Project Manager Business Analysis

Working with Product Owners and IT DevOps pod teams to help coordinate delivery activity to ensure that Sprint & Roadmap milestone goals are achieved

Managing project (multi team / pod) dependencies and risks

Provision of regular Project status reporting against shorter term Sprint commitments and longer term milestone roadmap indicative estimates

Creation and ownership of the overall Project Plan(s). Including: Short-term Scrum planning and Forward window longer-range planning (regular refresh and tracking of critical path and roadmap)

Oversight of JIRA updates and ensuring JIRA hygiene

Coordinating activities across Pods (where feature deliverables involve multiple cross-pod interaction)

Collaboration with Product Owners and BA Lead / BAs to ensure that all inputs into the delivery teams are fit-for-purpose e.g. requirements are exhaustive & signed off and work is de-constructed and translated into suitable EPICs and user & technical stories (and factor in traceable Test criteria / scenarios / data from the outset)

Collaboration with Product Owners BA Lead / BAs & IT Pod Leads to ensure that pods are aligned to backlog priorities and that resource capacity is managed / optimised and factored into short-term Sprint commitments and longer-term milestone roadmap indicative estimates

Collaboration with Pod Leads to ensure that estimates are fit-for-purpose and take into account all main considerations e.g. resource capacity dependency constraints etc

Working with product owner & team to ensure that quality and lead time to deploy changes is continuously improving

Working in a vendor environment. Partnering over-seeing and coordinating vendor activity.

**Solid knowledge and experience of the following:- **

Development lifecycle across different methodologies

Expertise with Waterfall Agile and Scrum frameworks and their application in Product Development and delivery organization

Thorough understanding of Project management Practices

Multiple years of Project Management experience in both Waterfall and Agile environments

Scrum master background and/or exposure

Experience of large projects (50 people)

ESSENTIAL SKILLS/COMPETENCIES:-

Overall experience in 15 years which includes managing large cross functional multi geography projects

Candidate should be familiar with the Offshore Onshore model

Should be adept at managing Risk and Issues.

Expertise in Waterfall Agile DevOps Lean methodologies

Vendor / 3rd party management

Relationship management (both internal and external) and networking skills.

Excellent 360 degree influencing negotiating and interpersonal skills.

Excellent documentation and communication skills.

Ability to work in fast-paced environment with proven ability to handle multiple work threads at one time

International experience or experience of dealing with international resources (project team and user base will be dispersed across multiple locations)

Ability to work effectively to strict timelines and deadlines.

Ability to work with Technology teams and business / Operations / Change