
Project Manager
Job Overview
- Industry:Information Technology
- Category:Project Management
- Minimum Education: Bachelors in Computer Engineering
- Skills:PM Tools
- Openings1
- Job LocationKathmandu
- Posted on:February 14,2023
- Apply Before:May 31,2023
Key Objectives
- Continuous improvement and standardization of PM processes and methodology to align with service delivery goals.
- Communicating with clients and defining requirements and project scope.
- Ensuring that all projects run smoothly, assembling cross-functional teams of engineers, designers, and more, and working with them to deliver results on-time and on-budget.
- Responsible for managing expectations of clients and keeping them happy.
- Passionate about project management and make an effort to keep your knowledge up-to-date.
- Ensuring full compliance with project management processes and values.
- Leading and mentoring junior project managers
Qualification and Experience
- Must have at least a bachelor's degree in Computer Science or similar.
- MBA Degree is preferable
- At least 2-4 years experience in the relevant field.
- Scrum and Agile certifications are preferred
- Past experience working in agile & scrum
- Past experience managing international clients
- Past experience handling product management would be preferred
Required skills/Competencies
- Strong Grasp on JIRA(Workflow, Issue Type,Rules Automation, Project Board Customization, Permissions, JQL,Dashboard, Utilise Reports ), Confluence, Roadmap and Release plan tools, Timeline tools Spreadsheet, Documentation tool, Presentation Tools
- Excellent Knowledge of Phases of project management,conceptual understanding of all phases of Project Management and its implementation.
- Excellent understanding and implementation of Agile manifesto and principles
- Excellent Understanding of how principles are adhered by best practises
- Excellent Conceptual understanding and implementation of Release, Capacity and Iteration planning, Value-driven and Adaptive Planning and more.
- Excellent Conceptual understanding and implementation of Scrum and Kanban
- Understanding and implementation of artifacts and ideology of Scrum
- Understanding and implementation of WIP, Cycle time, Lead time and details of Kanban
- Extensive Knowledge of Software Development cycle
- Knowledge of AI Software Development Life cyclePhases
- Application, Limitations, Pro and Cons of related Programming languages
- Knowledge of System Architecture , Databases, Process and Data flow, Basic of API
- Familiar in understanding and implementation of other complimentary agile Frameworks from XP, TDD, BDD, LSD and six sigma
- Conceptual understanding and implementation of Functional Testing & Non Functional Testing
- Conceptual understanding and implementation of Automated Testing Tools and Strategies
- Conceptual understanding and implementation of version control repository GIT, Versioning Standards and Release Tags, CI server, Best practices automated build process, Best practises of Development environment , Knowledge of CI/CD tools
- Excellent team management skills
- Excellent leadership skills
- Must have analytical/problem solving skills
- Excellent communication & interpersonal skills
Key Responsibilities
- Identifying and engaging project-relevant stakeholders to ensure an aligned communication and decision-making process.
- Define requirements and work with relevant cross-functional teams to guarantee smooth, efficient implementation and delivery.
- Lead cross-functional project teams and manage work assignments.
- Provide thought leadership, strategic insight, and clear communication (written and verbal) to the team on strategy to streamline and scale project management processes.
- Monitor and Manage resource availability and allocation.
- Ensure that each project has clear goals and timelines.
- Provide project estimation and planning, including being responsible for scheduling, resourcing requirements, and budgeting.
- Perform overall project risk and issue management, and handle detailed tracking and mitigation planning.
- Foster a project management environment that promotes productivity, innovation and efficacy.
- Coach and mentor team members to share one knowledge, skills and/or experience, to help team to develop and grow
- Delegate project tasks based on junior staff members' individual strengths, skills and experience levels.
- Participate in regular team meetings like Daily Standup, Sprint Planning, Regular Follow Ups, Retrospective Meetings and so on.
- Collaborate in team goals and meet all the assigned milestones.
- Participation in regular team meetings.
- Provide updates on a regular basis.
- Other tasks as assigned.
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