.Drive projects through eBay Product Development Life Cycle and ensure all milestones are being successfully met in the given timeline. Balance multiple concurrent projects and the development resources of a diverse team of 15+.
• Identify, track and manage project issues, risks and action items.
• Coordinate scoping efforts with platform, architect, marketing analysts and BA/development leads.
• Drive requirements and development issues and timelines, as well as dive into data and product issues from a technical perspective.
• Coordinate and manage the roadmap cycle as well as provide timely and audience-specific status reports to key stakeholders at all levels (including Product Managers and Developers located in the US)
• BS or equivelent degree + 5 years of relevant work experience
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills, and experience applying these skills to resolve application design considerations and technical issues.
• Excellent communications skills and the ability to work well with other departments and varying levels of management. Fluent in English
• Ability to communicate technical issues/limitations/etc to a non-technical audience
• Strong technical skills and ability to work with junior and senior level developers on data driven projects and complex technical solutions.
• Minimum of 4-6 years experience working in a custom development environment
• Ability to function effectively in a fast paced environment and manage continuously changing business needs, preferably in an onsite - offshore development model.
• Experience working with Advertising, Internet Marketing, Search, or Publishing a plus.