Lucid Software is the leader in visual collaboration, helping teams see and build the future from idea to reality. Our products, business, and workplace culture have received numerous awards, such as being named to the Forbes Cloud 100 and a Fortune Best Workplace in Technology. Lucid is a hybrid workplace, allowing employees to work remotely, from one of our offices, or a combination of the two depending on the needs of the role and team. At Lucid, we hold true to our core values of teamwork over ego, innovation in everything we do, individual empowerment, initiative, and ownership, and passion and excellence in every area. We value diversity and are dedicated to creating an environment that is respectful and inclusive for everyone.

Our product engineering team is looking for a detail-oriented, solution-focused and collaborative Technical Project Manager, to bring strong project management and Scrum Master expertise to our cross-functional product engineering teams.

As the Technical Project Manager, you will be the person who coordinates behind-the-scenes to make sure our most critical engineering projects are completed and delivered on time, from conception through delivery, including resource management, dependency mapping, scheduling and development of project plans and reports. The Technical Project Manager must manage all factors that determine project success to ensure delivery within time, cost and quality parameters.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with key stakeholders to manage the tactical execution process, from creation to delivery, of product engineering projects.
• Monitor scheduling, project flow, dependency mapping, planning and resource management from accepted concept through delivery for product engineering projects.
• Manage the development, maintenance and distribution of complex status reporting to manage and communicate expectations and potential risks across the organization.
• Identify and escalate issues to leadership, as appropriate.
• Facilitate effective and efficient meetings including all Scrum ceremonies and daily stand-ups.
• Escalate and radiate impediments for resolution and assist with identifying and mitigating risk.
• Maintain transparency into the team’s work through Agile tools and metrics. Track and communicate team progress. Leverage data to measure & monitor progress. (Burndown charts, etc.)
• Engage multiple roles and stakeholders in critical discussions for consensus building.
• Help identify external dependencies and assist the Product Manager and Engineering Managers in planning and facilitating the maintenance of the team backlog.
• Acts as a point of contact for project team members, clearly and consistently communicating the needs of the organization.

Requirements:

• 1+ years experience in a Technical Project Management role working with software engineering teams
• You have a strong understanding of Project Management principles and appropriate agile methodologies and processes.
• Experience working in a SaaS company with an agile environment.
• You take ownership of problems and never shy away from a challenge.
• You are flexible and tolerate ambiguity while still operating effectively.
• You are a self-learner, willing to learn new skills, industries, and platforms—including the most technical aspects and use cases at Lucidchart

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certified Scrum Master
• Solid understanding engineering’s role within an organization
• Project management qualification (PMP) or equivalent
• Proficiency in project management software tools such as Asana and Jira

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