Job

Project Manager

Etsy is seeking a roll-up-your-sleeves project manager for its engineering team to help manage multiple technology projects. Reporting to the CTO, the project manager will be responsible for coordinating key projects in a rapidly-growing, high-availability/high-traffic 24x7 web environment. Etsy is a startup and we especially value candidates who are passionate about what we are doing and are willing to step outside of their specific job descriptions to do whatever it takes to create the best experience possible for Etsy's users.

This position is based in Brooklyn and may require occasional trips to our data center in northern New Jersey.

The candidate will be responsible for the planning, budgeting, execution, and success of these projects and will work with software engineers, system administrations, network engineers, product managers, designers, and company executives.

Project Management Skills:

• Experience managing aggressive and dynamic technical projects with competing resources and priorities.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, negotiation, and organizational skills. Ability to remain focused under pressure.
• Proven track record of surpassing objectives and delivering exceptional results, despite challenges.
• Firm sense of accountability and ownership for end-to-end project lifecycle. Solid knowledge of the tools and elements of project management, including project management and/or bug tracking systems like Trac, Bugzilla, and Jira.
• Ability to interact with diverse technical and non-technical groups, spanning all organizational levels.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills.

Technical skills:

• Experience with launching Internet software/services required.
• Experience with Agile software development methodologies preferred.
• Hands-on experience in the following areas a plus: software engineering, system administration, networking, computer hardware, logistics and operations, data center management, capacity planning, disaster recovery planning.

LOCATION: Brooklyn, NY

We launched in 2005 and it's been great fun since then. Our mission is to enable people all over the world to make a living making things. We have about 1,000,000 members right now, and every day over 15,000 items are sold on the site. If you are customer-focused, data-driven, and enjoy working in a startup environment, we want to hear from you!