Project Manager (PM)

Vacancy Announcement 

Job Description

• Lead and manage medium complexity projects through the entire software development lifecycle independently
• Develop and/or review estimates and assumptions for the project’s schedule, effort, and cost using established guidelines and best practices.
• Determine the project process, resource requirements, team roles and responsibilities, and schedule. Customize the project process depending on circumstances.
• Responsible for requirement building, change management, backlog prioritization, sprint planning, release, daily standups, reviews, and overall execution.
• Anticipate business demands and take initiatives to develop software that aligns to the business requirements.
• Participate in the development and review of project artifacts including technical requirements, user experience design, architecture, testing, and implementation documentation
• Ensure proper monitoring and periodic project health check (code quality, project quality, security, resource dependencies etc.) of assigned projects.
• Responsible for maintaining quality assurance and control in accordance to project requirements.
• Responsible for establishing clear ownership of project tasks, ensuring every team member has the required tool & support needed and providing timely feedback.
• Set clear expectations, provide needed autonomy to team members, timely track and monitor the progress and give recognition for results.
• Encourage, motivate and coordinate all team members for a synergetic result. Ensure good culture with the team.
• Help in resource allocation across the project and invest time and effort to develop talent.
• Provide timely, accurate and unbiased feedback to team members and senior management on both improvement areas and remarkable achievements/contributions.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to small scale projects with no PM or Associate PM.
• Responsible for soft skills development of team members.
• Report to Senior Management on project status

Skills

• IT, Engineering or MBA Graduate with at least 2 years of experience on Project Management tools and procedures. (minimum 1-year experience on PM if the previous background on software development)
• Demonstrable experience of handling medium complexity projects
• Demonstrable verbal and written communication skills – both English and Nepali. Fluent with client communication.
• Demonstrable knowledge and experience of Agile development methodologies.
• Technical background with understanding and/or hands-on experience in software development and web technologies is preferred.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills. Able to analyze the available data and make decisions that affect the project on a regular basis.
• Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multitasking skills
• PMP/Scrum certification is a plus
• Ability to understand product vision and empathize with the client business; ability to plan resources and schedules; ability to plan and implement change management; ability to negotiate tactfully with the client and team;
• Ability to supervise, delegate & empower team members; ability to persuade, motivate, inspire  and mentor team members; ability to provide direct and candid feedback to team members on their performance; demonstrable experience of people development; ability to identify and recruit people suitable for the organization

Benefits

• Provident fund
• CIT scheme
• Dashain allowance
• 5 working days (Mon-Fri)
• 17 days(for male) / 19 days(for female) Govt Holidays per year
• 12 days casual leave per year
• 6 days sick leave per year
• Flexible working hours. You can replace today's lost hour the next day.