Project Manager

JOB DESCRIPTION

You will have a passion and stern mindset to deliver the management of a range of Projects and Programmes of work that are organisationally complex, carry a high degree of change management from start through to in life service.

Responsible for planning, leading, organizing, and motivating teams to achieve a high level of performance and quality in delivering agile that provide exceptional business value to users. The PM will be responsible for managing several concurrent high visibility projects using different methods in a fast-paced environment that may cross multiple business divisions. The PM may play a number of different roles in actual practice:

At an enterprise level, leading and managing large, complex enterprise-level projects consisting of multiple Agile teams and/or requiring integration with other activities outside the scope of the Agile teams

At a team level, playing a consultative role to help put in place the appropriate people, process, and tools and coaching members of the team as needed to optimize the efficiency of the project team

In situations that require a hybrid Agile approach, using good judgment and skill to develop a project management approach that is suitable for planning and managing the effort to achieve the project goals within designated project constraints

JOB SPECIFICATION

• Strong expertise on the relevant domain preferably within the consulting arena
• Knowledge and experience of having scaled across multiple global geographies, and within large blue-chip organisations
• Proven ability of co-ordinating onshore/offshore delivery teams
• Willingness to travel regularly
• Fluent written and spoken English
• Senior professional
• Ability to interpret and prioritise multiple, potentially conflicting requirements
• Excellent presentation and influencing skills
• Outcome and target focused
• Highly commercially aware
• Ability to work in a multi-cultural/international environment
• Pragmatic approach
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Produces good quality work, delivers technical and analytical results, demonstrates value creation for smaller projects
• Contributes to proposal process independently within specified area
• Has shown leadership in implementing specific solutions at various customers
• Is recognised as an expert both internally and externally
• Has implemented/led a technology solution through all project phases several times
• Combines methodology to new approaches as a response to customer needs
• No direct supervision necessary
• Solid understanding of software development life cycle models as well as expert knowledge of both Agile and traditional project management principles and practices and the ability to blend them together in the right proportions to fit a project and business environment
• A proven track record of successfully implementing software or web development projects using Agile methodologies including 5+ years of experience as a Project Manager managing large, complex projects in a high-tech development environment with multi-function teams. PMP preferred
• Prior experience with SCRUM/Agile methodologies with enterprise-level application development projects. PMI-ACP, CSM, or equivalent preferred
• Experience overseeing multi-function project teams with at least team members including Developers, Business Analysts, and QA Personnel
• Balanced business/technical background
• Sufficient level of technical background to provide highly-credible leadership to development teams and to be able to accurately and objectively evaluate complex project risks and issues.
• Ability to provide leadership to business analysts and collaborate with customers and develop strategies and solutions of high business value.
• The manager himself must know coding.
• Skills Required:
• BA or BS or equivalent experience is required; MA or MS is a plus
• Strong interpersonal skills including mentoring, coaching, collaborating, and team building
• Strong analytical, planning, and organizational skills with an ability to manage competing demands
• Strong knowledge and understanding of business needs with the ability to establish/maintain high level of customer trust and confidence
• Proven ability to lead software development projects and ensure objectives, goals, and commitments are met
• Solid understanding of and demonstrated experience in using appropriate tools
• Agile Project Management tools such as Jira/Greenhopper, Rally, VersionOne or equivalent
• Microsoft Project, Visio, and all Office Tools
• Excellent oral and written communications skills and experience interacting with both business and IT individuals at all levels including the executive level
• Creative approach to problem-solving with the ability to focus on details while maintaining the “big picture” view.
• Primary skills we are looking for:- PHP- MySQL- HTML & CSS- Javascript- JS Node- jQuery- APIs/SaaS integration