Project Manager (Contract) - User Conference

Postman is the world's leading API platform, used by more than 25 million developers and 500,000 organizations, including 98% of the Fortune 500. Postman is helping developers and professionals across the globe build the API-first world by simplifying each step of the API lifecycle and streamlining collaboration-enabling users to create better APIs, faster.

The company is headquartered in San Francisco and has an office in Bangalore, where it was founded. Postman is privately held, with funding from Battery Ventures, BOND, Coatue, CRV, Insight Partners, and Nexus Venture Partners. Learn more at postman.com or connect with Postman on Twitter via @getpostman.

P.S: We highly recommend reading The "API-First World" graphic novel to understand the bigger picture and our vision at Postman.

Join the Postman team as a Project Manager responsible for overseeing the internal needs for our inaugural User Conference. You'll collaborate with internal stakeholders and an external event agency to ensure the seamless execution of this pivotal event. This role involves working closely with various internal departments to coordinate internal needs including curating engaging content sessions (with support from internal SMEs), coordinating product announcement details, planning for staff needs on site and travel timelines, orchestrating captivating demonstrations.

Become a vital part of our team as we prepare for this groundbreaking User Conference. Bring your expertise in project management and event production to create an unforgettable experience for our audience. If you're ready to take on this challenge and make a lasting impact, apply now!

• Collaborate with internal stakeholders and an external event agency to drive the event's success.
• Coordinate and manage multiple workstreams to ensure timely responses and event preparation.
• Assist with developing engaging sessions, product releases, and captivating demonstrations.
• Create and maintain project timelines, workback schedules, documentation, and deliverables throughout the event's lifecycle.
• Partner and lead weekly meetings with event agency to ensure deliverables are on track, next steps, and action items are identified, and share out meeting notes to the working team members.
• Act as the central point of contact between internal teams and external partners.
• Attend weekly meetings with event agency to follow progress, answer questions and gather to-do lists for applicable internal teams/departments to keep momentum going.
• Create tickets as needed for supporting internal teams, including creative, Marketing engineering, and content; manage review cycle between working team members and stakeholders
• Ensure scope is defined for working team members and that necessary requirements have been met, including specs, templates, content, creative direction, etc.

• Proven experience in project management, ideally within event production or similar fields.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to multitask and manage various stakeholders.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities to liaise effectively with diverse teams.
• Capacity to thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Flexibility and adaptability to evolving project needs.
• Availability for full-time contract work for six months leading up to and throughout the event.
• Availability for select site visit(s) in San Francisco and full on-site support of event during event week including setup days in late April/early May.
• Familiarity with Atlassian tools such as Jira and Confluence.

At Postman, we create with the same curiosity that we see in our users. We value transparency & honest communication about not only successes, but also failures. In our work, we focus on specific goals that add up to a larger vision. Our inclusive work culture ensures that everyone is valued equally as important pieces of our final product. We are dedicated to delivering the best products we can.

This role is a contracting position based in the greater San Francisco bay area, and the reasonably estimated hourly rate for this role ranges from $40 to $80 per hour. Actual compensation is based on the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition to our pay-on-performance philosophy, we offer a comprehensive set of benefits, including full medical coverage, flexible PTO, wellness reimbursement, and a monthly lunch stipend. Salaries will vary outside of the listed metropolitan areas & the U.S.

Postman is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status. Headhunters and recruitment agencies may not submit resumes/CVs through this website or directly to managers. Postman does not accept unsolicited headhunter and agency resumes. Postman will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with Postman.