Away is a global lifestyle brand with a mission to transform travel through products & content that inspire people to get away more. In support of our mission, we are seeking a Technical Project Manager to join our Digital Product & Engineering team.

Want to help us transform the travel experience? The ideal candidate will have had experience as a Technical Project Manager, Program manager, Quality Assurance Engineer, Software Developer, and/or Scrum Master. You will report to the VP of Digital Product based in our New York City office.

As a company that values diversity, equity, & inclusion, Away seeks individuals of all backgrounds & experiences to apply for this opportunity. Were creating an environment where everyone can thrive. Our customers are global & diverse, so were building a team that is too. Through initiatives like our employee resource groups, anti-racism training, & bias prevention initiatives, were building the cultural foundation that gives people the emotional & physical space to bring their authentic selves to work.

What youll do:

• Understand the desired outcomes of our work & partner with the product manager & engineering lead to align those with workable solutions & create timelines & measurable milestones.

• Manage the Agile delivery process of the product development teams, working closely with engineering managers & PMs. Performs the role of a Scrum Master as needed & assists the team in definition, writing, & estimation of user stories.

• Facilitate communication of project status & to remove impediments

• within the engineering org (e.g. between App, Data & Supply Chain)

• across that entire Away organization, including Product Management, UX, Operations, & Marketing

• between third party vendors & the Away team

• Proactively assess delivery risks & create plans to address them & work to continuously improve processes & working practices. 

• Propose capacity changes & maintain the forward plan & roadmaps for your teams.

• Facilitate the prioritization of ad-hoc requests & changes in delivery scope.

• Partner with product managers to maintain the team's focus on delivering the optimal outcome for the agreed upon investment of time & other resources.

• Partner with the VP of Product to shape how longer term pieces of work are delivered & how project & program status are reported.

Who you are:

• A servant leader who works tirelessly to find success for their team.

• Excellent oral & written communication skills with a high attention to detail.

• Excellent personal & external time management skills.

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology or a related discipline with 2+ years of Project or Program Management experience

• 1+ year of Scrum Master experience and/or managing using an Agile Development methodology.

• Highly proficient with Airtable, Google's productivity suite, JIRA & Confluence (or equivalent tools).

• Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously, facilitating status meetings & presenting to large groups.

• Build strong working relationships with all those around you because it's fun to know who you work with & because you're able to move work forward relying on those relationships. 

• Team player with a "no task is too small" attitude

• Enjoys working in a fast-paced & ever-changing environment

• Passionate about transforming travel (but thats a given!)

Youll love working at Away because: