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Description
We are looking for strong Software Project managers who can identify, plan, track, manage and report status of the project deliverables, ensure the development process is defined and adhere to properly for the Cloud platform Service Engineering team at IBM. You should be an experienced project manager, managed large agile engineering team deliverables, have hands on experience with leading development tools, rich experience reporting and project dashboard creation, status update to executives and excellent communication skills. Conduct release management meetings, coordinate between various stake holders to plan releases, Conduct dev/sec ops meetings and maintain release schedules. Required education Bachelor's Degree Preferred education Bachelor's Degree Required technical and professional expertise Candidates must have experience in multiple Agile project management methodologies, primarily Scrum and Kanban, as well as Waterfall.Candidates should be well versed in continually prioritizing work amongst a diverse, technical portfolio.The Project Manager will be responsible for prioritising the focus of team membersto hit milestones and measurable progress is being made towards strategic objectives. This role will require frequent communication with a diverse set of stakeholders of varying levels of technical proficiency, so a moderate level of knowledge of software development and support is integral to success in the role.
8-12 years of high-tech industry experience with a track record of experience in program management or project management.
Experience in running scrums and scrum of scrums as a scrum master and implementing agile practices in the project/program management
Creating and maintaining project documentation using existing processes
Managing progress of multiple concurrent projects and coordinating milestone reviews including supporting hiring of team members
Create and update weekly status updates to management and stakeholders on progress of all projects in portfolio
Coordinate milestoneTracking progress of bugs and feature requests inusing existing processes
Working with stakeholders and team management on prioritization of upcoming milestones
Experience in tools such as Jira, GitHub, Zenhub, knowledge of Continuous Integration and Continuous Development (1 years’ experience with issue tracking software (Zenhub, Trello, Jira, etc. Moderate knowledge of Git)
Excellent knowledge of product life cycle, tools, processes and operations planning.
Ability to create and maintain master project plan in collaboration with all stakeholders, drive periodic meetings to meet the project plan and present the report to senior leadership (Moderate knowledge of project tracking software (OmniPlan, MS Project))
Ability to identify risks in the early stage, bring it to senior leadership attention and proactively work with internal or dependent teams to resolve the issues.
Ability to front end the team/program compliance status to senior management and various compliance assessment teams across worldwide.
Ability to work effectively as part of a team along with excellent written and verbal communication skills
Ability to work in an overlapping shift (4-5 hours of overlap with the USA teams)
PMP / Prince 2 and Agile Credentials like PMI - ACP or Certified Scrum Master (CSM) are a must
Comfort in creating and updating processes as team expectations evolve
Preferred technical and professional experience *Familiar with Cloud technology, Agile MethodologyManaging progress of multiple concurrent projects and coordinating milestone reviews including supporting hiring of team members
Create and update weekly status updates to management and stakeholders on progress of all projects in portfolio
Coordinate milestoneTracking progress of bugs and feature requests inusing existing processes
Working with stakeholders and team management on prioritization of upcoming milestones
Experience in tools such as Jira, GitHub, Zenhub, knowledge of Continuous Integration and Continuous Development (1 years’ experience with issue tracking software (Zenhub, Trello, Jira, etc. Moderate knowledge of Git)
Excellent knowledge of product life cycle, tools, processes and operations planning.
Ability to create and maintain master project plan in collaboration with all stakeholders, drive periodic meetings to meet the project plan and present the report to senior leadership (Moderate knowledge of project tracking software (OmniPlan, MS Project))
