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Part Time Experienced Agile Project Manager Needed for B2B SaaS Marketing Team

$50/hr depending on experience


Job Description

  • Does helping people reach their full potential excite you?
  • Do you have experience managing a small virtual team to organize and execute?
  • Do you have experience with Agile management methodology?
  • Do you read books on management and efficiency like 'The One Thing', 'The Rockefeller Habits', 'The Lean StartUp' and '80/20 Principle'?
  • Do you have a good grasp of marketing and sales and feel *that* could be your bigger passion than running a technical team?
  • Do you see the power of mixing Agile principles into a Marketing, Helpdesk and Sales team?
  • Do you have the confidence to come on board with a rapidly growing 15 person company and address the execution issues, planning issues, and operational debt inherent to a team that's experimenting & executing at a rapid pace?

My name is Chris Munch, and I'm the CEO & CMO of PressCable.

I'm looking for a talented & experienced Agile project manager to help our 15 person team rapidly & effectively execute on the vision of our B2B SaaS platform – which is right now redefining a market and riding a wave of growth.

If you answered 'YES' to ALL the questions above, then read on...

As our PM Specialist, your primary role will be to get and keep our Marketing, Sales and Helpdesk teams on track; building on the significant momentum we've gathered since 2014 and using your operational expertise to incite more tremendous growth in the coming months.

Expect us to speak for an hour or so 2-3 times per week. The aim of these sessions will be to define each task that needs to be completed. You'll then turn these ideas into tasks, rally the troops and ensure they get completed. You'll be able to identify progress and sticking points to ensure our momentum never stalls.

You'll be helping me see 'The Big Plan' to action – keeping track of multiple tasks within multiple projects, in a fast-paced virtual environment where highly energetic product launches and ongoing experiments are the norm.

You'll be helping our highly skilled & talented Sales, Helpdesk & Marketing teams – which are already driving growth – FULLY realize their potential by giving them a much needed structure and organization, so they can fully focus and execute at an exponential rate.

Here's The Team You're Going To Be Working With:

SALES & MARKETING:

  • Copywriter #1 'The Word Boss' – Creates our Sales Pages, Video Scripts, Marketing Hooks & Innovative Press Release Templates
  • Copywriter #2 'The PR Superstar' – Writes the emails we send to our customer list, Creates valuable PDF Reports, Handles some Sales Copy and importantly; Manages & Trains New PR Writers
  • 3x Part-Time PR Writers – These guys fulfill our 'Done-For-You' Press Release Service delivering exceptional results for our clients
  • 1x Technical Marketer – Runs our Outbound Marketing setup and is soon to move onto our Inbound Marketing initiative, while also training up soon-to-be Tech Marketer #2
  • 1x CRO – Sets up experimental funnels, Runs split testing and handles a plethora of other technical marketing tasks
  • 1x Sales Dude – Runs our market-leading sales webinar, Handles Joint Venture Partner recruitment, Closes local agency clients, while creating sales training for our customers... Any job that requires a bit of charisma, really
  • 1x Man Of Many Talents – Gathers leads & conducts research jobs, Helps with work that needs an extra hand, lots of data, lots of research
  • 1x CMO – That's Me... Leads PressCable's strategy & vision, Consults with everyone, Pitches in with the occasional piece of inspired sales copy & training material

HELP DESK:

  • 1x Customer Care Manager – Keeps our customer base and customer service agents happy
  • 2x Customer Service Agents – Keep our customer base happy with double the manpower!

*PLEASE NOTE*

If you get sick a lot, have drama in your life, or have other commitments that get in the way of your work, then please do not apply as reliability & focus is key to this position.

Our Team is highly skilled and know what they're doing, and should be doing. This means the role isn't a 60 hour week, chair warming exercise. We need someone part time to help get the best out of The Team and free me up to focus more on communication and general planning.

With that said, I want someone great for this role and I'm prepared to pay appropriately for it. This isn't some $5/hour outsource gig... you'll be paid very well for your skills.

Skills & Requirements

All our projects are tracked and managed through the JIRA / Confluence platform, so it is essential you can work effectively within this virtual environment.

You'll be handling the operations of a 15-person virtual team, so we want to see your ability to manage a team this size effectively and efficiently. Ideally, we would also find you to have knowledge and experience with Operational Methodology, such as Agile, Scrum, EOS etc.

We also set focus on achieving important KPIs, so you should also be adept at setting up and defining meaningful KPIs for the Marketing, Sales and Help Desk teams, ensuring these targets are being met.

Overall, Your Core Competencies Should Allow You To:

  • Operate within the JIRA/Confluence virtual project environment
  • Effectively manage a highly talented and global 15-person virtual team
  • Develop and streamline operating processes and functions
  • Create new project planning systems to increase efficiency and improve product launch performance
  • Develop and refine current business systems for maximum efficiency
  • Manage employee performance by establishing performance objectives and goals
  • Assist with planning and execution of product launches, including positioning and marketing channels
  • Assist in the development and saturation of company culture
  • Assist in the development of meaningful KPIs
  • Transform the CEO's vision into an actionable plan and measure its progress
  • Organize regular, constructive team meetings with an eye on progress and actionable takeaways

Our company culture is one that values talent and results – if you’ve got what it takes, we’ll do everything to help you excel in your role.

About PressCable

PressCable is a fast-growing, well-funded B2B SaaS Start-up riding the momentum of our best years to date. In the past 18 months, we’ve developed and launched our most successful SaaS product yet and hit Seven Figure Sales in just five months... thus creating the Fastest Growing PR Distribution Company in the world.

We've entered a market ripe for disruption, leading with innovation and making a real impact, shaking up the PR Industry in the process.

With just small innovations so far, we’re already taken rapid market share and are poised for even more explosive growth going forward into 2016.

Our business now thirsts for the structure, flow, practical vision and organization that a passionate and experienced Project Management / Operations Specialist can give it.

Over 2,500+ online business professionals currently rely on us to assist in the growth and marketability of their companies. We have a lot more ideas in store for 2016, and need someone who is ready to pitch in and support us in our growth!

In return, you will always be given the support you need, and you’ll get to enjoy working in a lively and passionate environment, with equally enthusiastic people from all over the world.

Among our main concerns, is that you enjoy your work and can address the demands of the role with a positive and passionate perspective. We continue to push boundaries and embrace the opportunity to work at the edge of our comfort zones, to develop mastery over new sets of skills and abilities - letting us take the market by storm.

If you meet our requirements and this sounds exciting to you – Get In Touch With Me Today!

Send your resume and cover letter to [email protected] - be sure to include 'I Organize Companies' in the subject line or your application will never be seen.