Agile Project Manager

Job Description

Would you like to start your career in an international company?

The world nowadays is changing faster than ever. Technology and data are reshaping industries and our lives. IBM’s access to state of the art analytics, machine learning (Watson), cloud, the blockchain, etc. along with our affinity to experiment and pilot make this a truly unique opportunity to engage, learn, and lead.

Agile Project Manager is a challenging position, where you will be responsible for running larger projects that involve multiple squads with multiple product owners and scrum masters, where it will be important to manage and report numerous user stories through several iterations.

About the application
CHIS (Contract handling International Solution) is being one of the most complex and robust application through which is processed more than 5.0 Billion USD a year, supporting currently 74 countries globally and in 2017 we expect to board another set of countries. Over the last two decades, CHIS has evolved from a tactical Europe contract management solution to the strategic WW application covering the Technology Support Services (TSS) proposal and contract management. The CHIS application suite supports a broad range of user groups and covers the complete lifecycle for TSS contract management from initial proposal creation until billing. From a technical perspective, CHIS Application Suite is a mix of technologies, the core applications are Legacy (CFL and PLI on z/OS, IMS), in addition, we have a variety of user front-end tools (mainly Java applications and a few Web applications).

Are you ready for?

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
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
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
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
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
- Manage a cross-functional and high-performance DevOps team members to deliver solutions of large size and complexity.
- Mentoring, coaching and performance management.
- Team Building and defining a positive culture and work environment.
- Be the “go-to” person for stakeholders and management, providing solutions to opportunities.
- Collaborate with other squads, operations, stakeholders and business leaders to ensure smooth rollouts, continuous operation and high quality.
- Provide a clear focus on doing more with less by guiding the team towards automation.

What do you need for your success?

- 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
- Prior experience with SCRUM/Agile methodologies with enterprise-level application development projects. PMI-ACP, CSM, or equivalent preferred
- Experience overseeing multi-function project teams with at least 10-15 team members including Developers, Business Analysts, and QA Personnel
- 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 for high business value
- Strong interpersonal skills including mentoring, coaching, collaborating, and team building
- Strong analytical, planning, and organizational skills with an ability to manage competing demands
- Proven ability to lead software development projects and ensure objectives, goals, and commitments are met
- Solid understanding of and demonstrated experience in using appropriate tools (e.g: Jira)
- Excellent oral and written communications skills and experience interacting with both business and IT individuals at all levels including the executive level
- Creative approach to problem-solving with the ability to focus on details while maintaining the “big picture” view
- Continuously find opportunities to learn and apply new skills strategic to IBM to achieve successfully

Required skills:
- Great communication skills
- Fluent English
- Experience with Agile - Scrum
- Project management experience in SW development area
- Takes calculated risks rather than miss opportunities
- Education/ Technical/ Functional Qualifications and/or Professional Certifications
- PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)®
- Bachelor degree in Engineering or relevant graduation
- Educated to a degree level at university