Web Project Manager

Flavorpill is looking for a detail-oriented, results-driven project manager to join and manage the team which is building the new flavorpill.com social event platform. This person will report to the product chief and will lead a lean/agile-based development process. The right candidate is highly organized and has experience managing web-based software development projects involving deliverables from both in-house teams and external freelancers. An ability to work with both creatives and developers is necessary; a solid understanding of programming principles is a big plus. This is a full-time position based out of our office in Soho, NYC. If interested, please send us your resume with a short cover letter.

About Flavorpill Media
Covers arts and culture and reaching an audience of millions via Flavorwire, a daily blog of cultural news and critique, and Flavorpill, a local events guide, the company is relaunching its original event guide, across web, email, and mobile properties, creating powerful tools for our readers to discover and share events. The environment at Flavorpill Media is fast-paced, dynamic, and focused on helping people find and experience culture. Although we’re a Silicon Alley veteran, we have a startup mentality, and every voice here is important.

Main Responsibilities

• Manage an agile development process
• Oversee the product life cycle 
• Identify resources required and assign individual responsibilities
• Help break work into tasks and write user stories based on project specifications
• Track project milestones and deliverables
• Set and hit deadlines for shipping clean code
• Create project work plans and revise as necessary based on evolving requirements
• Oversee the work from freelance teams working off-site
• Lead team stand-up meetings
• Review and QA all deliverables before accepting
• Ensure project documents are complete, current, and accessible
• Help measure, and report on user tracking

Core Skills

• Consistently organized and punctual
• Experience with lean and agile
• Ability to track resources and projects
• Understanding of programming and awareness of current web technologies
• Great communicator
• Inspires others to do great work
• Flexibility under pressure
• Committed to innovative change