Position: Program manager
Company: Luxoft
Category: Project Manager
Experience required: 3y
English level: upper
Published: 2021-09-01T00:00:00+03:00

Currently, we are looking for a Program Manager in the Kyiv office for a number of projects for our global financial institution client. The main projects will be in the Data Technology area with potential involvement in other areas.

The program includes multiple teams (Kiev, Tampa and New York) working on different parts of Reference Data domain.
Responsibilities:
 Clients relationship
 People management
 Projects portfolio management including risks and dependencies management, tracking of project execution etc.
 P&L
 Ensure development process and established engineering excellence practices are followed by all team members;
 Perform day-to-day people management activities in a distributed team with collaboration with company internal services;
 Proactively respond to project-related and technical risks;
 Manage stakeholders' expectations and ensure transparency of delivery processes;
 Handle project plans, monitor development progress and dependencies across the teams;
 Setup, coordinate and ensure execution of joint development across multiple teams, including activities related to integration with other applications;
 Release management - adoption to infrastructure changes and production releases planning;


Mandatory Skills Description:
Experience:
 5+ years of hands-on software development experience with at least 3+ years in IT project management of 30+ FTE projects;
 Experience working with Clients, negotiating conditions, etc
 Experience working in Outsource as a PM or PgM
 Proven track record in complex geographically distributed projects;
 Management experience in projects with enterprise-level architectural challenges;
 Up-to-date technical knowledge of industry best practices;
 Excellent verbal, communication and consultancy skills;
 Degree in Computer Science;

Personal Skills:
 Strong leader with the ability to think strategically;
 Proven cases of proactive life/work position;
 Positive attitude and stress tolerance;
 Team player;
Nice-to-Have Skills:
 Financial domain experience;
 Background in Java EE and Data Management applications development;
 Investment banking experience;
Languages:
English: C1 Advanced