Senior Project Manager

JOB SPECIFIC DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIESActively contributing to the project management practice and overall productivity improvements of the Company.Ensure project delivery as per customer expectations, cost, quality and time dimensions.Guiding project team members in organizing their work, making presentations, setting priorities, handling conflicting demands, making decisions etc.Assisting product owners to strike a balance between product features vs. product quality by providing required information.Continuous learning on project management and scrum methodology and share the new learning with project stakeholders.Remove project bottlenecks and increase team productivity.Analyze burn down charts on a daily basis and prevent task slippage.Manage customer expectations and minimize escalations.Review stories for the sprint and ensure sufficient effort is provisioned for non-functional, infrastructure and defect fixes.Manage changes and feedback outside of sprint. (i.e. any feedback or change request received during sprint execution or after sprint review should go to the backlog. Backlog to be reviewed and re-prioritized.Escalate customer concerns in a timely manner to Mitra leadership.Educate team on product vision, road map, main releases.Support product owners on maintaining product backlog and user stories.Create billing sheets at the end of the month.Ensure daily time logs against products. Weekly review of time entries of the team and notify finance for any deviation.Checking all the models the team uses (e.g. Sprint backlog, metrics, etc.) and show them differences between the model and the real world.Helping the team to keep focus (e.g. by acting as a buffer between external distractions and the team).Helping team members to have a manageable workload; prevent burnouts.REQUIRED COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS Bachelor degree in computing/IT or business managementProfessional qualifications preferably PMP/CSMPrior experience in handling large scale projects/ multinational teams8+ years’ experience in project managementSound knowledge on Agile/Scrum frameworkAbility to understand the requirements of different business domains and technicalities of software engineeringAbility to communicate effectively with different project stakeholders