Technical Project Manager

Job Description

About WebMD: WebMD Health Corp., an Internet Brands Company, is the leading provider of health information services, serving patients, physicians, health care professionals, employers, and health plans through our public and private online portals, mobile platforms, and health-focused publications. The WebMD Health Network includes WebMD Health, Medscape, Jobson Healthcare Information, prIME Oncology, MediQuality, Frontline, QxMD, Vitals Consumer Services, MedicineNet, eMedicineHealth, RxList, OnHealth, Medscape Education, and other owned WebMD sites. WebMD®, Medscape®, CME Circle®, Medpulse®, eMedicine®, MedicineNet®, theheart.org®, and RxList® are among the trademarks of WebMD Health Corp. or its subsidiaries. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. For Company details, visit our website: www.webmd.com Education: B.E. Computer Science/IT degree (or any other engineering discipline) Experience: 5+ years Work timings: 2:00 PM to 11:00 PM IST Position Requirements:

• Minimum of 3 years of project management experience in a similar environment or related field, working with geographically distributed development teams
• Minimum 3 years hands on experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies
• Strong understanding of the development processes/full SDLC, and how they relate to project management processes.
• Understanding of web technologies to effectively manage risk & complexities within projects, and those that integrate across project teams.
• Understanding of data project, data dependencies, SQL, data warehouse technologies.
• Proven experience with project management tracking/reporting tools (eg. JIRA/ Confluence, Smartsheet, MS Project or similar)
• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects, or a number of project streams under a large program
• Experience managing project dependencies and blocker issues, developing risk mitigation plans, and escalating when required.
• PMI certification will be an added advantage
• Demonstrated ability for proactive issue resolution with dependencies on project success related to inter-dependencies on other teams
• Ability to work independently, with some management oversight, to manage multiple projects from inception to completion
• Ability to influence stakeholders and project resources, and negotiate or escalate when competing priorities arise, to meet commitments throughout the project timeline
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including presentation skills
• Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills
• Strong time management and organizational skills
• Enjoys a highly collaborative, fast-paced environment and thrives on multi-tasking
• Strong attention to detail, follow-through, and organizational skills
• Highly analytical, logical, and good problem-solving skills
• Ability to interact professionally with all levels of staff
• Stakeholder management, road mapping, resource management, capacity management, risk management
• Technical background is a plus but not mandatory

Role & Responsibilities:

• Manage project scopes, timelines, resources, deployments, and business/technical relationships – from scoping/planning through implementation
• Manage stakeholder expectations to be in line with agreed to technical requirements, allowing the delivery of high-quality implementations to customer satisfaction, on agreed to schedules
• Ensure that project dependencies, milestones, deliverables and status are clearly communicated and understood by the project teams, stakeholders and management
• Identify and manage risks to the success of projects and know when and how to escalate
• Coordinate and conduct regular, effective, and efficient meetings to review project status, resolve issues and address risks
• Ensure project teams are following agreed to processes (priorities, task management, time tracking, etc.)
• Manage project change requests