Project Manager

Progress is seeking an early-career Project Manager to support cross-functional initiatives within Product Management. This role involves engaging with customers and markets, supporting product decision-making and execution, standardizing internal communication, maintaining external product communication and policies, and general project coordination. The ideal candidate will have an understanding of project management principles and familiarity with various project management tools.

Must Have

• Build and engage customer communities, validate posts, and share summaries.
• Monitor ideation SLAs and coordinate recognition programs.
• Collaborate with PMs on strategic changes, data collection, and pricing/end-of-life events.
• Execute tasks, document deliverables, report milestones, and manage risks.
• Create and reconcile internal/external communication plans.
• Prepare and update the PDP Product Management SharePoint portal.
• Propose usability improvements, organize content, and onboard new stakeholders.
• Update Product Compatibility Guides and monitor third-party software lifecycles.
• Revise compatibility matrices and collaborate on documentation/release notes messaging.
• Assist in managing project timelines, deliverables, and stakeholder communications.
• Track progress, escalate risks, and maintain documentation/reports.
• Support coordination between product, engineering, and operations teams.
• Communicate updates clearly and regularly to internal stakeholders.
• Understanding of project management principles.
• Familiarity with Aha!, Asana, Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence.
• Strong organizational and communication skills.
• Self-motivated, able to independently execute tasks and manage priorities.

Good to Have

• Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau)

Perks & Benefits

• Generous remuneration package
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan Enrollment
• 30 days paid annual vacation
• An extra day off for your birthday
• 2 additional days off for volunteering
• Premium healthcare and dental care coverage
• Additional pension insurance
• Well-equipped gym on-site with CrossFit equipment and a climbing wall
• Co-funded Multisport card
• Daycare Center for your little ones onsite
• Flexible working hours
• Free underground parking with a designated space for bikes, motorbikes and electric scooters

We are Progress (Nasdaq: PRGS) - the trusted provider of software that enables our customers to develop, deploy and manage responsible, AI-powered applications and experiences with agility and ease.

We’re proud to have a diverse, global team where we value the individual and enrich our culture by considering varied perspectives because we believe people power progress. Join us as a Project Manager and help us do what we do best: propelling business forward.

The Project Manager supports the planning, coordination, and execution of cross-functional initiatives within Product Management. This role is ideal for early-career professionals looking to grow in program management while contributing to both strategic and operational goals under supervision.

In this role, you will:

• Customer and Market Engagement
• Build thriving customer community by regularly posting and engaging in product communities.
• Collaborating with Product Management and customer-facing teams to build, draft and validate community posts, maintain engagement logs, and share monthly summaries.
• Monitor ideation SLAs and coordinate with community managers for recognition programs.
• Support Product Decision Making and Execution
• Collaborate with PMs to support strategic changes, collect data, and attend stakeholder meeting to build, submit and execute pricing and end of life events.
• Execute assigned tasks, document deliverables, report milestones, and manage risks/changes to enable continuous and speedy progress on the projects
• Create and reconcile internal/external communication plans.
• Standardize and enable Internal Communication
• Prepare and execute updates to the PDP Product Management SharePoint portal.
• Propose usability improvements, organize content, and announce changes.
• Align portal content with quarterly priorities and onboard new PMs/stakeholders.
• Maintain Product External communication & Policies
• Product Compatibility Guide Updates
• Monitor third-party software lifecycle status and communicate updates.
• Revise compatibility matrices, document retirements, and collaborate on messaging for documentation/release notes.
• General Coordination
• Assist in managing project timelines, deliverables, and stakeholder communications.
• Track progress across multiple workstreams and escalate risks or delays.
• Maintain documentation, dashboards, and status reports.
• Support coordination between product, engineering, and operations teams.
• Communicate updates clearly and regularly to internal stakeholders.

Your background:

• Understanding of project management principles.
• Familiarity with tools such as Aha!, Asana, Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence.
• Strong organizational and communication skills.
• Self-motivated, able to independently execute tasks and manage priorities.
• Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau) is a plus.

If this sounds like you and fits your experience and career goals, we’d be happy to chat.

What we offer in return is the opportunity to experience a great company culture with wonderful colleagues to learn from and collaborate with and also to enjoy:

Compensation

• Generous remuneration package.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan Enrollment.

Vacation, Family, and Health

• 30 days paid annual vacation.
• An extra day off for your birthday.
• 2 additional days off for volunteering.
• Premium healthcare and dental care coverage.
• Additional pension insurance.
• Well-equipped gym on-site with CrossFit equipment and a climbing wall.
• Co-funded Multisport card.
• Daycare Center for your little ones onsite.
• Flexible working hours
• Free underground parking with a designated space for bikes, motorbikes and electric scooters.

Apply now!

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Together, We Make Progress

Progress is an inclusive workplace where opportunities to succeed are available to everyone. As a multicultural company serving a global community, we encourage a wide range of points of view and celebrate our diverse backgrounds. Our unique combination of perspectives inspires innovation, connects us to our customers and positively affects our communities. It is only by working together and learning from each other that we make Progress. Join us!