Position: Senior Technical Project Manager
Company: Zoolatech
Experience required: 3y
Category: Project Manager
English level: upper
Published: 2022-07-01T00:00:00+03:00

Join us to help with managing delivery of enterprise solution:

partner up with product manager and engineering manager to build the roadmap for both operational excellence track and functional features track

engage with multiple partner teams to understand dependancies

work with engineering team to come up with technical solutions and timelines

manage backlog by decomposing work into user stories and providing clear description for them (together with engineering team)

clearly communicate team plans and deliverables to multiple stakeholders

build plans for testing the solution and rolling out solution into production

plan for monitoring applications that are in production

run scrum ceremonies for the team

ensure optimal assignment of team members to tasks in hand

take full accountability on meeting the commitments that team makes

help engineers to show their full potential

be hands on on the solution that is being built in order to be able to fully contribute to its further design, troubleshoot the issues and to be able to clearly communicate the value of the solution in the organisation

Current team priorities is to modernise existing apps to comply with engineering standards + finalisation of data pipeline solution, using AWS and Kafka. You will work in the international team of experienced engineers and have exposure to the engineering practices of the large technology organisation.

Responsibilities

partner up with product manager and engineering manager to build the roadmap for both operational excellence track and functional features track

engage with multiple partner teams to understand dependancies

work with engineering team to come up with technical solutions and timelines

manage backlog by decomposing work into user stories and providing clear description for them (together with engineering team)

clearly communicate team plans and deliverables to multiple stakeholders

build plans for testing the solution and rolling out solution into production

plan for monitoring applications that are in production

run scrum ceremonies for the team

ensure optimal assignment of team members to tasks in hand

take full accountability on meeting the commitments that team makes

help engineers to show their full potential

be hands on on the solution that is being built in order to be able to fully contribute to its further design, troubleshoot the issues and to be able to clearly communicate the value of the solution in the organisation

Skills Required

Scope management and planning:

T-short level estimates and planning for 6 month timeframe

partner up with product manager and engineering manager to come up with a roadmap

roadmap visualisation

prioritisation

work with engineering teams to ensure high quality groomings/refinements

decomposing work into user stories and provide clear description for them (together with engineering team)

ensure that realistic commitments are made for the sprint

ensure that team and stakeholders have a crystal clear picture on the deliverables for upcoming two sprints

Dependancies/partner teams management

engage with partner teams in order to ensure that all dependancies are well understood

take dependancies into account during planning

actively follow up with partner teams on their deliverables

Execution monitoring

ensure that spring commitments are met

ensure optimal assignments of team members to tasks

keep track of sprint execution metrics

run all needed scrum ceremonies

Risk management

identify and communicate risks early in the process

work with stakeholders to come up with optimal risk mitigation plans

Reporting

clearly report on sprint results

clearly report on the progress of deliverables that span multiple sprints

Rolling out solution to production

build strategy/plans and coordinate final testing and roll out of the solution to production

Tools

Jira, Confluence