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Technical Project Manager
Sparkroom is looking for a Technical Project Manager to help us activate customers on our world-class hosted marketing analytics solution for the financial sector. In this role, you will work with customers to analyze their data and analytics requirements and configure and test the Sparkroom solution based on those needs. This is a technical position with frequent customer interaction.
Sparkroom
Sparkroom is an online marketing company created by former executives of LendingTree, Expedia, Workbrain and Indigo. We are focused on delivering direct marketing solutions and market intelligence to buyers and sellers of internet leads. We are building a software and services company that will change the economics of online marketing. We are backed by Matrix Partners, a top-tier Boston venture capital firm and have some of the best minds in the online marketing world advising us.
Culture is very important to us. Put simply, we believe that smart, passionate and fun people build great companies. With that in mind, we are looking for great people who want to love coming to work, want to be challenged by working with the best on hard problems and want to be part of building something great. What is it like working at Sparkroom? We collaborate – everyone’s voice is heard. We communicate – frequently and transparently. We live up to our promises. We get stuff done. We get better every day. We care – about our customers, our products and each other.
Opportunity
Work closely with Sparkroom customers in the financial sector who spend millions of dollars annually on internet leads. Help them integrate their data and configure and utilize Sparkroom’s web-based marketing analytics software to enable optimal decisions on the deployment of their marketing spend. This is a rare opportunity to be part of our young company as we grow and delight our customer base by making them successful with our solution. If this sounds like the place for you, come talk to us.
Responsibilities
- Maintain a high level of functional and technical product knowledge
- Work directly with customers to understand their data and analytics requirements, detailing proposed solutions to those needs
- Manage the full lifecycle of a client implementation through kickoff, analysis, system configuration and data loading, and testing
- Coach customers throughout the implementation process
- Ensure that customers complete their implementations on schedule
- Communicate constantly with customers, escalating important issues where needed
- Manage project documentation, including project plans, status reports and action items, and lead client project status meetings
- Reconcile, test and debug Sparkroom analytics against source customer data and systems, in order to verify accuracy and to ensure that customer requirements have been addressed
- Enjoy working in a highly collaborative environment
- Lead and coach junior team members, as required
Skills & Qualifications
- Candidate must demonstrate skills for analyzing and documenting business requirements and corresponding solutions specifications
- Must of self-managed, responsive, and dedicated to customer support
- Strong project management skills
- Understanding of and experience with application architectures (client/server, web, database)
- Superior communications skills (verbal and written)
- Experience writing database queries in SQL
- Experience with BI tools and OLAP is an asset
- Relevant BS degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering is required
Benefits & Compensation
- Competitive compensation package including cash, bonus and equity
Please send your resume and a cover letter to .
