Technical Project Manager

 Position Overview:

•  Facilitate custom application development projects using Agile methodology.
•  Coordinate with project teams, business teams, scrum teams, technical teams, and end-users to achieve corporate deliverables on time.
•  Capture meeting notes and track action items.
•  Interact with various stakeholders including Business Process Engineers, Systems Analysts, UX Developers, and Project Managers.
•  Collaborate with IT and Business teams to ensure high delivery standards.
•  Understand web and mobile development languages (AWS Cloud, Angular, JavaScript, . Net, HTML5/CSS, SAP) and work with them to meet business requirements.
•  Handle team dynamics and ensure effective team collaboration.
•  Possess sound knowledge in SAFe Agile practice and have good communication skills.
•  Prototyping mindset with a focus on Design Thinking/Design Sprint approaches.

 Required Skills:

•  Project Delivery and Reporting
•  Lead and coach Scrum adoption
•  Team Management

 Certifications:

•  Preferred: SSM or SASM or SA in SAFe practice
•  PMI Certification (Good to have)

 Key Responsibilities:

•  Display servant leadership and enable Agile practices within the team.
•  Manage Sprint activities, identifying priorities and dependencies.
•  Effectively manage the product backlog using JIRA.
•  Organize and optimize product backlog.
•  Communicate the owner s wish list to the project team.
•  Organize scrum ceremonies.
•  Ensure project deliverables are delivered on time and meet quality standards.
•  Identify and mitigate risks.
•  Track and control the schedule, resources, and costs.
•  Coach teams in best practices to achieve common project goals.
•  Drive 2 or more Scrum teams.
•  Facilitate Scrum collaborations and coordinate with project stakeholders.
•  Implement changes to increase team productivity.
•  Collaborate with scrum masters to improve methodologies efficiency.
•  Remove impediments and foster an environment for high-performing team dynamics.
•  Support SAFe principles and practices, facilitating flow and eliminating impediments.
•  Help the team coordinate with other teams on the Agile Release Train (ART).
•  Collaborate closely with Cloud/Infrastructure team and handle change requests/deployments.

 Experience Criteria:

•  Total Enterprise experience of 10+ years.
•  5+ years in collaborative project delivery with a technical background and experience handling projects in Agile mode.

 Background/Academic Qualification:

•  Bachelor's or Post Graduate degree in science or engineering.
•  MBA or other advanced degree is a plus.

 Courses:

•  AWS Fundamentals Specialization (Good to have)
•  Design Sprint (Good to have)
•  Atlassian Jira Fundamentals (Must)
•  Reporting in Jira Software (Must)
•  Gain Project Insights through JQL (Good to have)

 Job Relevant Competencies:

•  Strong presentation skills.
•  Proficient in MS Office (Excel, PPT, Word).
•  Experienced with Atlassian JIRA for project management.
•  Ability to deliver prototypes/proof of concepts in design sprint mode.
•  Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
•  Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills to meet challenging timelines.
•  Ability to establish and maintain a high level of customer trust.