Technical Project Manager LendUp - San Francisco, CA, US

The Technical Project Manager ensures that projects defined by the Product Lead are delivered by the Engineering team according to agreed-upon standards of timeline, budget, and quality. As Technical Project Manager, nothing makes you happier than a beautiful product launch: All stakeholders were prepared, the engineers weren’t stressed, customers were notified, and it all went out on time. Just like you said it would. Key Responsibilities Work with the Product Lead and Engineering Lead to define an appropriate pace of work Run daily Engineering stand-up meetings and identify blockers and/or resources needed to succeed Live in JIRA Agile and work with the Product Lead to see issues from creation through resolution Make sure stakeholders know what's going on, and the right people sign off when necessary Identify and manage dependencies, and parallelize work appropriately Anticipate obstacles and confidently communicate when things are not going as planned Qualifications Superb communication skills. You are so proud of your emails that you re-read some. Technical interest. You’ll be immersed in engineering and expected to learn and understand details. Meticulous attention to detail. You err on the side of explaining the obvious. Hustle. We are an ambitious team, and blowing it is not an option. Respect for other peoples’ time. You start a meeting on time, with an agenda, and keep it on track. Experience shipping technical products. Startup experience a plus. Experience with daily use of an agile project management tool (JIRA Agile, Pivotal Tracker, Trello, etc). To Apply Please send your résumé, cover letter, and GitHub URL (if applicable) with the subject line: Technical Project Manager. Feel free to include anything you feel would make us want to hire you immediately. Disclaimer: Local Candidates Only

About this company

At LendUp we believe there are two types of financial products: chutes and ladders. Ladders help people up, chutes push people down. One of our core values is that every product we offer at LendUp is a ladder, measured by the long-term financial wellbeing of our customers. LendUp loans are a stepping-stone towards better credit, and all the products we offer are in service of commitment to getting our customers to a better financial state.

We are a data-driven company. We are building the most innovative credit models in the world to extend credit as aggressively as possible, while assessing who is a likely candidate for the path we offer out of the payday loan trap and into prime credit.

We are a seed stage startup funded by Y-Combinator, Kleiner Perkins, Andresseen Horowitz, Google Ventures, Yuri Milner’s Startfund, Data Collective, Thomvest Ventures and a bunch of awesome angels.

Our vision of redefining the billion dollar payday lending market has been featured in CNN, Techcrunch, AllThingsD, NPR, Venturebeat, Inc. and the list goes on...