Senior Project Manager

Role Purpose

Main Responsibilities

• **Strategic Project Governance:**
• Lead the planning and execution of multiple product workstreams, ensuring alignment with the overall product roadmap and departmental strategic goals.
• **Agile Transformation:**
• Champion and refine Agile/Scrum methodologies within the department, facilitating sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives to optimize team velocity.
• **Stakeholder Management:**
• Act as the primary point of contact for senior leadership and business units, providing transparent reporting on project health, risks, and milestones.
• **Resource & Capacity Planning:**
• Manage cross-functional team allocations (Design, Dev, QA) to prevent bottlenecks and ensure optimal utilization of technical talent.
• **Risk Mitigation:**
• Proactively identify technical and operational risks; develop and execute contingency plans to keep delivery on track.
• **Product Lifecycle Documentation:**
• Maintain rigorous project documentation, including functional requirement summaries, project charters, and post-launch impact reports.
• **Change Management:**
• Manage the intake process for new feature requests and scope changes, assessing their impact on timelines and resource budgets.
• **Process Optimization:**
• Continuously evaluate product development workflows to reduce technical debt and improve the time-to-market for new features.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• **Education:**
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Computer Science, or a related field.
• **Certification:**
• PMP, PRINCE2, or Agile certifications (PMI-ACP) are highly preferred.
• **Professional Experience:**
• **8+ years**
• of experience in project management, specifically within a software or product development environment.
• **Technical Literacy:**
• Strong understanding of the Full Stack development lifecycle (Java, Spring Boot, Angular) and API-led architectures to effectively communicate with engineering teams.
• **Tooling Expertise:**
• Mastery of project management software such as Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Project, or Azure DevOps.
• **Product Familiarity:**

Experience

• working alongside Product Managers to translate user stories into executable technical tasks.
• **Business Delivery:**
• Proven track record of managing large-scale digital transformation projects or platform launches.
• **Soft Skills:**
• **Leadership:**
• Demonstrated ability to influence and lead cross-functional teams without direct hierarchical authority.
• **Conflict Resolution:**
• Expert at navigating competing priorities between business desires and technical constraints.
• **Strategic Thinking:**
• Ability to see beyond individual tasks to understand the broader business impact of product releases.
• **Communication:**
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills for presenting to executive-level stakeholders