Project Manager - Software Delivery in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Do you have experience of Agile or Kanban, working within a Software Delivery environment?
Ford & Stanley - The Rail Recruitment Specialists are recruiting a Project Manager to work for a highly ambitious technology specialist.
The Opportunity
You will have the opportunity to work for an award-winning company that provides an outstanding software suite to their client base.
This role will suit someone who has a proven track record of managing product updates and features from concept through to production within a software environment. You will be responsible for delivering the features of the software suite and servicing the clients with maintenance updates and improvements.
Location: Main office based in Sheffield however this role may involve travelling nationally.
Key Responsibilities
- Agreeing and controlling the scope of a project or product workstream
- Managing a product backlog and prioritizing features as required
- Determining the resources required and ensuring adequate availability and allocation
- Weekly project reporting with relevant escalations to clients, the Head of Delivery and Senior Management
- Developing full scale project plans and thorough project documentation including budget information and relevant tracking
- Implementing and managing project changes and interventions as required
- Managing day-to-day operational aspects of a project
- Conducting analysis and progress tracking through liaising with customers
- Planning releases effectively and ensuring adequate resources are available
- Ensuring service level agreements are upheld
- Liaising with clients and all stakeholders to ensure the highest level of service is provided
- Leading a project team of Designers, Developers and Testers
- Ensuring project invoicing is completed at set milestones
The Candidate
- Previous project management experience within a software product environment.
- Proven experience in risk and conflict management & change management.
- Understanding of the software development life cycle
- Strong Stakeholder Engagement skills
- Understanding of Agile Scrum and Kanban approaches
- Excellent organisation and prioritisation skills
- Commercial and business awareness
- The ability to interpret jargon for the client
- Capable of staying calm under pressure in a fast-paced environment with competing deadlines
- The ability to work with Business Analysts to turn a vision or requirement into something tangible and work out how to deliver it
- Experience managing software releases to multiple platforms including app stores and the cloud
Closing date: 14th December 2020
Likely job titles: PM, Software Delivery PM, Software Project Manager, IT Manager, Software Developer
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