Overview
Project Manager – Technology Group REF 487
Job Description – Project and Scrum Manager
Purpose: To manage multiple technology projects and work streams within technology to drive delivery of key project milestones utilising both PRINCE2 and SCRUM/Agile Methodologies.
Responsibilities
- Managing end-to-end delivery of complex agile projects, establishing, and controlling project constraints and scope.
- Act as Scrum Master for one or more development teams, servicing the company’s main products/tech projects
- Responsible for all aspects of project management to ensure a quality and on time delivery of technology projects.
- Drive governance aligned to industry standard frameworks (PRINCE2 and Agile)
- Develop and maintain project plans and documentation such as highlight reports, risk logs, action plans and key dependencies.
- Track and report on project budgets, timelines and key Agile project performance metrics.
- Forecast the numbers of deliverables possible in an iteration, which is based on evidence and reliable source.
- Understand and apply correct escalation paths for department-specific or cross-departmental issues that place the projects at any kind of risk.
- Challenge, support and make others accountable within the technology department who need to deliver against projects.
- Guide the team on how to develop and test high quality Products.
- Proactively contribute towards the success of the development and test team(s) on a daily basis.
- Facilitate Scrum ceremonies (Burn down techniques, Stand-ups, Planning Sessions, Retrospectives Refinement Sessions and Product Backlog management with Product Owners).
- Assist with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and growing business trust in development.
- Arrange demos and decision-making processes in order to ensure quick inspection and business acceptance.
- Performance against project deliverables: delivery on time within 10% +/- of estimated deadline; quality; on budget within 5% +/- of plan; risk management – all risks to have been assessed either reduced, mitigated or accepted.
Required Qualifications
- Previous Technology (Infrastructure and Software Development) Project/SCRUM experience running multiple teams/projects simultaneously
- Experience playing the Scrum Master role for at least one year for a software development team that was diligently applying Scrum/Agile principles, practices, and theory.
- Knowledge about tasks, backlog tracking, burndown metrics, velocity, user stories etc.
- Appreciation of the SDLC for a product
- Good communicator, who bridges the gap between development team members and different departments within the company.
- Problem solving
- Experience of a fast paced, environment, working to tight deadlines
- Budget Management
- Scrum Master certification
- PRINCE 2
- Knowledge and use of software like Target Process / JIRA
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