Overview:
SOFTSWISS continues to expand the team and is looking for a Senior Project Manager. We need a true, experienced, and accomplished professional who shares our culture and values.
About Product:
SOFTSWISS Sportsbook Platform
A sports betting platform that allows you to operate a sports betting business online
Key responsibilities:
- Developing and Implementing Project Management Strategies: defining methodologies, tools, and standards to ensure efficient project execution.
- Creating Detailed Project Plans: developing plans that include tasks, timelines, milestones, dependencies, functional specifications, and technical requirements, followed by monitoring their execution.
- Risk Identification and Management: conducting risk analysis, developing mitigation strategies, and response plans to ensure project success.
- Coordinating Cross-Functional Teams: facilitating collaboration among legal, technical, and business teams, ensuring their efforts and goals are aligned.
- Effective Stakeholder Management: identifying key stakeholders, regularly informing them of progress, managing expectations, and resolving conflicts.
- Ensuring Transparency and Accountability: providing regular project status reports, analyzing performance metrics (e.g., velocity, productivity, sprint success rates), and offering insights for decision-making.
- Conducting Meetings and Agile Ceremonies: organizing and leading kick-off meetings, demos, retrospectives, and strategic discussions with teams and stakeholders.
- Change Management and Plan Adaptation: anticipating and responding to changes in the project, making adjustments to plans and strategies according to new requirements or conditions.
- Team Development and Mentorship: supporting the professional growth of team members, teaching best practices in project management, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation
- Serve as the primary point of contact for assigned clients, ensuring their needs are met.
Requirements:
- At least 3 years of experience as a Senior Project Manager in the IT industry, preferably across multiple organizations.
- Proven expertise in managing the full software development lifecycle, from requirements gathering to delivery.
- Outstanding communication, facilitation, and presentation skills, with a strong focus on empathy and conflict resolution.
- Ability to adapt to shifting priorities, navigate uncertainty effectively, and maintain focus on delivering results.
- Proficiency in Jira (and plugins such as EazyBI, Plans, Big Picture) and Confluence.
- Strong understanding of major principles and methodologies of project and delivery management (Agile, Scrum, Kanban, etc.).
- English and Russian proficiency at an upper-intermediate (B2+) level or higher.
Nice to have:
- Experience working in the Gambling/Betting industry.
- Previous work experience in product-focused companies.
- Knowledge of the technologies used by software development teams.
- Professional certifications in project management or Agile methodologies.