Company Summary:

1-800 CONTACTS is the largest ($600 million-plus) direct-Marketer of replacement contact lenses in the United States.  Through its toll-free telephone number, 1‑800 CONTACTS, and through its multiple Internet addresses—which include 1800contacts.com, contacts.com and contactlenses.com— and through its affiliate with over 4000 Wal-Mart stores, the Company offers essentially all of the soft and hard contact lenses produced by major contact lens manufacturers, including Johnson & Johnson, CIBA Vision, Bausch & Lomb, Ocular Sciences and Cooper Vision.  The Company stocks the largest inventory of contact lenses in the world (20 million) from which it can ship approximately 95% of its orders within one business day of receipt.

Position Overview:

The Digital Commerce Project Manager will deliver web-based solutions for our mobile, tablet, and core web experiences by managing strategic projects in a fast-paced environment.  The ideal candidate will have strong leadership qualities and 3 to 5 years of project management experience, with a demonstrated history of working on ecommerce projects and implementing ecommerce technologies.  The candidate should be naturally curious, passionate about driving business processes into high-quality solutions, committed about meeting deadlines, and someone who has demonstrated flexibility in meeting the needs of a challenging, dynamic, and fast-paced business.

Responsibilities:

• General project management support activities to include project planning, risk management, resource analysis, internal and 3^rd party vendor coordination, communicating project status, etc.
• Facilitate an agile software development lifecycle for digital commerce.  Help us build great teams that build great products.
• Partner in product discovery to develop requirements for approved mobile, tablet, or core web projects enabling agile development teams to deliver efficiently.
• Work with project stakeholders and external resources to deliver projects on time, on budget, and without sacrificing quality.
• Oversee project requirements, scope, change management issues, and drive adherence to multiple project timelines.
• Effectively apply best practice methodology, define process, and enforce project standards.
• Resolve and/or escalate issues in a timely fashion.
• Responsible for proper organization and documentation of project information.
• Document meeting minutes and issues, risks, decisions, and follow up with issues log.
• Use analytical and problem-solving skills to avoid scope creep of projects.

Required Experience and Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in business-related field highly preferred or equivalent work experience.
• 3 – 5 years of project management experience highly preferred.
• SDLC experience focuses on digital commerce initiatives that include:  mobile, tablet, and core web experiences.
• Experience with ecommerce technologies:  hybris, ATG, Demandware, Omniture SiteCatalyst, SiteSpect, Foresee, Scene7, Clicktale, TeaLeaf, etc.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Conflict resolution/management.
• Challenges the status quo, champions change, and influences others to change.
• Technical aptitude and understanding of “how the web works.”

Benefits available:

• Competitive Medical, Dental & Vision benefits
• Accrue 19 days Paid Time off annually your 1^st year!
• 8 paid holidays
• 401K with company match
• Huge discounts on contact lenses and glasses for friends and family
• Free on-site fitness center with access to certified trainers
• On-site restaurant with highly discounted meals
• Company paid Life, AD&D
• Supplemental Life available
• Long Term Disability
• Free 24 hour Nurse Line
• Extensive Wellness program
• Free soda, coffee, and drinks all day every day
• Free breakfast, fruit and bread all day every day
• Much, much more

Apply by emailing a resume to:  recruiting@1800contacts.com.  Please list the position title in the subject line and specify how you learned of the opportunity.