Senior Technical Project Manager - Infrastructure
Summary:
The Infrastructure team at Wish is the technical operations backbone of our shopping service. As Technical Project Manager, you will drive complex technical projects within Infrastructure that directly support the reliability, scalability and performance of Wish. Reporting to a technical leader within Infrastructure and peer to engineers, you will be at the front and tail end of project success.
You will be heavily engaged with each of the Infrastructure teams: Core Infrastructure Software, Tools and Automation, Security, Networking and Datacenter Infrastructure. There will also be interaction with other teams in Engineering and IT for projects that extend outside of Infrastructure. The successful Technical Project Manager will have a passion for rapid development and organization.
Responsibilities:
* Plan, initiate and manage major Infrastructure projects
* Leverage strong internal relationships to influence culture between teams
* Develop a solid understanding of business and technical drivers of other teams
* Gather user requirements, often pain points, and establish alignment among teams
* Ensure engineering efficiency by tracking utilization, internal/external dependency, and highlight project risks
* Become well versed in Wish Infrastructure components to interact independently with partner teams
* Engage vendors and other external parties as needed for dependency tracking and requirements gathering
* Manage project communication with stakeholders, including periodic reporting, and creating executive visibility
Qualifications:
* Strong verbal, written and presentation skills
* BA/BS degree or equivalent professional experience
*5 years of experience in technical project/program management
* Prior experience in a technical engineering position (developer, sysadmin, devops)
* Practical understanding of online infrastructure components, such as containers, public cloud, datacenter, hybrid networking, CI/CD methods, distributed databases, elastic application operations, Linux
* Experience with Waterfall and Agile, and knowing when to use one or the other (or something else)
Preferred Qualifications:
* Certification in PMI, Agile or DevOps
* Knowledge of data infrastructure, machine learning
* Supervisory or managerial experience
Wish values diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive work environment. We provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. We do not discriminate based on any legally-protected class or characteristic. Employment decisions are made based on qualifications, merit, and business needs. If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability, please let your recruiter know. For job positions in San Francisco, CA, and other locations where required, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.