Naviga - Senior Project Manager

Position Overview: As a Senior Project Manager you will hold a pivotal position within our organization, tasked with overseeing and orchestrating the execution of complex projects from conception to delivery. This role demands a strategic thinker with exceptional leadership abilities and a deep understanding of project management methodologies.

Responsibilities:

- Lead assigned projects to completion and provide Tech Leads with feedback, encouragement, and advice.

- Works with Scrum Team, as well as internal and external stakeholders, to influence and drive decision making and support organizational project or product teams.

- Resolves team impediments with other teams to increase the effectiveness of the application of Scrum in the organization.

- Planning and problem solving with product management and delivery teams.

- Develop individual project plans complete with budgetary information and resource needs

- Ensuring that the team's progress is transparent to all stakeholders by maintaining a visible product backlog and burn-down chart.

- Measure project performance using appropriate systems, tools, and techniques.

- Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation

- Perform risk management to minimize project risks.

- Provide regular updates on the project to senior management stakeholders.

Requirements:

- Bachelor's/master's degree in computer with 12+ years' experience in software development or design

- Knowledge of an agile framework or method (i.e. Scrum, Kanban), or understanding of software development life cycle models as well as in-depth knowledge of traditional project management principles and practices.

- 7+ years' relevant experience in leading/mentoring teams.

- Ability to complete projects on time and within the stated budget.

- Strong communicator, able to convey complex ideas in a clear, concise manner both verbally and in writing, comfort in business and technical discussions.

- Effective at building relationships, collaborating, and influencing others; experience working with senior executives across various geographies and functions.

- Strong people development and influencing skills; able to build and drive extended and virtual teams.