Web Project Manager

The Web Project Manager is responsible for managing and ensuring the success of all web development projects and web support for the IT department that services The Philadelphia Orchestra and the Kimmel Center.  This position will work in conjunction with the web development team to make efficient use of the developers’ time to accomplish web development projects that span across multiple organizations and include multiple stakeholders.  Additionally, the Web Project Manager will facilitate all communication regarding in-house web development and web development support and bug fixes through the use of a development release cycles, documentation and in person meetings.

This position requires experience in the creation of project plans using standard project management software and “agile” development practices.  When working on new web development projects, the position will develop use cases to influence the direction of web development.

The Web Project Manager must have a working knowledge of source control and code repositories and be the main steward of all in-house developed applications and should have fluency with Microsoft web development programming languages and a background in user interface best practices.

Essential Functions:

Manage projects that have varying degrees of complexity and that adhere to strict deadlines.
Develop effective project plans and execute these plans across multiple projects.
Use an issue tracking system to track code bugs and enhancements.  This tracking system will also be used to communicate and document web projects and code changes within the department and to external clients. 
Working as part of the Web Services Team, responsible for delivering, communicating and implementing a bi-weekly code rollout for in-house applications while ensuring that this code rollout is vetted using standard quality assurance protocols.  
Oversight and daily management of the web developers to establish LOE of each phase of SDLC and prioritized QA tasks for bi-weekly releases.
Testing and maintaining web pages for Philadelphia Orchestra, Kimmel Center, Ticket Philadelphia and other Clients of IT Shared Services.
Testing and deploying daily email campaigns for all clients.
Design, develop, and implement test plans and use cases to ensure all system requirements and performance criteria are met.
Troubleshooting and resolving basic application bugs and errors through familiarity in a Microsoft-based environment.

Education/Experience:

Bachelor’s degree required.  Candidate must have 3 to 5 years of work experience in programming and project management.   Candidate must be familiar with the latest project management and collaboration tools and comfortable with programming environments and source control programs.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

Strong project and people management skills.
Excellent organizational and communication skills and the ability to work independently.
A familiarity with Microsoft development programming languages

.Net coding in an object-oriented environment.
C# preferred

Experience working with .Net Framework.
Understanding of Agile development model
Knowledge of XML/XSLT.
Experience with SOAP, REST and Web Services on .Net.
Working knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
Knowledge of Basecamp and Microsoft Project
Ability to prioritize assignments and tasks to meet critical client deadlines
Expertise with JIRA testing tool.
Knowledge of the Tessitura Ticketing and Development CRM and web API.
Ability to work in a collaborative work environment and present a creative, energetic and positive attitude.

Working Conditions/Physical Demands:

Routine for office environment.