Position: Senior Project Manager, Commercial Bank
Company: DataArt
Category: Project Manager
Experience required: 5y
English level: upper

About the vacancy

Our client is a big commercial bank based in the UK; it was founded three centuries ago, and today its assets are estimated at trillions of US dollars. The bank is currently revising and updating their IT system infrastructure to match the increasing demand for their services. Its technical support has become more complex and expensive due to the expansion of their product line and growth of their customer base. DataArt’s specialists are helping them modernize their applications and are working on the client portal which aggregates all user data.

We are seeking a Senior Project Manager to join the team. The candidate will get to participate in the technological modernization of a large financial institution, creating a product that will have millions of users, and obtain relevant experience in Agile software development.

Responsibilities
- Managing a software development team
- Mentoring the team and striving for excellence in project delivery
- Enabling communications and information exchange with other teams
- Preparation and review of the release and environment strategy
- Facilitating the preparation of release and sprint vision and goals
- Facilitating pre and post planning meetings
- Creation and maintenance of release calendars and iterative planning cycles
- Providing project status visibility to the team and stakeholders at various levels
- Together with DataArt’s HR team, help team members build and adjust their professional development plans
- Work on constant process improvements to achieve higher satisfaction for the team and greater value to the client

Must have
- 7+ years of experience in managing IT projects
- Experience working with Agile methodologies: Scrum, Kanban, XP, etc.
- Knowledge of Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
- Good understanding of the software development lifecycle
- Leadership and people management skills: motivation, evaluation, conflict resolution
- Practical knowledge of using defect/task tracking systems and project reporting tools
- Experience with risk management activities
- Client communication skills: expectation management, feedback gathering, discussing requirements
- Experience of running complex projects spanning multiple scrum and non-scrum teams
- Good spoken and written English, ability to create project documentation in English

Would be a plus
- Experience of working in IT outsourcing or consulting companies
- Experience in pre-sales and proposal preparation
- Experience managing a group of projects and tracking the status of implementation
- Experience of working in the finance domain|

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