Technical/Agile Project Manager - £30k - £45k

Job Title - Technical/Agile Project Manager

Department/Sector - I.T

Job Location - Essex

Salary - £30k - £45k

My client is a provider of big-data fantasy games to some of the largest and most exciting broadcast and media clients in the UK and Europe.

The company is currently going through a growth period, and the need has arisen for additional resources to facilitate a new International Greenfield project. As part of this requirement, my client needs to recruit a Project Manager to support the online games team.

Essential Job Requirements:

1. Project Planning and Management - Define project scope and schedule while focusing on regular and timely delivery of value; organize and lead project status and working meetings; prepare and distribute progress reports; manage risks and issues; correct deviations from plans; and perform delivery planning for assigned projects.
2. Team Management - Assist in team development while holding teams accountable for their commitments, removing roadblocks to their work; leveraging organizational resources to improve capacity for project work; and mentoring and developing team members.
3. Product Owner Support - Support the Product Owner in managing customer expectations for project deliverables, managing stakeholder communications, and helping to implement an effective system of project governance.
4. Process Management and Improvement - Define and manage a well-defined project management process and champion ongoing process improvement initiatives to implement best practices for Agile Project Management.
5. Team Building - Promote empowerment of the team, ensure that each team member is fully engaged in the project and making a meaningful contribution, and encourage a sustainable pace with high levels of quality for the team.

Qualifications:

• Solid understanding of software development life cycle models as well as expert knowledge of both Agile and traditional project management principles and practices and the ability to blend them together in the right proportions to fit a project and business environment.
• A proven track record of successfully implementing software or web development projects using Agile methodologies and experience as a Project Manager managing large, complex projects in a high-tech development environment with multi-function teams.
• Prior experience with SCRUM/Agile methodologies with enterprise-level application development projects.
• Experience overseeing multi-function project teams with at least 3-12 team members.

Balanced Business/Technical Background:

• Sufficient level of technical background to provide highly credible leadership to development teams and to be able to accurately and objectively evaluate complex project risks and issues.
• Ability to provide leadership to business analysts and collaborate with customers and develop strategies and solutions of high business value.