Full-time Employee – Eastern USA or Eastern Canada
QCon* – an established, global leader in software developer conferences – is looking for a Stand-Out Conference Content Product Manager, to help drive the content curation and attendee/speaker experience for our conferences in London, New York, San Francisco – and new locations. (*QCon Conferences are owned by C4Media, Inc., Toronto, Canada)
The role:
You are someone who is motivated by playing an important role in helping accelerate software development in the world. You enjoy interacting with well-known software developers who are working on cool, new technologies. You are constantly looking to improve the conference content to maximize attendee experience and to create a conference attendees love. You roll-up your sleeves and you enjoy working with a team of highly engaged & passionate staff who work remotely, who live in 14 different countries and who meet in-person several times per year.
REQUIREMENTS
To be successful in this job you must be: encouraging, observant, perceptive, dependable, empathetic, team-focused, reliable, detail-oriented, analytical, methodical, logical, realistic, practical, organized, and objective.
You must be proficient in skills such as project management and time-line management and be fluent in written & spoken English. You must have an affinity for technology and stay in touch with current trends, be highly productive working in a remote environment, be a critical thinker and be able to travel internationally 3-5 times per year for a duration of up to 4-8 days.
Your experience has to include:
- A minimum of 3 years in product management in a technical field (software preferred), or equivalent in coaching/facilitating technical teams.
- A minimum of 2 years working in a remote environment.
- Strong project management skills.
- You must be able to work in a team that has core values of Integrity, Transparency, Accountability, Service and Continuous Improvement.
BENEFITS
- Join an amazing global team of highly motivated individuals with diverse skills and backgrounds from Canada, Romania, USA, Brazil, UK, and Argentina.
- Work remote from anywhere, 100% of staff work from home. The teams are spread across 4 continents and have a great company culture! Your home base can be anywhere on the east side of the US (Midwest or East Coast), or Canada (Midwest, Toronto or Montreal).
- Report directly to the President of QCon / C4Media.
- Competitive salary and benefits package. We provide up to 30 paid days off per calendar year after the first year with us (25 days in the first year).
- Keep Learning. We offer reimbursement for continued growth and mastery of competencies related to your career path.
- Annual travel to NYC, SF, London, and other global locations for conferences and team building.
- The annual company all-hands: Visit a new country every year with your colleagues.
RESOURCES
Apply for the role: https://c4media.workable.com/jobs/1128231
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