Virtusa helps its Clients by becoming a true extension of their software and data development capabilities. Through the readily set up, comprehensive, and self-governing teams, we let our Clients focus on their business while we make sure that their software products and data tools scale up accordingly and with outstanding quality.
We are looking for team player to fill Project Manager position in a dynamic international project for the customer from ilottery industry.
The candidate:
• Manages assigned technical projects to ensure adherence to budget, schedule, and scope of project.
• Develops, maintains, and revises proposals for assigned projects including project objectives, technologies, systems, information specifications, timelines, funding, and staffing.
• Sets and tracks project milestones; manages and accounts for unforeseen delays, then realigns schedules and expectations as needed.
• Establishes and implements project communication plans, providing status updates to affected staff and stakeholders.
• Collects, analyzes, and summarizes information and trends as needed to prepare project status reports.
• Facilitates gathering and validation of project requirements.
• Develops and maintains project performance databases that tracks overall progress and accomplishment of specific milestones.
• Ensures all parts of an assigned projects are processed, organized, and progressing according to predetermined timelines and deliverable dates. • Regularly communicates with customers/clients to arrange meetings, confirm project schedules, and discuss any project problems.
• Coordinates internal and external resources scheduled, ensures projects remain within scope, schedule, and defined budgets.
• Develops and communicates detailed specifications for implementation. Negotiates plans and timeframes, ensures that clients understand the anticipated results.
• Analyzes project progress and, when necessary, adapts timelines to achieve maximum benefit.
• Forecasts potential schedule delays and develops alternate plans.
• Creates and maintains comprehensive project management documentation.
• Analyzes risks and provides regular updates to Senior Management regarding projects status and any problems or potential problems. Takes proactive steps to minimize delays in delivery
Requirements
• Minimum three years management experience in the IT field, including development work and interactions with customers
• Knowledge of software development and deployement industry standards
• Strong communication skills to coordinate with team members, vendors and management
• Organizational skills and time management skills to keep projects on track to the finish
• Project managing skills to start projects and finish projects successfully
• Experience working with cross-functional agile teams.
• Proficient use of project management software (e.g. JIRA).
• Excellent knowledge of Agile techniques and artefacts (e.g., Definition of ready/done, user stories, epics, features, backlog, splitting stories, etc).
• Experience creating proactive self-organizing teams.
• A continuous improvement attitude.
• Excellent communication, negotiation and influencing skills.
• Experience of delivering in an environment where multiple development teams are involved
• Proficient in Polish language
Nice to have:
• Professional Project Management Certification from accredited intuition
• Professional Scrum Master Certification from accredited intuition
• IT Technical background (Architect, Engineer, QA, ecc.) is considered a plus
Benefits
- Hybrid work from Warsaw
- Professional training programs – including Udemy and other development plans
- Work with a team that’s recognized for its excellence. We’ve been featured in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 & FT 1000 rankings. We’ve also received the Great Place To Work® certification for five years in a row
