Position: Project manager
Company: Techstack
Category: Project Manager
Experience required: 1y
English level: intermediate

The current release features group messaging, social feeds, sports trivia quiz, tournament bracket gaming, and payment integration. In the future we will be adding fantasy sports and more. You will join a team of globally distributed front-end, back-end, and design personnel working in the Agile methodology.
About the role

As a Project Manager, you will manage a distributed team of 8-10 engineers. The ideal candidate would enjoy working in a dynamic, high-tech environment, thriving within a distributed team, meeting deadlines, ensuring clarity of communication between the teams and the client, and being the process driver. Someone who is passionate about bringing a breakthrough product to the market.

Responsibilities:

• Driving and motivating the team towards goal completion;
• Creating a project roadmap, requirements, resource plan;
• Being a master of planning things when they are unclear (you know that in the real world there’s never enough information and it doesn’t scare you);
• Analyzing project risks and preparing mitigation plans. Preparing status reports for top management and the teams;
• Working closely with the team to define priorities for daily tasks if conflicts arise;
• Being the point of contact and project knowledge holder for external parties and functional departments;
• Working closely with the stakeholders to set goals and milestones and to assess their completion;
• Organize & facilitate effective sprint planning, sprint demo, retrospective, and daily Scrum meetings.
Required skills
• 2+ years of experience on a similar position with software development teams;
• A drive to learn and continuously improve;
• A rapid iteration mindset;
• Deep understanding of Agile values, principles, 8 types of Lean waste, as well as the Scrum framework;
• Knowledge and practical skills in Jira;
• Strong understanding of software development cycles;
• Strong written and verbal communicator;
• Upper-Intermediate level of English or higher.

Personal skills:

• Open-mindedness;
• Ability for teamwork;
• The ability for decision making;
• Leadership skills
• Experience in effort estimates.
Our benefits
• Strong opportunities for professional and career growth - Meetups, TechClubs, Professional Library and more;
• Challenging tasks with a friendly experienced team;
• Flat hierarchy without micromanagement — our doors are open, and all teammates are approachable;
• Direct communication with stakeholders and the ability to influence product development;
• Up to 50% compensation of educational courses and conferences price for professional growth;
• Discounts and bonuses of IT Loyalty program;
• Free English classes and The Business English Course;
• 23 business days leave and medical Covid support;
• Legal and accounting support;
• Regular team events and activities;
• Gifts for significant life events.

About the Company:

Techstack is a full-stack development company that works on products that matter and creates craft solutions for businesses and people.
We are not solo players, but a band with common goals to shift our expertise and get better things.
Now we are 100+ high-skilled specialists, and we keep growing as a team and as professionals.