We’re looking for a great technical project manager for a 3+ month contract in the San Fransisco area for one of our clients. They will be responsible for the day to day technical management of a large e-commerce website project for a major retailer. They will be working with the internal product and engineering teams and a couple outside vendors to manage this project to completion. This includes task management, issue assessment and mitigation, technical analysis and project management. If you are interested send your resume to biz@tadlockenterprises.com.

Requirements

• 5+ years working in a software engineering or project management team
• 3+ years working in a technical project management role
• Experience working with online e-commerce websites and content management systems
• Proficient in project management tools including Excel and Microsoft Project
• Working knowledge of development tools and technologies
• Able to effectively interface with and manage external vendors
• Able to communicate with executive management teams
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

I just received an email from a friend who works at Amazon. They are bulking up their team and have a bunch of open roles. If you are interested and are good (seriously), send me an email at biz@tadlockenterprises.com and I’ll forward it on. If you get the job you will owe me dinner.

I hope this note finds you well. For the past few years I’ve been working in the Third Party Merchants space at Amazon. This group is responsible for about 1/3 of unit sales and will generate several billion in sales this year. This group is also one of the fasted growing businesses within Amazon. In 2010 (and beyond), we will be launching many large, complex, new features to accelerate our growth. As a result, we need to hire several talented and passionate technical folks to help us succeed. We are looking for the following skill-sets:

- Software Development Engineers (10)
- Technical Program Managers (5)
- Senior Manager, Technical Program Management (1)
- Senior Operations Manager (1)
- Quality Assurance Manager (1)
- Database Administrators (2)
- Software Test Engineers (4)
- Senior UX Designers (2)

All of these positions are located in Seattle.