Project Manager
Who We Are:
- We are a team of digital practitioners with roots stretching back to the earliest days of online commerce, who dedicate themselves to serving our client companies.
- We've seen the advancements first-hand over the last 25 years and believe our experiences allow us to innovate. Utilizing cutting-edge technology and providing bespoke, innovative services, we believe we can help you stay ahead of the curve.
- We take a holistic view of digital strategy. Our approach to transformation is based on conscious Intent to delight customers through continuous Insight and creative Innovation with an enduring culture of problem-solving.
- We bring every element together to create innovative, high-performing commerce experiences for enterprise B2C, B2B, D2C and Marketplace brands across industries. From mapping out business and functional requirements, to developing the infrastructure to optimize traditionally fragmented processes, we help you create integrated, future-proofed commerce solutions.
What You'll Be Doing :
- Handle end-to end project planning and management of Software projects in e-commerce and retail industries.
- Create and present the project plans using Jira / MPP to clients and the internal stakeholders.
- Work closely with the Technical Architects / Technical Leads / Business Analyst / Quality Assurance for estimation of the ongoing / upcoming projects.
- You will be responsible for the High Level timeline and Milestones for the project.
- Manage resource requirements and utilization for the project. Forecast utilization and work with the management for proper resource allocation and skill alignment.
- Closely interact with the clients to communicate and align on the Project plans / scope / workflow / project execution etc.
- Track the execution of the sprints against the project plan to ensure we are meeting the scheduled deadlines / milestones. Propose solutions in case there are timeline risks.
- Responsible for the Change Management process from the identification of the change request to estimation, approval, planning and final execution of the change request.
- Monitor dependencies and risks to ensure timely resolution and/or escalation to reduce bottlenecks and maintain steady flow of work.
- Alert Client, Client Partners, Team and other stakeholders, to upcoming milestones and the resultant impact on timelines.
- Host agile events such as sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews/demos and retrospectives.
- Coach team to adapt Agile principles and Scrum values. Use tools and processes as needed to empower team members to deliver better and iteratively improve the sprint performance.
- Work closely with Clients to ensure dependencies and impediments are cleared and the client team is fully aligned with the progress of the project
- Create reports and dashboards to monitor the progress of the project for the scrum team and management
- Report burnt hours on a regular basis for reporting, monitoring and billing purposes
- Be responsible for overall, on budget and on time delivery of the project
What We Need In You:
- Hands-on experience in planning and management of software development projects from scratch.
- Experience in Ecommerce or Retail would be an advantage.
- Process oriented and also be flexible and dynamic to align with the current work flows.
- Project Planning skills - Using MPP, smartsheet or any other Project Management tool.
- Expertise on project management tools like Jira, Zoho People, Confluence, Bugzilla, Github, basecamp.
- Knowledgeable in agile methodologies and familiar with different agile ceremonies
- Good understanding of Jira / JQL to create reports, dashboards and workflows etc.
- Ability to manage Multiple Projects / Clients
- Excellent communication skills, written and verbal.
Qualification:
- Engineering Graduate or equivalent or MBA in Project management.
- 7 plus years of experience as a core Project Manager.