by Angela Copeland | Sep 2, 2016 | Job Posting
Microsoft is seeking a Tech Evangelist in Cambridge, MA.
The Technical Evangelist is a highly technical role within the US Developer Experience and Evangelism (DX) team. The overall mission of the organization is to drive adoption while supporting a vibrant, healthy, and sustainable developer ecosystem locally for Microsoft’s key platforms. We do this by working closely with developers, startups, and students to drive interest and preference for our platforms. This particular position is for a Technical Evangelist in New York City or Boston area.
A Technical Evangelist on the US Audience Evangelism Team uses software development knowledge, technical writing and persuasive presentation skills to inspire students, startups and developers to build innovative applications using Microsoft’s leading edge technology.
As a member of this elite team you will participate in developer events and engage the community through startup events, meetup user groups and Hackathons. You will develop relationships with community leaders and influencers and reach hundreds of thousands of developers through your branded online media and in person talks and workshops.
This is a highly technical role with the mission of engaging and inspiring the broad community of developers and fostering adoption of Microsoft development tools and technologies.
To learn more, or to apply online, visit the Microsoft website.
by Angela Copeland | Sep 2, 2016 | Job Posting
The GRAMMY Awards (The Recording Academy) is seeking a Senior Product Manager in Santa Monica, CA.
The Recording Academy is seeking an experienced Senior Product Manager to help drive the strategy, product definition and overall delivery of the company’s digital initiatives based on business goals and market conditions. The candidate must be technically savvy, passionate and self-driven with excellent communication skills and ability to interface with all groups within the organization.
The Senior Product Manager works with design, strategy and development to create and oversee products that fit our customer needs throughout the product lifecycle, from strategic definition to end-of-life planning. They facilitate the product requirements gathering across the team, and manage the process gates and deadlines to ensure successful delivery. The Senior Product Manager is the driver of a multidisciplinary team.
The Senior Product Manager must possess a broad base of skills and knowledge spanning digital technology, strategy and business planning, user experience design, engineering and agile/lean software development practices. They must possess an entrepreneurial drive to develop new products, while managing business needs and timeframes to broker complex relationships that evolve into real solutions.
To learn more, or to apply online, visit The GRAMMY Awards website.
by Angela Copeland | Sep 1, 2016 | Job Posting
Ancestry.com is seeking a Senior Manager, Adobe Analytics Implementation in San Francisco, CA.
The Analytics practice at Ancestry is a team of over 30 innovative web analytics professionals offering leading edge interactive product strategies, insightful analyses, and reporting services. We’re searching for a new team member to share in our passion for data and continuous measurable improvement across multiple product offerings.
Our team supports the Product organization and is focused on understanding their strategic business objectives, relating those objectives to measurable indicators, and delivering learnings that promote continuous performance improvements. Working closely with members of the Product and Engineering teams, you will explore opportunities for conversion and optimization opportunities across Ancestry websites and mobile apps.
We are looking for an experienced technical leader to work with internal clients to understand their business objectives and translate them into analytics integration requirements, then execute accordingly. This is a single, hands-on role expected to install, configure, customize and deploy the Adobe web analytics platform- meaning writing the code necessary to produce reporting. This role will own the tagging capability across the organization for the global analytics team and includes coordinating upgrades and new functionality with appropriate internal team members.
Working closely with an Adobe Evangelist who oversees the adoption of the product, the Senior Adobe Analytics Implementation Tag Manager will develop the next generation of online user behavior reporting capability. You will own the execution of best-in-class strategy of use of s.props, eVars, events, classification rules, IP excludes… across multiple sites and Report Suites, as well as maintain the solution doc describing those decisions. After an initial evaluation and implementation stage, daily activities include meeting with stakeholders to gather tracking requirements then creating customized reporting ability. This is an exciting to join Ancestry and own an important capability, from ground up, that will define our success.
To learn more, or to apply online, visit the Ancestry website.
by Angela Copeland | Sep 1, 2016 | Job Posting
GoDaddy is seeking a Head of Experimentation in Sunnyvale, CA.
Responsibilities:
- Lead our A/B testing program
- Establish a culture of rapid experimentation by being a ‘go to expert’ on A/B testing and MVT
- Ensure robust hypotheses are tested and help ensure sound experimental designs
- Ensure business owners interpret test results correctly and make informed decisions
- Set up a platform which enables multiple simultaneous experiments; increase velocity of and robustness of experiments
- Hire and lead a small team of statistical/testing analysts; build a
- Testing Center of Excellence
- Ensure consistent tools, methodology, and best practices are employed
- Ensure visibility of experiments; create a central repository of experiments with description & results
- Educate the business on all things Testing related (eg: Bayesian vs. Frequentist)
- Be a ‘Testing ambassador” and an evangelist – to establish a culture of Test & Learn
To learn more, or to apply online, visit the GoDaddy website.
by Angela Copeland | Aug 31, 2016 | Career Corner Column, Media, Personal Brand
Recent events have brought this very basic idea back to the surface. Honesty should be a critical part of each of our professional and personal brands. Building and maintaining trusting relationships is such an important piece of a successful career.
News coverage from the Olympics was dominated by the actions of a few swimmers. And, those actions have nothing to do with the years they’ve each spent training in the swimming pool. Many of the news reports are conflicting. What really happened or how bad things were is unclear. But, what is clear is that the swimmers were not completely honest when they spoke to officials, their families, and the media. Regardless of how bad their actions were, their characters are now being scrutinized in detail. Their lives will be forever changed, both personally and financially, by something that may have seemed inconsequential in the moment.
In a similar regard, we can often be on autopilot at work. We’re trying to make it through the day. We have more on our plates than we can possibly manage and we’re working to check everything off the list. At times, honesty, ethics, and doing the right thing can take a back seat to getting things done quickly.
In fact, a 2002 University of Massachusetts study performed by Robert Feldman found that sixty percent of people lie at least once during a ten minute conversation. It said that “most people lie in everyday conversation when they are trying to appear likable and competent.”
Although the number seems high, this reasoning makes sense. Someone may initially tell a small lie to make themselves look better. But, if caught, a lie can truly impact how we see that person going forward. We may question everything that person has told us before, and whether or not they will tell the truth in the future.
In an interview, telling a lie can cost you the job. If there’s something inaccurate on your resume or in other information you’ve shared along the way and it’s discovered, you won’t receive a job offer. If you’re fortunate enough to make it through the hiring process and then the lie is discovered, it could be grounds for termination.
With this said, accidents do happen. There are times when we’re trying our best to be honest and something we’ve communicated is inaccurate. When this happens, the best answer is to be straightforward with the truth. Dancing around the issue only sets you up to look like you were being dishonest all along. Apologize to anyone who may have been hurt, take corrective steps, and try to move on quickly.
It’s better to build a reputation as someone who’s a little too honest than someone who isn’t quite honest enough. Honesty will allow you to grow professional relationships that will last for years to come.
Warren Buffet said it best. “It takes twenty years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.”
Angela Copeland is CEO and founder of Copeland Coaching and can be reached at CopelandCoaching.com or on Twitter at @CopelandCoach.
by Angela Copeland | Aug 31, 2016 | Job Posting
Indeed is seeking an Event Manager in Austin, TX.
Indeed is looking for an events professional to manage and execute our global event experience program by promoting the Indeed brand, developing client relationships and driving revenue for the company. The Global Events Manager will work closely with internal client-facing sales teams, marketing teams and senior leadership to create transformational event experiences for strategic clients on a global scale. This person must be a self-starter, highly dependable, polished, confident and committed to Indeed’s success. Must be articulate, clear and precise in objectives and actions; flexible, creative, extremely detail-oriented, and a high-quality producer under tight deadlines.
To learn more, or to apply online, visit the Indeed website.
by Angela Copeland | Aug 31, 2016 | Job Posting
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is seeking a Project Manager of Quality / Safety in Memphis, TN.
The Project Manager-Quality/Safety is responsible for the overall planning, management and completion of projects on a wide variety of programs. Works with staff and physicians to develop project scope of work documents and project plans. Uses project management skills to manage project roles, identify resource requirements, meet training needs, define project deliverables, provide customer satisfaction and reporting structures and insure quality of projects. Identifies the technical approach to be used on a given project and manages the system development process. Documents opportunities to integrate systems and resources to fulfill project requirements. Ensures effective communications and relationships between customers and project team members are maintained. Responsible for significant, institution-wide projects, typically focused on meeting project commitments, including communications with sponsors, stakeholders etc. Spends majority of time on project management responsibilities. Leads the design, testing, planning, and implementation of complex projects for systems that can affect many users.
To learn more, or to apply online, visit the St. Jude website.
by Angela Copeland | Aug 30, 2016 | Advice, Informational Interviewing, Podcast
Episode 112 is live! This week, we talk with Mac Prichard in Portland, OR.
Mac is the Founder and Publisher of Mac’s List. Mac’s List is an online community that connects more than 80,000 passionate, creative professionals a month to meaningful and creative work and careers. He also hosts career podcast Find Your Dream Job, a podcast for professionals who are looking for new work, meaningful employment, and an opportunity to make a difference in life.
On today’s episode, Mac shares his secrets to hacking the hidden job market, to mastering informational interviews, and how long your job search should really take.
Listen and learn more! You can play the podcast here, or download it on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher.
To learn more about Mac’s List and the Find Your Dream Job Podcast, visit Macslist.org.
Thanks to everyone for listening! if you have questions, you can e-mail me at Angela(at)CopelandCoaching(dot)com. If you’ve enjoyed the program today, please be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts and leave me a review!
by Angela Copeland | Aug 30, 2016 | Job Posting
Tesla Motors is seeking an Owner Advisor.
You will be challenged to support your sales peers, build customer relationships, educate others about electric ownership and match the benefits of our cars to the needs of your customers. At the end of the day, you will be measured and rewarded by your ability to close business and also your ability to create Tesla-evangelists who will tell our story to their friends and family.
To succeed at Tesla, you must be energetic, highly organized, and hard working. You should have a passion for electric vehicles and the ability to create exceptional customer experiences. While individual contributions will be recognized, teamwork is essential to achieve the highest level of success. We will reward team players who help others succeed and empower the team around them.
To learn more, or to apply online, visit the Tesla Motors website.
by Angela Copeland | Aug 30, 2016 | Job Posting
BJ’s Wholesale Club is seeking a VP of Infrastructure & Technology Solutions.
Reporting to the CIO, the Vice President of Infrastructure & Technology Solutions is part of the IT Leadership team and is responsible for all design, build and operations of all BJ’s Infrastructure and Technology Solutions including: Data Center, Cloud Infrastructure Services, Desktop, Compute Services, Database, Storage, Network, Operations, Telecommunications, Service Desk, Incident Management, Problem Management, Change Management, Service Request Management, and Disaster Recovery.
To learn more, or to apply online, visit the BJ’s Wholesale Club website.
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