· Managing relationships with external vendors when needed for specific projects that require consulting services.
· Providing documentation and status reports on projects during each phase of the lifecycle.
· Participation and contribution to defining development and usability testing methodologies, including working with other developers and shared resources (web merchants, designers, release engineers, QA testers), specifying/discussing technical design approaches, and seeking peer design / code reviews.
Skills Required:
· Significant experience managing projects for a consumer facing ecommerce website including sufficient knowledge of web development lifecycle, user-interface concerns, quality assurance testing, etc.
· Expert level organizational skills.
· Expert level in MS Office software and MS Project (or OmniPlan preferred)
· Ability to capture, refine, and document project requirements.
· Ability to create project specific and master department timelines for release cycle schedule.
· Proven record of completing complex project of varying lengths in a large organization with a variety of technical and non-technical stakeholders.
· In-depth knowledge of web development life cycle.
· Team player with good communication skills.
· Excellent computer skills on Windows and Mac
· Excellent English communication skills.
Skills Optional:
· Experience in Scrum, XP, or other non-traditional iterative development methodologies.
· Experience with bug / issue tracking systems (e.g. FogBugz, Bugzilla, etc.).
· Experience with site metrics (CoreMetrics, Google Analytics, Omniture).
· Exposure to enterprise development platforms and application server development, ideally ATG 9.1 Commerce Suite/JBoss with Oracle 10g.
· Web development background is a huge plus.
· Usability and or design background is a huge plus, especially if solid foundation of wireframing skills is present.
Apply: To apply, please contact Christina Gee at cgee@restorationhardware.com. Or apply on-line at www.restorationhardware.com and follow the jobs link.
Source: Authentic Jobs