Technical Project Manager, Tumblr

Overview

Job Description

Responsibilities

• - Foster strong cross-functional relationships to become a trusted partner for distributed interdisciplinary teams, ensuring smooth collaboration and alignment on product and feature development.
• - Proactively identify and mitigate risks, removing barriers before they become roadblocks to ensure timely delivery of features and products across teams.
• - Drive continuous process improvement by championing best in class software development practices, tailoring workflows like scrums, planning, and review sessions to the unique needs of each team.
• - Ensure seamless communication and transparency, reducing back-and-forth and keeping all teams and stakeholders aligned on priorities, goals, and progress through structured check-ins and clear project roadmaps.
• - Collaborate with the executive team to manage and drive strategic initiatives, aligning operational processes with broader company goals and tracking measurable outcomes.
• - Streamline cross-team dependencies, ensuring teams have the resources and information they need to avoid blockers and reduce inefficiencies.
• - Enable teams to focus on core responsibilities by alleviating coordination overhead, allowing engineers and product managers to concentrate on execution rather than operational alignment.
• - Demonstrate adaptive leadership by responding to uncertainty and evolving project scopes, maintaining flexibility in problem-solving approaches as teams face shifting priorities.
• - Create a culture of accountability and visibility, where all stakeholders have a clear understanding of timelines, project statuses, and potential risks, enhancing trust and collaboration across Tumblr.

Required Skills

• - 5+ years of experience in a project management role within a technology company.
• - Proven ability to manage and execute complex projects, identifying and mitigating risks effectively.
• - Strong experience working across various technologies, including infrastructure, data, mobile, frontend, and backend systems.
• - Proficiency in using Slack, Google Suite, and GitHub to drive collaboration and project tracking.
• - Demonstrated success in uniting and motivating distributed teams across multiple time zones in a dynamic, iterative environment.
• - Skilled at mediating between diverse priorities and personalities to create alignment and consensus.
• - Experience influencing stakeholders and driving decision-making across cross-functional teams.

Benefits

• - Fully-remote company
• - Open vacation policy
• - Compensation philosophy
• - Benefits vary by country