Middle Project Manager (#3236)

Ukraine
Work type:
Office/Remote
Technical Level:
Middle
Job Category:
Project Management
Project:
Largest student transportation provider

N-iX is looking for a passionate, skilled, and motivated Project Manager to join the team.

Our customer is the leading school transportation provider in North America, being the owner of more than a half of all yellow school buses in the United States; Every day, the company completes 5 million student journeys, moving more passengers than all U;S; airlines combined and delivers reliable, quality services for 1,100 school districts.

N-iX has built a successful cooperation with the client delivering a range of complex initiatives; As a result, N-iX has been selected as a strategic long-term partner to drive the digital transformation on an enterprise level, fully remodeling the technology landscape for 55,000 employees and millions of people across North America.

Responsibilities:

  • Taking full responsibility for project execution, including estimating and planning, budgeting, backlog management  and customer communications
  • Establish communication channels with the Client's representatives and provide regular progress reporting
  • Managing overall communication during Project Phases
  • Working closely with the entire Team on project phases goals
  • Execute the changes and risk management
  • Manage team’s performance appraisals, provide feedback on performance and work on goals
  • Work with Team Leads and other team members on project delivery analysis
  • Resource planning and staffing
  • Motivating and developing a project team
  • Establishing smooth processes and executing process improvements
  • Manage backlog, create and populate User Stories, perform decomposition and estimation of work with the team 
  • Facilitate cross-project/program communication and cooperation
  • Identify, track and resolve dependencies with other projects/programs
  • Prepare reporting and release documentation
  • Act as integrator of the team with Portfolio in SAFe processes

Requirements:

  • Upper-intermediate English written and verbal communication skills
  • 3+ years of proven experience in IT project management (during the last 5 years)
  • Successful driving at least two projects hands-on from initiation to final delivery without supervision
  • Excellent knowledge of Agile methodologies, SAFe frameworks is a must
  • Business Analysis or Data analyst background/experience
  • Knowledge/Understanding of basic technical concepts and terminology such as: API, queue, microservice architecture, relational database, etc.

Nice to have:

  • Proven experience in management of solution-based/fixed-scope/fixed-price projects
  • Excellent knowledge of managing cross-cultural/cross-functional/distributed teams
  • Experience in managing at least 10 subordinates on multiple projects
  • Proven experience in project cost management and Scope/Change management

We offer:

  • Flexible working format - remote, office-based or flexible
  • A competitive salary and good compensation package
  • Personalized career growth
  • Professional development tools (mentorship program, tech talks and trainings, centers of excellence, and more)
  • Active tech communities with regular knowledge sharing
  • Education reimbursement
  • Memorable anniversary presents
  • Corporate events and team buildings
  • Other location-specific benefits
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