Position: Delivery Lead / Manager
Company: PlayHQ
Category: Project Manager
Experience required: 3y
English level: fluent
Published: 2021-03-01T00:00:00+02:00

We are an Australian product company that created a platform for non-professional sports and has successfully launched it to some of the major Australian sports (basketball and AFL). We are currently expanding the features of our platform and working on migrating other sports to it.

We work in non-corporate environment where each individual opinion is valued, and everyone has the opportunity to shape the product we are building. We are seeking individuals who are professionals in what they do, can put the hard work in and be proud of what we have built together. 

We have teams in Australia and Ukraine. Our physical office is located in Melbourne, Australia and Ukrainian team works fully remote. Day-to-day, you will work with the development team members in Ukraine and product team in Australia to facilitate the delivery process and Agile ceremonies. Additionally, you will also be working on the enhancements of our delivery process and support process in collaboration with other Delivery Leads.

Our core stack is built with TypeScript (NodeJS/React), Go, GraphQL, Neo4j and a range of other technologies which can be found here: stackshare.io/playhq/our-stack

**Why working with us?**
* non-corporate environment
* work-life balance
* great team where everyone is Middle+/Senior level and great to work with
* fully remote work
* early start (7am) - early finish
* modern stack
* product company
* our own platform
* 1 year contract with the option to extend
* trips to Australia

**Skills and competencies**
* Lead the team of 6 developers and 1 QA in Ukraine
* Work closely with the development team to ensure Sprint goals are met
* Facilitate regular Agile ceremonies (stand-ups, sprint planning, retros, etc.)
* Participate in release process enhancements
* Facilitate regular sprint release and regression testing process (every sprint, all the way to production)
* Participate in release process enhancements with the wider Delivery Team
* Participate in support process coordination
* Participate in early QA process to uncover potential issues
* Managing timesheets for the Ukrainian team
* Occasionally participate in the interviewing process for the Ukrainian team
* Bring a continuous improvement mindset to improve communication in the team in all activities

**Skills and competencies - must have**
* Strong desire and skills to work with people and lead the team
* Great communication skills
* Project coordination / Agile Coach / Scrum master experience in Agile environment
* Experience in production release process (via AWS pipeline preferably)
* Experience working with distributed offshore team
* Experience leading the team of 5+ developers
* Ability to work under time pressure and be outcome focused when necessary
* Strong self-motivation and discipline skills
* "Can do" attitude to work, desire to go beyond your role to get things done

**Skills and competencies - desirable**
* Tech background as an Automation QA / Manual QA / Tech Lead / Developer / Technical Project Manager
* Experience working with web applications
* Experience working with AWS services and AWS pipeline
* Experience working in a product company and / or startup