Technical Project Manager, Wave
12 Month Contract
Financial services for small business owners
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Financial services for small business owners
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
201-500 employees
Company mission
To create a future where small business owners can manage their finances fearlessly.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
- 5+ years of experience in project management, with at least 2 years managing technical projects in a technology company
- Proven experience in managing cross-functional teams, including engineering, product, and business stakeholders
- Working on teams with modern software development workflows with continuous delivery
- Demonstrated success in delivering projects on time, within scope, and within budget in a fast-paced environment
- 2+ years experience being part of the software development team, e.g., hands on coding or testing
- Strong understanding of technical concepts and software development methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Waterfall)
- Proficiency in project management tools (e.g., Jira, Asana, Trello) and version control systems (e.g., Git)
- Basic knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud) and CI/CD processes is a plus
- Agile or Scrum certifications (e.g., CSM, PMI-ACP) are a plus
- Project Management Professional or similar project management certification is a nice to have
- Excellent verbal and written communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Strong organizational, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously
- Strong attention to detail with the ability to adapt to changing priorities
What the job involves
- A Technical Project Manager oversees the planning, execution, and delivery of large technical projects that span multiple engineering teams
- They coordinate cross-functional teams, manage risks, ensure quality, and communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders to meet business outcomes
- Lead cross-functional teams to define, plan, and execute technical projects aligned with business goals and timelines
- Collaborate with stakeholders to clarify project requirements, prioritize features, and ensure alignment across teams
- Drive project progress by managing timelines, tracking milestones, and addressing risks or roadblocks
- Communicate project updates and status reports to stakeholders, ensuring transparency and managing expectations
- Ensure technical solutions are delivered with high quality, meeting scope, performance, and compliance standards
- Identify opportunities to improve processes, optimize workflows, remove bottlenecks and enhance team efficiency and work with Engineering leadership to make improvements
- Monitor project budgets and resource allocation, ensuring efficiency while meeting timelines
- Monitor performance metrics
- Foster a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement within technical teams, promoting innovation and accountability
- Enable organizational agility by supporting cross functional teams to do iterative planning and value delivery
Our take
Over 90% of all businesses in North America are zero to five employee companies. These businesses are organising their finances either by paying an expensive accountant, or relying on traditional spreadsheets.
In response, Wave is democratising access to financial services software. While they are not the first to do this, they have taken the flourishing approach of giving away the invoicing and accounting software 100% for free.
The company instead makes money by embedding financial services products within the software. It's these payments and other revenue streams that the startup is now looking to expand to secure more revenue to scale.
While the company has had success so far with its tools, it will need to build a whole suite of products and services in order to compete with the accounting software giants like Xero.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-7% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 11 rounds)
Jun 2018
$3.3m
EARLY VC
May 2017
$32m
SERIES D
Total funding: $81.2m
Company benefits
- Work From Where You Work Best: We will always have a welcoming, energizing, and world-class office (in Toronto) with a space for you. Or, if you’re more comfortable working from home, the choice is yours
- We Care About Future You: You will stretch yourself and you will grow at Wave. You will also be supported on this journey with diverse learning experiences, educational allowances, mentorship, and so much more
- We Support the Full You: We make a serious investment in your health & wellness. When we think about benefits we think about body, mind, & soul and we take this stuff very seriously
- We Take Care of the Fundamentals: Fair compensation, all the office perks you’d want, and the various goodies you’d expect from a growing tech company. This is the obvious stuff, but we don’t want you to think we forgot!
Company HQ
Leslieville, Toronto, ON
Leadership
Zahir Khoja
(CEO, not Founder)Worked at Mastercard as EVP (Global Merchant Solutions and Partnerships) and held several Senior VP positions. Former Vintro Board Member and General Manager (North America) at Afterpay.
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