Software Project Manager

Responsibilities (Managerial & Operational)

• Planning, scheduling, budgeting, execution, and delivery of software and web projects
• Discussing potential projects and their parameters with Clients, Executives, and software developers
• Ensure shared understanding and alignment on product vision and project scope between the product development team, the product owner, and the business needs
• Planning out the technical documentation for software projects, including defining the scope, allocating resources, setting deadlines, laying out communication strategies, and indicating tests and maintenance
• Assembling and leading the project team
• Determining and overseeing consistent testing, evaluation, and troubleshooting of all products in all stages of completion
• Tracking milestones, deliverables, and change requests
• Being attentive to details
• Delivering completed software products to clients and performing regular checks on the products' performance
• Planning the total project budget, and reporting and updating the executive team on a regular basis
• Driving an Agile process and facilitate meetings with stakeholders, product owners, and the development team
• Enabling team productivity; ensure development is unblocked and the team has the resources required for success

Competencies (Soft Skills)

• Organizational skills 
• Communication skills
• Problem solving
• Time management
• Decision making
• Negotiation 
• Risk management
• Teamwork

Personnel specifications

• Higher education
• 3-5 years of related work experience, preferably in custom software development
• Strong organizational skills with an emphasis on efficiency and productivity
• Experience managing budgets and deadlines on multiple, medium-sized projects
• Proven ability to work directly with development, QA, and product teams on the development and release of software
• Experience in Agile frameworks and methodologies (Scrum, Lean, Kanban, etc.)
• Ability to understand high-level requirements for user stories
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.