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Technical Project Manager

ChennaiDevelopmentFull-Time

We are looking for a highly experienced Technical project manager with a total of 10+ years of enterprise experience and at least 5+ years of collaborative project delivery in Agile mode, preferably with a technical background.

Position Overview:

  • Facilitate custom application development projects using Agile methodology.
  • Coordinate with project teams, business teams, scrum teams, technical teams, and end-users to achieve corporate deliverables on time.
  • Capture meeting notes and track action items.
  • Interact with various stakeholders including Business Process Engineers, Systems Analysts, UX Developers, and Project Managers.
  • Collaborate with IT and Business teams to ensure high delivery standards.
  • Understand web and mobile development languages (AWS Cloud, Angular, JavaScript, .Net, HTML5/CSS, SAP) and work with them to meet business requirements.
  • Handle team dynamics and ensure effective team collaboration.
  • Possess sound knowledge in SAFe Agile practice and have good communication skills.
  • Prototyping mindset with a focus on Design Thinking/Design Sprint approaches.

Required Skills:

  • Project Delivery and Reporting
  • Lead and coach Scrum adoption
  • Team Management

Certifications:

  • Preferred: "SSM or SASM or SA" in SAFe practice
  • PMI Certification (Good to have)

Key Responsibilities:

  • Display servant leadership and enable Agile practices within the team.
  • Manage Sprint activities, identifying priorities and dependencies.
  • Effectively manage the product backlog using JIRA.
  • Organize and optimize product backlog.
  • Communicate the owner’s wish list to the project team.
  • Organize scrum ceremonies.
  • Ensure project deliverables are delivered on time and meet quality standards.
  • Identify and mitigate risks.
  • Track and control the schedule, resources, and costs.
  • Coach teams in best practices to achieve common project goals.
  • Drive 2 or more Scrum teams.
  • Facilitate Scrum collaborations and coordinate with project stakeholders.
  • Implement changes to increase team productivity.
  • Collaborate with scrum masters to improve methodologies’ efficiency.
  • Remove impediments and foster an environment for high-performing team dynamics.
  • Support SAFe principles and practices, facilitating flow and eliminating impediments.
  • Help the team coordinate with other teams on the Agile Release Train (ART).
  • Collaborate closely with Cloud/Infrastructure team and handle change requests/deployments.

Experience Criteria:

  • Total Enterprise experience of 10+ years.
  • 5+ years in collaborative project delivery with a technical background and experience handling projects in Agile mode.

Background/Academic Qualification:

  • Bachelor's or Post Graduate degree in science or engineering.
  • MBA or other advanced degree is a plus.

Courses:

  • AWS Fundamentals Specialization (Good to have)
  • Design Sprint (Good to have)
  • Atlassian Jira Fundamentals (Must)
  • Reporting in Jira Software (Must)
  • Gain Project Insights through JQL (Good to have)

Job Relevant Competencies:

  • Strong presentation skills.
  • Proficient in MS Office (Excel, PPT, Word).
  • Experienced with Atlassian JIRA for project management.
  • Ability to deliver prototypes/proof of concepts in design sprint mode.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills to meet challenging timelines.
  • Ability to establish and maintain a high level of customer trust.

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