Hiring project manager - Bcforward
- BCforward India
- 3 - 8 years
- Hyderabad
- 2 months ago
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Job Description
Summary:
BCforward is seeking a confident Project Manager/Scrum Master who has experience leading teams to successful delivery of projects leveraging both traditional project management (waterfall) and agile (Scrum/Kanban) approaches. The ideal candidate has experience assisting waterfall focused and newly formed teams in adopting Agile practices while partnering within the organization to ensure agile practices and mindset gain traction and mature. This scope includes building and managing project teams, reporting to the respective Project Sponsors, and ensuring effective project management using the appropriate project management tools.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- As Project Manager:
- Leverage fundamental project management mechanics and best practices to plan, execute and deliver project successfully to provide value and meet clients business needs.
- Build and track project schedules, communicating any scope and schedule variance to management
- Cultivate relationships with cross-functional teams and business units
- Leverage deep understanding of project lifecycles including how to manage dependencies between Agile Scrum teams and waterfall life cycle projects
- Manage and work with 3rd party vendors, partners to drive cross-business unit project dependencies
- Manage changes/approvals in accordance with program/business steering committees
- Identify, manage, and support key stake holders expectations
- Deliver weekly / monthly status reporting to key stakeholders
- Work cooperatively with Client leadership to address any associated risks and issues quickly and successfully
- As Scrum Master and servant leader:
- Serves as Scrum Master for client product/delivery teams, facilitating and fostering an environment of collaboration, transparency, and continuous improvement.
- Leads the team in the adoption and practice of Agile principles, ensuring that Scrum events are effectively executed, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
- Collaborates closely with Product Owners to refine and prioritize the product backlog, ensuring
- Identifies impediments that hinder the team's progress and initiates appropriate actions to remove or mitigate these obstacles, ensuring the team's focus on delivering high-quality, timely outcomes.
- Plan/track all external team dependencies and help resolve blockers
- Continually evaluates the team's Scrum process capabilities, identifying bottlenecks, inefficiencies, and areas for improvement, and proactively initiates adjustments to enhance team performance.
- Initiates and leads discussions around process improvements, fostering a culture of innovation, experimentation, and learning within the Agile teams.
- Proactively contributes to the development and maintenance of team standards, tools, and best practices, and facilitates knowledge sharing among team members.
- Collects and maintains relevant metrics that demonstrate the team's progress and the value delivered to stakeholders, providing insights for informed decision-making by management.
Required Skills:
- Proficient in project management methodologies (MS Project) and tools.
- Strong planning, organizing, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Proficient in diverse Agile methodologies. Adept at tailoring practices for optimal team collaboration, value delivery, and a culture of continuous improvement.
- Expertise in Agile tools like JIRA and Confluence, leveraging them to enhance transparency, productivity, and data-driven decision-making.
- Exceptional interpersonal, coaching, and negotiation skills, fostering clear communication, conflict resolution, and stakeholder engagement.
- Strong, positive leadership approach that empowers teams, cultivates a culture of trust, countability, and adaptability to change.
- Experience working with all areas of IT and with business stakeholders
Education and Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of academic achievement and substantial professional experience
- Demonstrated experience as a Scrum Master, showcasing your capability to adeptly manage projects within Agile/SCRUM environments.
- Agile certifications; PSM/CSM, PSPO/CSPO, PMI-ACP, SAFe, etc.
- Advanced degree, Project Management Professional (PMP) certification and/or Six Sigma certification is a plus.
- Experience in pharmaceuticals, life science or healthcare a plus
Regards
Karna Pranith Kumar
9347563*** (whatsapp)
Job Classification
Industry: IT Services & ConsultingFunctional Area / Department: Project & Program ManagementRole Category: Other Program / Project ManagementRole: Project ManagerEmployement Type: Full timeContact Details:
Company: Bcforward IndiaLocation(s): Hyderabad
Keyskills: PMP PMO Agile Agile Methodology PMO Management Scrum PMI
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