Project Manager

Leapfrog Technology Nepal Pvt. Ltd.

We are Leapfrog, a software company with a vision to build world-class products. Over the past 7 years, we have built technology for many successful companies that have either been acquired by big company or have grown to multi-million-dollar revenue company and grown to a team of over 100 people. Leapfrog provides end-to-end product development services from design, coding, to deployment. At Leapfrog, we share a culture of continuous learning, sharing and improvement. We have a flexible work environment for our Leapfroggers so that they can do what they do best - Innovate and Create.

Details / requirements:

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.
  • 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 synergetic result. Ensure good culture with the team.
  • 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

Job Specification

  • 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 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
  • Project skills - 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;
  • People skills - 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

Interested candidates can provide their updated CV at career@lftechnology.com before 4th October 2018.

Overview

Category Software Development
Openings 3
Experience 2+ years
Education MBA
Posted Date 05 Sep, 2018
Apply Before 04 Oct, 2018
City Kathmandu