Detroit Labs was founded in 2011 with a vision for building digital products, services, and the teams that power them. We’re a diverse and inclusive workplace that strives toward justice and equity. We have a variety of client teams we work with ranging from startups to Fortune 500 companies so there are always new and exciting projects going on.
Detroit Labs OnSite Business Unit is looking for experienced Technical Project Managers to join an exciting project with an existing client that drives game-changing automotive technology. This role will work on connected vehicle services for customers owning vehicles with connected capabilities across the USA and Canada. These systems consist of several backend, frontend, and middleware applications. The systems integrate with the connectivity units inside the vehicle, and enable features like the ability to remotely start the vehicle, view parking locations, Alexa voice commands, and many more. As a full time member of our OnSite Business Unit team, we prioritize your individual career growth by providing optional check-in support, a yearly retro, and access to a variety of learning resources to ensure you are always growing and working towards your goals.
This is a full-time salaried hybrid role located in Auburn Hills, MI.
Requirements
- 6+ years of Project Manager, Project Operations, or Technical Delivery Lead experience
- Experience working in Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban), planning and leading Agile ceremonies and events (sprint planning, stand-up, refinement, etc), and Agile artifacts (Sprints, Backlogs)
- Experience leading all phases of the software development lifecycle. Including tracking progress/deliverables, mitigating risk, and resolving road blocks
- Experience managing high profile projects by working cross functionally with technical teams, product managers, business owners and stakeholders to deliver software products and services
- Experience coaching, mentoring, and developing development teams
- Experience with project management tools such as Confluence, JIRA, Visio, Azure DevOps, etc.
- Must be able to work in a hybrid model in the Auburn Hills, MI area up to 2 days per week
- Detroit Labs is not currently able to hire candidates who will reside outside of the United States during their term of employment
Responsibilities
- Lead all phases of the software development lifecycle to ensure development and delivery is aligned with prioritized program roadmap targets and Release Management processes
- Provide technical direction through the outlining of “stories” and sprints to development teams, and solutioning to minimize the duration and severity of business impacts
- Manage cross-functional team of Developers, Analysts, DevOps, and QA to coordinate systems implementation and releases
- Coach, mentor, develop and lead a best-in-class development team capable of delivering excellent results through agile iterative development methodologies to solve complex technical and business challenges
- Report to senior executives on the progress of individual projects and the overall program
- Collaborate with Product Management and business owners in defining Product Vision including strategies for utilizing and managing incoming data
- Participate in the creation of project budgets for the individual project components, and prepare cost estimates for the program. Manage program budgets to conform to policy, and develop processes for requesting, spending, and reporting expenditures and be accountable for the programs financial performance
- Strategizing to mitigate risks, escalate and resolve roadblocks, and provide transparency and tracking of all project progress and deliverables
Benefits
- The salary range for this role is from $90,000-125,000 commensurate with experience
- Full medical, dental, vision benefits
- 401K contribution options
- Monthly developmental check-ins
- Quarterly outings and events
- Ongoing mentorship
- Paid vacation
- Continued learning and options for mentorship
- Volunteer opportunities