The Project Manager will be responsible for planning, executing, and overseeing projects to ensure they are completed on time, within scope, and within budget. He/She will coordinate with teams, resources, and stakeholders to achieve project objectives while mitigating risks and ensuring alignment with organizational goals. The Project manager will work in a wide variety of fields while assessing the scrum maturity of the team and organization and guiding the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization. He/She will be coaching team members with agile standards and best practices. He/She will be supporting the agile transformation together with an agile working group.
Key Responsibilities:
- Define project scope, objectives, timelines, and deliverables
- Develop detailed project roadmaps, plans, budgets, and schedules
- Allocate resources, assign responsibilities, and optimize utilization
- Lead daily huddles and performance meetings to track and improve productivity
- Monitor and report on project progress using Agile project tools (JIRA, ScrumDesk, VSTS, TFS)
- Identify risks, issues, and blockers, and implement timely mitigation strategies
- Ensure deliverables meet quality standards and align with client expectations
- Manage code quality via reviews, unit testing, and ensure integration with external systems
- Oversee quality control practices: load testing, UAT, functional testing, release metrics
- Manage controlled releases and optimize cloud deployments and hosting environments
- Maintain comprehensive project documentation and present updates to senior leadership
- Coach teams in Agile values, Scrum principles, servant leadership, and continuous improvement
- Conduct and facilitate Scrum ceremonies: Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Reviews, Retrospectives
- Support Product Owner with backlog grooming, story estimation, and business alignment
- Foster a collaborative, respectful, and high-performing team culture
Required Skills & Knowledge:
1. Project & Agile Methodologies:
- Deep knowledge of Agile/Scrum, SAFe, XP, Kanban, Crystal, FDD, Lean, LeSS, DevOps
- Familiarity with PMI frameworks and project management best practices
- Strong skills in project estimation, planning, budgeting, and stakeholder management
- Proficiency with Agile tools: JIRA, ScrumDesk, VSTS, TFS, SharePoint
2. Agile Practices & Techniques:
- Expertise in Scrum coaching, backlog refinement, sprint execution
- Strong grasp of Agile techniques: User Stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration & Testing, Pair Programming, Agile Games
- Knowledge of Agile metrics: burn-down/up charts, retrospective formats, sprint velocity, dashboarding
3. Technical Acumen:
- Understanding of technologies used in ASP.NET, MVC-based development
- Experience in managing code integration, unit testing, and release planning
- Hands-on experience with cloud deployments and performance optimization
4. Leadership & Soft Skills:
- Proven leadership, mentoring, and team-building skills
- Excellent communication, conflict resolution, and negotiation skills
- Strong presentation skills using PowerPoint, Google Docs
- Problem-solving, decision-making, and time management under pressure
- Friendly, approachable, with servant leadership mindset and facilitation skills
