Assistant – Project Manager

Job description / Role

You will be responsible for executing and planning agile sprints In alignment with the agreed overall Project plan and lead teams to achieve a high level of performance and quality in delivering agile projects that provide exceptional business value to users. He/She will be responsible for managing high visibility projects using agile methods in a fast-paced environment.

• Facilitate definition of project scope and “Done”, including the creation of living prioritized backlog of work , using visual planning techniques (e.g. story boards)
• Help team/client prepare for and successfully participate in Release Planning and Iteration (sprint) planning events.
• Help the Agile team to prepare for and successfully conduct demos and retrospectives at the end of each iteration.
• Rigorously remove impediments for the team and aid the team in improving transparency.
• Perform risk management to mitigate project risks.
• Ensure resource availability and allocation.
• Manage/monitor the project budget, project estimates and manage to the approved spend.
• Be able reveal/identify potential Biz Dev opportunities to management team.
• Report and escalate to management as needed.
• Project Planning and Management – Define project scope and schedule while focusing on regular and timely delivery of value; organize and lead project status and working meetings; prepare and distribute progress reports; manage risks and issues; correct deviations from plans; and perform delivery planning for assigned projects
• Team Management – Assist in team development while holding teams accountable for their commitments, removing roadblocks to their work; leveraging organizational resources to improve capacity for project work, mentoring and developing team members
• Product Owner Support – Support the Product Owner in managing customer expectations for project deliverables, managing stakeholder communications, and helping to implement an effective system of project governance
• Team building – promote empowerment of the team, ensure that each team member is fully engaged in the project and making a meaningful contribution, and encourage a sustainable pace with high-levels of quality for the team
• Servant Leader – Be a servant leader to the Agile team Enabling them to achieve desired outputs

Requirements

• Bachelor or Masters or equivalent experience is required.
• 5+ years of experience as a Project Manager/Scrum Master managing large, complex projects in a high-tech development environment with multi-function teams (PMP/CSM will have an advantage)
• Prior experience with SCRUM/Agile methodologies with enterprise-level application development projects. PMI-ACP, CSM, or equivalent preferred
• Experience overseeing multi-function project teams with at least 5-10 team members including Developers, Business Analysts, and QA Personnel
• Solid understanding of software development life cycle models as well as expert knowledge of both Agile and traditional project management principles and practices and the ability to blend them together in the right proportions to fit a project and business environment
• Strong interpersonal skills including mentoring, coaching, collaborating, and team building
• Strong analytical, planning, and organizational skills with an ability to manage competing demands
• Strong knowledge and understanding of business needs with the ability to establish/maintain high level of customer trust and confidence
• Proven ability to lead software development projects and ensure objectives, goals, and commitments are met
• Ability to provide leadership to business analysts and collaborate with customers and develop strategies and solutions of high business value
• Solid understanding of and demonstrated experience in using appropriate tools:
• Agile Project Management tools such as Jira/Greenhopper Microsoft Project, Visio, and all Office Tools
• Creative approach to problem-solving with the ability to focus on details while maintaining the “big picture” view

About the Company

We are a group of forward thinking people who look for life changing innovative ideas, solving real life issues and always trying to find solutions geared towards improving people’s lives for the better.

We are all about building tech startups with strong growth potential in the Middle East and beyond, priding ourselves in understanding and identifying the challenges of tomorrow. We focus on understanding consumer behavior throughout the tech life cycle with a clear aim at providing disruptive technologies working towards creating real value.