Project Manager
Job Description
We currently have a vacancy for a Project Manager fluent in English, to offer his/her services as an expert remotely. In the context of the first assignment, the successful candidate will be integrated in the team of the company that will closely cooperate with a major client’s IT team on site.
Your tasks
- Manage end-to-end project delivery, ensuring alignment with business objectives, budgets, timelines, and quality standards;
- Collaborate with business stakeholders to define project scope, requirements, and implementation plans;
- Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, budgets, and resource allocations.
- Lead project teams, coordinate activities, and review deliverables;
- Monitor project progress, risks, costs, and resources, implementing corrective actions when required;
- Manage project changes, stakeholder communication, and governance reporting.
- Gather, analyse and validate business requirements;
- Create, manage and prioritise product backlogs, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
- Plan product releases and support sprint planning and prioritization;
- Organise and facilitate Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives;
- Review sprint deliverables and validate product functionalities against business requirements;
- Coordinate User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and facilitate business acceptance;
- Ensure effective collaboration between business and technical teams;
- Drive continuous improvement of project delivery and Agile processes.
- Master’s degree in IT or relevant discipline, combined with minimum 10 years of relevant working experience;
- At least 10 years of experience in software development projects;
- At least 7 years of experience in performing analysis utilising use case specifications or user stories;
- At least 5 years of experience in producing user stories;
- At least 5 years of experience in managing IT projects making use of expertise in strategic planning, project scheduling, financial modelling, budgeting, forecasting and performance tracking;
- At least 5 years of experience with project management software such as JIRA and Confluence;
- At least 5 years of experience managing projects in Agile environments, Scrum Management and Lean agile;
- Experience applying recognised project management methodologies, such as PRINCE2, PMBOK;
- The following or an equivalent certification would be mandatory: PM2, Project Management, Professional (PMP), or PRINCE2;
- The following or an equivalent certification would be mandatory: PM2-Agile, PMI Agile Certified Practitioner, Scrum Alliance's Certified ScrumMaster, Scrum.org's Professional Scrum Master, SAFe Agilist;
- Excellent command of the English language.