Senior Project Manager

Social Discovery Group (SDG) is a global technology company that builds apps at the intersection of dating, social, and entertainment. The company's portfolio includes 70 social discovery platforms with a focus on AI, game mechanics, and video streaming. We actively support and invest in social discovery startups worldwide through our CVC fund.

More than 500 million people in 150 countries enjoy our products, and we strive to have ten times as many.

SDG invests in social discovery technology startups around the world. Our Investments include Open AI, Patreon, Flo, RAW, EVA AI, Clubhouse, Magnet, Woebot, Flure, Astry, Coursera, Academia, Harbour, Space, Auto1, DocSend, AppAnnie, Rapyd, Boom Supersonic, Trading, View, K-Health and many others.

We solve the problem of loneliness, isolation, and disconnection with the help of digital reality.

Our digital nomad team of more than 1200 professionals works all over the world. Together, we are solving the prevalent problem of loneliness and shaping Social Life 3.0 — a new digital reality where people will be able to fulfil their needs for communication and attention from other people and artificial life forms.

Our teams of digital nomads live and work remotely from Cyprus, Malta, the USA, Thailand, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Japan, Australia, Poland, Israel, Turkey, Latvia and many others.

We are looking for a Senior Project Manager to join our Core products.

Your main tasks will be:

Team Management:

• Collaborating with the frontend development team and QA team (7 members + QA lead);
• Coordinating tasks within the testing team and ensuring timely delivery of product increments;
• Overseeing deadlines and the quality of deliverables;

Risk and Deadline Management:

• Assessing and managing risks related to task completion;
• Setting and controlling deadlines to ensure the product is published on time;

Task Evaluation and Prioritization:

• Evaluating and analyzing incoming technical requirements for feasibility and priority;
• Identifying tasks that provide the most value to the business and protecting the team from low-priority tasks;

Collaboration with Other Teams:

• Coordinating with teams developing new features for the platform;
• Organizing release schedules and assisting cross-functional teams in achieving their goals while avoiding conflicts with the main development process.

We expect from you:

• Experience in managing task and resource integration, coordinating development teams to ensure timely product delivery;
• Ability to effectively manage project scope, evaluate and prioritize technical requirements, and protect the team from irrelevant tasks;
• Strong skills in managing schedules and deadlines, ensuring timely releases, as well as assessing and mitigating risks;
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, including communication with top management and teams, and the ability to defend business-oriented decisions;
• Technical proficiency for collaborating with development and testing teams, with basic knowledge of technical aspects.

What do we offer:

• REMOTE OPPORTUNITY to work full time;
• Vacation 28 calendar days per year;
• 7 wellness days per year (time off) that can be used to deal with household issues, to lie down and recover without taking sick leave;
• Bonuses up to $5000 for recommending successful applicants for positions in the company;
• Full payment for professional training, international conferences and meetings;
• Corporate discount for English lessons;
• ​Health benefits. If you are not eligible for corporate medical insurance, the company will compensate you with up to $ 1,000 gross per year per employee, according to the paychecks. This can be spent on self-purchase of health insurance or on doctor’s fees for yourself and close relatives (spouse, children);
• ​Workplace organization. The company provides all employees with an equipped workplace and all the necessary equipment (table, armchair, wifi, etc.) in our offices or co-working locations. In the other locations, the company provides reimbursement of workplace costs up to $ 1000 gross once every 3 years, according to the paychecks. This money can be spent on the rent of the co-working room, on equipping the working place at home (desk, chair, Internet, etc.) during those 3 years;
• Internal gamified gratitude system: receive bonuses from colleagues and exchange them for time off, merch, team building activities, massage certificates, etc.

Sounds good? Join us now!