Project Manager

Job Description

The Project Manager position is a role focused on the close management of several of our key clients’ and new clients longer term projects. These projects will most likely be complete ecommerce website builds from scratch or the replatforming / rebuilding of an existing ecommerce website.

Responsibilities

You will be responsible for communicating with clients and the development team with a view to coordinating support, milestones, deliverables, testing and project work.

The PM will have oversight of the full lifecycle of the project from the end of the sales cycle to go live. Here is an example of the activities that might occur periodically over a project. The PM is likely to have several of these projects at one time.

Sales Cycle

Initial sales meeting / callHelping to define the requirements the potential client is looking forHelping to write and price our sales proposalMore likely additional meetings to confirm the requirements and sign off timelines and costs

Early Stage Project

Long term planning for milestones and deliverablesScheduling development and design resources Ongoing communication with the client Conducting standup meetings and Kanban boards within StudioForty9 to monitor the progress of the project. Design traditionally comes first, will be done by our designer with oversight from the client and PMQA of the design will be undertaken by the PM and client to be signed off. Development environment is set up, invoices for hosting, licences etc need to be sent.

Mid Stage Project

Design has been signed off and is now being marked up by our developers. Possible change requests are likely to come in from clients, these need to be assessed, specced and priced separately from the original signed off Statement of Work for the project. These may need to be pushed to a future phase. Conversations with 3rd parties will begin to have everything ready for later in the project these can include,Couriers Payment Gateways Payment Providers EPoS / ERP companiesSearch companiesMarketing agencies Many moreOngoing sign off and organisation of StudioForty9 developers.

Late Stage Project / Go Live

Agreeing go live plan with the client Ongoing invoicing for achieved milestones Creating QA and test scripts to check all functionality Pushing 3rd parties for their deliverables, often a big factor in delaying projects.

Post Live Stage

Handing over the now live project to a StudioForty9 account managerWas the project profitable? Ensuring that there is documentation on the project, what was done and built. This will help the AM moving forward. Analysing and assessing the project process and suggesting ways to become more efficient on the next project via project retrospectives

Skills & Experience

The successful candidate is likely to have the following skills:

Previous experience managing the full project lifecycle of a digital projectExcellent interpersonal and communication skillsAbility to interact with both technical and non-technical stakeholders within a projectStrong attention to detail and organisational skillsSelf-motivated, innovative, and comfortable dealing with ambiguityExperience managing dependencies and identifying risks to maintain the project timelineFamiliarity with Project Management software tools for ticket logging and controlling the deliverables of a projectStrong problem resolution skills

Nice to Have

A working understanding of leading ecommerce platforms such as Shopify, Magento and BigCommerceUnderstanding of basic underlying technologies such as HTML, CSS, JS will definitely be an advantage.

This is a rare opportunity to gain great exposure and experience in ecommerce with an agency which has a proven track record & capability set and to define the future of omnichannel retail.

Who are StudioForty9

StudioForty9 is a recognised leader in the Irish digital sector, with an award-winning and proven track-record of delivering, maintaining and continuously improving high-performance ecommerce and omnichannel retail solutions for the Irish retail industry. The StudioForty9 team is experienced, innovative, and committed to excellence and we count some of Ireland’s most experienced ecommerce professionals among our number.

Our experience and ability have led us to work with some of Ireland's household names in retail. We have helped those companies to grow their business in Ireland by capturing extra market share and serving their instore and online customers across a wider range of commercial channels as well as overseas, by opening up previously inaccessible markets and building the integrations, automated processes and workflows needed to help scale an online business for international sales.

We are at the forefront of Irish ecommerce and ahead of the pack when it comes to implementing innovative and complex ecommerce solutions for omnichannel and international sales at scale, while also excelling at design and customer experience, and keeping right up to date with ecommerce trends and new requirements in compliance and regulations.

We operate on a partnership approach where our clients come first. We strive to develop long-term and meaningful relationships. We are platform agnostic, which allows us advise and enable our clients to get the system best suited to their needs and ambitions.

Benefits

StudioForty9 are proud to be early adopters to the most progressive and human centred approaches to work life.

We offer our team the following benefits:

Pension schemeFlexible working hours - start/finish earlier or later to suit your personal circumstancesRemote workingDiverse and international team from all backgroundsProfessional development - courses, training and conference attendanceWeekly lunch & learnsDaily team catch ups on Zoom to knowledge share and problem solveQuarterly team building eventsApproachable management - Founder & CEO of StudioForty9 Gerard Keohane offers daily slots in his diary where team members can drop in to discuss anything at allAvailability of central office with open workspace - close to all the best cafes and restaurants in Cork including the famous English MarketOnboarding buddy - daily catch ups with experienced team members to help new hires to settle inIndividual onboarding programmes - tailored set of documentation for new team members based on their roles and responsibilities