To lead the development efforts, negotiate with product owners and customers to ensure the deliverables are aligned with the expectations. Establish tactical plans to improve any impediments for project execution, managing team’s capacity and capability to deliver. Responsible for addressing any cross-team dependencies and helps to coordinate with the team to keep dependencies in sync for successful project delivery.
Scope:Responsible for designing and developing project plans by prioritizing project objectives and deliverable timelines, managing resource allocations and setting clear targets for delivery. Ensures that the projects are tracked and progressed as per the plan by eliminating risks, escalating issues and ensuring quality standards are met and followed.
How You Will Spend Your Days:
Key Accountability
% of Time spent
Success Measure
Design and develop project plans
Prioritizes multiple project objectives and delivery timelines in alignment with the tech leads. Prioritizes and manages work with scrum teams for ongoing projects.
Ensure proper resource allocation for all current and upcoming activities by working with the Scrum tech lead.
Ensures that project plans are set clearly for delivery, plans are made visible and up to date at any point in time.
30%
Schedule adherence
Quality and accuracy of project roadmap
Execution and tracking of the project plan
Tracks the progress of multiple projects within scrum teams or across the business.
Monitors resource utilization across projects, identifying areas of synergy or redundancy. Manages the commitment and simplifies the features at each stage.
Leads delivery excellence efforts in line with QCD (quality, cost and delivery) norms for the scope of the scrum team.
Ensures process documents / artefacts are maintained and continuously improved (by analysing systemic issues) to enable efficient execution.
40%
Reusability of components / artefacts
Schedule adherence of project delivery as per the plan
Reporting and documentation
Prepares burn down charts and applicable metrics dashboards, reviews them with the scrum team for progress.
Responsible for executing regular status reports are shared with stakeholders.
15%
Schedule adherence and accuracy of project status reports
Identifying and managing project risks
Identifies and eliminates any risks/issues that would prevent the team from achieving their sprint goals.
Escalates any issue/resolution that needs attention from the next level.
Proactively develops plans to anticipate risks and address them by leading issue resolution from the front
15%
Effectiveness of risk mitigation plans. Quality of risk identification
Key Experience required: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Master’s preferred) 8+ years of experience in managing projects Experience with cost management systems Project management (PMP) Certification Agile Certified Profession (ACP), Scrum Master and Lean certifications AUTOSPICE experience
Technical and Functional Competencies Please refer to the global integrated software assessment framework
Behaviours and Mind-set
Collaboration:
Demonstrates enthusiasm in interactions with others; establishes useful relationships with key individuals for the benefit of the department Establishes rapport quickly; develops mutually beneficial relationships with individuals within and across departments Seeks wide recognition and praise for own and department’s achievements; readily accepts the center stage to promote the department’s achievements
Communication:
Convinces others on key topics by presenting compelling rationale and persuasive arguments; shapes opinions within the department and negotiates to get the best deal Articulates and presents important information clearly and concisely to people at all levels across the department Challenges established views and argues strongly for alternative ideas; encourages individuals in the department to justify their reasoning
Managing Stakeholders:
Understands the needs, drivers and constraints of stakeholders and applies this knowledge to develop common understanding Maintains long-term, trusting relationships with stakeholders through ongoing contact and forums. Recognizes department needs and identifies appropriate stakeholders to engage in decision-making to ensure buy-in and desirable outcomes.
Adjusting to Change:
Is optimistic about what can be achieved by the department; encourages and steers the department to move on quickly from setbacks Embraces change and quickly alters course in response to new challenges; leads the department successfully through change by helping others understand the reasons and positive impacts, focusing them on what is known rather than unknown. Seeks and responds to feedback, encouraging the department to ask for and provide observations to others; proactively responds to personal feedback
Size:
Financial
Non-Financial
● No Direct Revenue Responsibilities
● Delivery within project budgets and schedule
● Direct reportees: Scrum Team reporting
Indirect reportees: N/A
● Reporting Layer from CEO:
Key Interactions:
External & Nature of interaction
Internal & Nature of interaction
N/A
● Collaborates with internal stakeholders to drive and manage, support the project delivery plan.
● Project managers and Domain Leads for reviews and escalation management