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Market America a Global Product Brokerage and Internet Marketing company that specializes in One-to-One Marketing, is seeking an IT Project Manager.

An IT Project Manager will be responsible for successful delivery of a project while following the process defined by the company. He/She will be expected to work on multiple projects simultaneously. Experience with eCommerce / retail systems is strongly preferred. Agile / Scrum certification and/or experience is required. Will consider candidates with the right combination of equivalent experience, education, and training.

This Job is ideal for someone who is/who:

• Adaptable / flexible - Receptive to change and able to switch easily
• Independent - Works independently without much assistance
• Very positive with helpful attitude
• Problem solver
• Achievement oriented - Enjoys challenges
• Fast Learner - Learns and absorbs fast
• Extremely driven and works passionately
• Takes ownership and responsibility
• Loves Project Management
• Thrives under pressure

Essential Duties, Responsibilities and Skillset

Facilitation: (Experience 4+ years)

• Facilitates meetings to effectively review requirements, set success criteria, and assign tasks
• Facilitates and participates in scrum ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Review, Retrospective)

Business Knowledge: (Experience 3 years)

• Good understanding of Retail and E-Commerce
• Understands different elements of ecommerce (supply chain, product management, ordering, search, personalization, site tagging, registration, warehouse management)
• Continuously learning and applying Market America business knowledge

Project Process: (Experience 4+ years)

• Keeps projects moving by assisting in obtaining the required answers to questions
• Assess situations to determine the importance, urgency and risks, and make clear decisions which are timely and in the best interests of the organization
• Utilize Market America’s project and implementation guideline for the successful project delivery
• Set priorities, develop project roadmap and schedule project timelines
• Develop implementation and release plans according to guideline
• Manage risks and issues during the implementation process
• Coordinates with other project managers to resolve project/team dependencies.
• Proactively collaborates with business owners, project stakeholders and other team members to analyze project needs
• Works with 3^rd party vendors

Tracking: (Experience 4+ years)

• Evaluates status of assignments for accuracy and timeliness

• Constantly monitors progress and tracks project deliverables
• Reports project progress correctly and in a timely manner
• Identifies projects issues and offers resolutions to efficiently meet project needs
• Reviews all testing results with team for accurate and timely completion

Communication: (Experience 4+ years)

• Creates communication plan based on project owner/stakeholders expectation
• Follows the communication plan to communicate project status with the business owner
• Collaborate with other departments and subject matter experts to implement the agreed upon deliverables

Project and Operations assignments:

• Successfully manage multiple projects or programs at the same time
• Manage operations tasks assigned to the Team
• Manage projects with multiple team assignments

Teamwork:

• Works with a team of 8-10 developers
• Works directly with other Project Managers, Sr. Project Managers and/or Program Managers
• Promotes teamwork among team members
• Provides direction and support to project team
• Resolves conflict among team members for efficient delivery of project

Mentorship and Coaching: (Experience 2+ years):

• Mentoring Jr. Project Manager/s and other team members

Documentation:

• Ensures that project documents (Milestone log, Project charter, Burndown chart, etc.) are accurate, complete, and stored appropriately

Additional Skills:

• Knowledge of project management
• Knowledge of Agile and Waterfall Methodology.
• People management
• Conflict management
• Time Management
• MS Project
• JIRA
• Confluence
• Visio

Education and Experience

• Bachelors’ or Masters’ degree in business management, computer science, or related field.

• Overall Experience: 4-6 years of work experience

• 4 or more years of in project management with minimum 2 years in Scrum
• Minimum 3 year’s experience in retail or ecommerce
• May consider suitable applicants with MA Experience in lieu of experience requirements listed above
• May consider suitable applicants with other managerial, business or technical experience in lieu of experience requirements listed above

Training and Certification:

• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or PMI Agile
• PMP- Nice to have

Market America offers competitive salary and generous benefits, including health, dental, vision, life, short and long-term disability insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan with company match, and an on-site health clinic.

Qualified candidates should apply online. This position is based onsite at our Greensboro NC offices. Sorry, we are not able to sponsor for this position.

Market America is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

Market America | SHOP.COM is changing the way people shop and changing the economic paradigm so anyone can become financially independent by creating their own economy and converting their spending into earning with the Shopping Annuity®.

ABOUT MARKET AMERICA, INC. & SHOP.COM

Market America Worldwide | SHOP.COM is a global e-commerce and digital marketing company that specializes in one-to-one marketing and is the creator of the Shopping Annuity . Its mission is to provide a robust business system for entrepreneurs, while providing consumers a better way to shop. Headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina, and with eight sites around the globe, including the U.S., Market America Worldwide was founded in 1992 by Founder, Chairman & CEO JR Ridinger. Through the company's primary, award-winning shopping website, SHOP.COM, consumers have access to millions of products, including Market America Worldwide exclusive brands and thousands of top retail brands. Further, SHOP.COM ranks 19th in Newsweek magazine's 2021 Best Online Shops, No. 52 in Digital Commerce 360's (formerly Internet Retailer) 2021 Top 1,000 Online Marketplaces, No. 79 in Digital Commerce 360's 2021 Top 1,000 Online Retailers and No. 11 in the 2021 Digital Commerce 360 Primary Merchandise Category Top 500. The company is also a two-time winner of the Better Business Bureau's Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics and was ranked No. 15 in The Business North Carolina Top 125 Private Companies for 2021. By combining Market America Worldwide's entrepreneurial business model with SHOP.COM's powerful comparative shopping engine, Cashback program, Hot Deals, ShopBuddy®, Express Pay checkout, social shopping integration and countless other features, the company has become the ultimate online shopping destination.

For more information about Market America Worldwide: MarketAmerica.com

For more information on SHOP.COM, please visit: SHOP.COM