Project Manager

The Project Manager will be responsible for overseeing multiple projects at once, driving timelines, motivating our teams, and achieving project execution. This person will have no problem diving in headfirst and holding employees accountable to their commitments, responsibilities, and deadlines. A technical background, or the ability to communicative effectively with technical team members, will be imperative in understanding the mechanics of putting projects together. In this role, you will:

Ask insightful and targeted questions to determine project scope, goals, timelines, resourcing needs, and deliverables.

Proactively identify potential risks and challenges ahead of time to keep projects on track and prevent unforeseen obstacles

Make teams more efficient by streamlining workflows and enabling engineers to focus on execution

Coordinate and schedule necessary project-level meetings and other activities to promote active and productive communication amongst project teams, stakeholders, and management

Work with technology managers to automate and streamline existing processes and future initiatives

Communicate and present project and program status to multiple departments, including to senior executives and shareholders

Develop and enforce Akuna’s project procedures and rules on multiple projects

Establish and maintain relationships with the Trading, Operations, and Engineering teams

4+ years of professional project or program management experience

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or similar

Familiarity with Jira is required; experience with other Atlassian tools like Confluence is a plus.

Background in software development, IT, and/or finance is a plus