Software Project Manager

As a Project Manager, your role will involve overseeing software projects to ensure high-quality solutions aligned with strategic goals. Your key responsibilities will include: - Project Planning: Defining project scope, developing work breakdown structures (WBS), creating timelines, and setting delivery milestones. - Sprint Management: Facilitating sprint planning, retrospectives, daily stand-ups, and backlog grooming to ensure smooth Agile workflows. - Requirement Management: Collaborating with stakeholders to translate business needs into actionable user stories and prioritizing tasks effectively. - Execution Oversight: Tracking project execution, ensuring alignment with plans, monitoring risks, managing dependencies, and resolving roadblocks. - Resource Allocation: Allocating tasks based on team capacity and expertise, ensuring optimal resource utilization. - Stakeholder Communication: Maintaining clear and consistent communication with all stakeholders, providing timely updates on progress and issues. - Quality Assurance: Ensuring adherence to defined quality standards and overseeing integration with testing frameworks. - Budget & Cost Control: Tracking budget vs. actuals, handling financial forecasting, and deviation analysis. - Risk & Issue Management: Maintaining a risk register and planning and implementing mitigation strategies. - Change Management: Managing scope changes through a formal change control process. - Project Closure: Ensuring delivery acceptance, lessons learned documentation, and formal closure. Your key result areas (KRAs) will focus on: - On-time project delivery - Adherence to project budgets - Compliance with software quality standards - High stakeholder satisfaction levels - Strong team collaboration and morale - Scope Management - Risk & Issue Resolution In terms of technical skills, you should be proficient in: - Project Management Tools: JIRA, MS Project, Asana, Trello, Monday.com - Methodologies: Agile (Scrum, SAFe), Hybrid, Waterfall - Software Lifecycle Knowledge: Proficiency in SDLC phases - CI/CD and DevOps: Familiarity with Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes - Testing Frameworks: Selenium, JUnit, TestNG, Postman - Cloud & Infrastructure Basics: Basic understanding of AWS, Azure, GCP for deployment pipelines - Reporting & Analytics: Creating dashboards using Excel, Power BI; Velocity and burndown metrics Qualifications required for this role: - Bachelor's/Masters degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related discipline - PMP, CSM, or SAFe Certification mandate - Demonstrated success in delivering complex software projects - Strong interpersonal, communication, and team leadership skills,