Technical Project Manager

Role Summary

The Project Manager will lead an enterprise agile squad within the our organisations Global Engineering Tribe to foster a culture of collaboration within the squad and the tribe.

The Project Manager applies a broad technical knowledge of the Agile methodology in order to manage the scrum process to deliver exceptional standards in product quality and timely, predictable delivery of projects. This involves guiding the scrum team on how to use Agile practices and removing impediments for the scrum team. The Scrum Master organizes and facilitates the sprint planning meeting, arranges daily stand-up meetings, schedules demos, conducts retrospective meetings and facilitates the decision-making process. This position requires working closely with product owners to groom the product backlog to ensure it is ready for the next sprint. The Scrum Master tends to cross functional coordination and communication, requirements traceability, release management, test case management, and defect tracking concerns to keep delivery on track.

Specific Responsibilities

• Facilitates daily scrum, sprint planning, sprint demo and retrospective meetings.
• Demonstrates proficiency in conflict resolution.
• Ability to track and remove impediments.
• Ability to ensure the correct use of scrum processes.
• Ability to shield team from outside distractions and interferences.
• Radiates information between squad and stakeholders to ensure alignment.
• Assists team or individuals to clarify goals and actions to achieve them.
• Serves as a coach in Agile practices.
• Proficiency in estimation and planning
• Effective communicator with the ability to maintain a cohesive team.
• Knowledge of other agile methodologies and frameworks like Kanban and XP
• Understand the fundamentals of iterative and incremental development.
• Strong knowledge of Scrum theory, rules, and practices
• Basic knowledge of software development processes and procedures
• Knowledge about Agile techniques like: User Stories, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing
• Ability to take and understand commitments to deliver projects on time.
• Knowledge about tasks, backlog tracking, burndown metrics, velocity, user stories etc.
• Experience using Jira tool for managing Sprints and User Stories.
• Familiar with common development practices, Service oriented environments, and Agile practices

Leadership Competencies for this level include.

• Feedback: Seeks feedback from others, provides feedback to others in support of their development, and is open and honest while dealing constructively with criticism.
• Delegating: Effectively manages tasks and people, taking a practical approach to determine the most effective method of execution while respecting others expertise and considering others feelings and working styles.
• Inclusive Leadership: Values individuals and embraces diversity by integrating differences and promoting diversity and inclusion across teams and functions.
• Team Building: Builds teams by quickly establishing relationships and drives a team identity and shared purpose based on diversity of thought, skills, and personalities.

Education, Training &/or Certification

• Minimum of 6 years experience as a Project Manager in Product Development and/or IT Services preferably form Automotive Domain
• Bachelors degree in a technical discipline preferred; Project Management/Scrum Master certification