Technical Project Manager

About the role

• You will be part of the IT Operations where you will further utilize and harness your technical and people management competencies.
• You will work with different development teams with various compositions.
• You will collaborate with internal and external stakeholders.
• You will drive your teams to success through inspiring leadership.

Primary Responsibilities

• Manage and drive the day-to-day performance of your assigned teams
  • Provide technical guidance in the general areas of understanding technical requirements, accurate timeline estimations, sound technical approaches, etc.
  • Lead internal stand ups and supervise teams during their stand ups with clients.
  • Monitor and manage the project management tool used in each account to drive the productivity of the team members.
  • Manage and report immediate behavioral matters.
• Inspire, motivate, and mentor team members. o Lead by example: integrity, quality, and efficiency
• Manage and drive the quality of performance of your assigned teams and members.
  • Provide timely, accurate, and constructive feedback to immediately address any performance concerns.
  • Regularly calibrate with client counterparts about the performance and quality of work of your assigned teams and members.
  • Provide timely recommendations to clients and/or internal stakeholders on improving processes to ensure the success of each team.
  • Bridge the gap between the staff and the clients through effective communication.
• Perform administrative tasks.
  • Prepare and deliver periodic performance evaluation to each team member.
  • Prepare and submit reports, analyses, and documentations on a regular basis.
  • Participate in business development initiatives.
• Focused around managing streams of work rather than development teams directly
• Running project meetings which include developers/QA of different types
• Ensuring progress/delivery
• Alerting if there are issues or blockers
• Managing the JIRA board and tickets
• Ensuring QA are creating relevant test cases

Secondary Responsibilities

• Provide expert assessment on the technical feasibility of incoming projects/accounts.
• Participate in scoping technical requirements of new projects.
• Help in the hiring of candidates mainly through formulation of technical tests and conduct of technical interviews.
• Provide or conduct training sessions to promote skills enhancement and learning for all staff members.
• Conduct enrichment classes to address performance or technical opportunities of staff members.
• Provide recommendations on operational strategies, client relations, and business development.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of experience as a Project Manager, Scrum Master, or similar capacity in a software development environment. Candidates from other backgrounds/environments need not apply.
• Minimum of 5 years of foundational experience as a developer/programmer with specialization in .Net, Python, React or similar technology stack and/or proven Business Analyst experience.
• Proven passion for inspirational leadership through technical and people management combined.
• Client management or client relations experience is a must.
• Active certifications (ITIL, SCRUM, PMP, Six sigma, etc.) of high relevance are a great advantage.
• Self-motivated, results-driven, and quality-intensive individual.
• Team driver, motivator, and a strong leader.
• Proactive, effective communicator and a strategist.

Work Details

• Shift: Monday to Friday: 6:00am- 3:00pm or 7:00am- 4:00pm PH Time; depending on business needs
• Location: Makati | *Work from Home Until Further Notice
• Status: Full time employment and open for Contractor set-up