Digital Project Manager
Dog and Pony Studios
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
About
We're seeking a seasoned Digital Project Manager with expertise in managing enterprise-level websites, including planning new projects from initiation to launch and overseeing product lifecycle support and maintenance for the platforms that we maintain.
Our Digital Project Managers are responsible for overseeing the execution and delivery of exceptional technology solutions for high-stakes projects and world-renowned organizations. They are expected to coordinate closely with production teams to create and validate accurate workback schedules and to manage timelines throughout the project lifecycle.
Detailed project scope management is required. Identifying, documenting, and estimating overages to ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget. The role is both internal and client-facing, and implementing projects will involve collaborating with teams across various disciplines (creative strategy, user-experience design and development). Being part of such a broad and evolving landscape, the Digital Project Manager must possess a deep passion for digital and web technologies, with a continuous learning mindset.
Responsibilities:
Scoping and Documentation: Requirements gathering, identification, and creation of project documentation.
Cost Estimates: Gather estimates from relevant resources and teams, create project cost estimates and proposals, and control scope and costs so that the project can be completed within the approved budget. This includes resource planning, budgeting and project reconciliation.
Resource Management: Identify and schedule the right resources for projects across project teams while defining roles and responsibilities in the project.
Time Management: Timeline planning for new website builds and ongoing support and maintenance, with the ability to ensure timely completion of projects and requests.
Briefing: Efficiently create clear briefs for tasks, leaving no room for assumption, ambiguity or misinterpretation. Close collaboration with team members and resources to ensure timely and high-quality execution and delivery.
Quality Management: Meticulous attention to detail when reviewing project deliverables, with the ability to ensure that every project delivery meets the quality needs of the brief, best practices, and client expectations.
Communications Management: Proactively manage internal and external stakeholder expectations, ensuring clear and articulate communication with team members and clients from different backgrounds and time zones.
Risk Management: Identify, analyze, and properly respond to project risks, including scope changes, dealing with project unknowns, and production overages.
Stakeholder Management: Guide and manage stakeholders (clients, partners, internal teams) throughout the entire project lifecycle, ensuring they are aligned with the objectives, scope of work, budget, and timelines.
Organization: Juggle a varied workload (e.g fast-paced support requests and large-scale web projects) and prioritize time effectively.
Qualifications:
3+ years of Project Management experience within a digital agency setting
A minimum of a Bachelor's degree
Passion for all things digital - driven by technology and innovation
Strong knowledge of the end-to-end website development process and considerations – from discovery and UX, through to design, development and deployment
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
Ability to make informed decisions quickly and under pressure
Demonstrate a strong understanding of user-experience design patterns
Knowledge of content architecture planning and modeling
Hands-on experience with WordPress, Contentful or similar content management systems
Experience with project management tools such as Asana
Who you are:
Positive team player
Thrive in a fast-paced environment
Proactive and self-motivated
Problem solver
Calm under pressure
Meticulously organized
Continuous learning mindset
Additional Information
Salary Range: $70, $110,000.00
Vacancy: This job posting is for a current open position at Dog and Pony Studios.
AI Disclosure: All applications are reviewed by a member of our hiring team, and final hiring decisions are made by humans. While we generally do not rely on AI based tools in our hiring process, we may occasionally use AI-enabled tools to support certain aspects of application screening.
What We Offer:
Global Team: We hire the best professionals from all over the world. Be part of a highly motivated, multidisciplinary team working on world-class creative.
Global Clients: Work on interesting and complex projects for some of the biggest companies in the world.
No Diva Policy: This is a friendly, collegial, client-centric team focused on delivering world-class products.
Hybrid Office: We've been a hybrid agency since 2008. If you're in Toronto, you will frequently work from our headquarters. You'll meet your global teammates face-to-face a few times a year when we bring people together.
Structured Career Plan: We recognize great work and reward you accordingly. We provide a structured career path with regular evaluation-based promotions.
Paid Vacation: 3 weeks annual paid vacation + annual wellness time off through Christmas and New Year.
Paid Benefits: 100% coverage, without co-pay, with our benefits package.
Paid Sick Leave: Generous yearly allowance for paid sick days.
Languages
- English
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