Position: Middle Project Manager
Company: Speed&Function
Experience required: 2y
Category: Project Manager
English level: fluent
Published: 2023-07-01T00:00:00+03:00

Description:
We are seeking a capable Middle Project Manager who can effectively manage projects using best practices. The ideal candidate will have a combination of hard and soft skills, along with relevant experience in a similar industry. They should possess a solid understanding of project management methodologies, tools, and techniques. Additionally, the candidate should be a good fit for our company culture, demonstrating alignment with our values and principles.

Requirements:
Hard Skills:
- Proficient user of Google Drive and other documentation tools
- Familiarity with facilitation techniques (Scrum Master certification is an advantage)
- Financial literacy and understanding of project economics
- Technical knowledge, including understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle, basic/proficient knowledge of existing programming languages and frameworks, and basic understanding of infrastructure
- Experience in scope management
- Proficiency in project management tools such as Asana, Jira, Resource Guru/Harvest, etc.
- Ability to choose and implement project management approaches and methodologies

Soft Skills:
- Strong desire to develop oneself and grow expertise
- Leadership skills, including the ability to build, lead, and support a team
- Responsibility and commitment to getting things done
- Active listening skills
- Basic sales and negotiation skills
- Ability to consume and structure large volumes of information
- Ability to switch context between different projects
- English language proficiency at a C1 level (B2 level will not be considered)

Experience:
- Minimum of 2 years of project management experience

Background:
- Background in a similar industry to our company

Education:
- University degree, field of study is not important

Responsibilities:
- Manage projects from various perspectives, including team management, financial oversight, scope management, schedule adherence, communication, stakeholder engagement, risk management, resource planning, and more
- Coordinate efforts across different teams and individuals to achieve project goals, managing schedules and documentation
- Suggest tools, practices, and approaches to enhance project management in various areas
- Build and maintain client relationships, managing communication with them
- Coordinate issue resolution within the project team or resolve issues personally
- Measure project effectiveness using different metrics
- Follow internal processes to ensure effective collaboration within the organization

Nice to Have:
- Technical background
- Scrum, facilitation, or project management certifications

Logistics: 
- This position is full-time remote with occasional need for on-site collaboration in various offices (Budva, Philadelphia, Lviv, etc). 
- Working hours are flexible, with a need for overlap with our core locations in ET, CET, EET time zones. 
- Sometimes, depending on the project, you might be asked to put in some work time outside standard business hours.

About the company:
Speed & Function does software development that’s so collaborative, it’s practically built in-house. That is, in fact, the cornerstone of our philosophy – we act as collaborators, not contractors. In business since 2006, our mission is to build a unique working framework that’s relevant to 21st-century challenges and allows for the delivery of both state-of-the-art tech solutions and amazing collaboration experiences. Also, we are striving to become a Deliberately Developmental Organization. That is how we’ll create a place that embraces both human and tech flourishing in its entirety.