Junior Agile Project Manager with Scrum

at  Luxoft

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Our client is a global leader in providing solutions for the network infrastructure of industrial, enterprise and broadcast markets. With innovative solutions targeted at reliable and secure transmission of rapidly growing amounts of data, audio and video needed for today’s applications, our client is at the center of the global transformation to a connected world.
We are looking for a versatile Technical Project Manager / Agile Project Manager with engineering background to work with the development teams on delivering on time, with quality and customer satisfaction software applications, embedded firmware or CI/CD tools for a major player in Industrial Networking area.

SKILLS

Must have
Understanding of the basic fundamentals of iterative and incremental development
Exposure to Software Development Life Cycle and the associated tools (code review, release branching strategy, maintenance, etc.)
Programming background needed
Demonstrable knowledge with one of the Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban etc.) and scaling agile frameworks (LeSS, SAFe)
Stakeholder Management, Negotiation and Communication skills
Ability to coach on how to follow agile methodologies
Ability to help manage scrum team backlog and priorities using agile based tools (Jira/Targetprocess).
Demonstrable risk management and mitigation skills
Knowledge of tools used to assist with scrum team planning (Targetprocess, Jira, etc.)
Nice to have
Facilitation and mentoring skills
Demonstrable conflict resolution skills
GIT, CI/CD, exposure to Engineering Practices (TDD, BDD, etc)

Understand client’s development process
LeSS with elements of SAFe (PI Planning)
Manage the development process and coach the team into it
Ensure on-time delivery by actively cooperating with the development team, Product Owner and other stakeholders