Position: Middle Project Manager
Company: Itera
Category: Project Manager
Experience required: 2y
English level: upper
Published: 2021-09-01T00:00:00+03:00

You will be working for Scandinavian customers and have team members mostly in Kyiv, but also in Bratislava, Oslo, Reykjavik, Copenhagen, or some other city. 
You must be comfortable working with stakeholders and team members who might be accessible only by teleconference. It is also important to be able to lead and collaborate with people who are not formally reporting to you.
The ideal candidate should be able to enter situation where different stakeholders have quite different needs and expectations, unclear budget, fuzzy scope, and ad hoc processes – and quickly take under control plans, communication streams, budget, KPIs and establish positive team spirit. Short-term business trips to Norway, Denmark, Iceland, or Slovakia should be expected – after COVID period.
 
**Tasks and responsibilities:**
Preparation of project documentation, analysis of the requirements, writing proposals and business offers to clients 
Estimating project, schedule planning, risks management, regular follow up of plans
Planning, coordination, and risk management
Establishing necessary practices from Agile (Scrum, Lean, Kanban) or PMI, ITIL, Prince2 frameworks – whatever fits project the best
Establishing proper Quality Assurance approach
Managing changes and customer expectations – both formal and informal
Customer relationship management, organizing visits of team to customer and vice versa
You’ll need to be a leader for your team, not only manager

**Professional requirements:**
Minimum of 2 years of prior experience in project management or project coordination
Experience within software outsourcing industry is a must
Experience managing teams of 6-10 or more people 
Experience managing 2 or more projects at the same time
Practical experience doing requirements analysis, writing proposals and specifications
Experience with several estimation techniques and a good understanding how Quality Assurance should be organized and how to get customer’s buy-in
Technical background is preferred (developer, tester, operations)
Excellent written and spoken English

**Personal requirements:**
English: Upper-Intermediate+
Excellent communication skills
Ability to travel abroad for 1-2 weeks (typically during project start-up)
Ability to work productively without supervision and in constantly changing environment
Leadership, ability to involve various people into joint work

**Company offers:**
Competitive compensation
20 days of paid vacation, 100% paid sick leaves (3 paid sick days without sick list)
Advanced medical insurance program with unlimited fitness and swimming pool
Free English and Norwegian Courses
Flexible workplace (possible to combine remote work and work from office)
Fully remote during quarantine
High-end technics and gadgets
Free access to leading professional trainings and events, professional certification
Transparent career development and planned individual career path
PE support by professional accountants