Technical Project Manager in London

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About the Role: We have an exciting opportunity to support our Technology team based in London, United Kingdom. The Technology Project Manager is accountable for the successful delivery of project scope and product features to market. This role must be able to deliver using "standard" waterfall and/or agile delivery methods. For assigned projects, the PM needs to adhere to and deliver the agreed scope to the aligned budget and timeline. For assigned products, the focus is to develop a deep understanding of users, the marketplace, competitors and future trends that relate to the product. For both responsibilities, the manager will work closely with the Program lead, Scrum Master and delivery team. This manager role is responsible for delivery and sign off user stories, ensuring priorities are aligned to delivery plan, and all functional requirements are organized and documented. Ultimately this role is accountable to lead and manage the successful delivery of project and product features to market on time, on budget, and within scope in accordance with business priorities. Throughout the project or product lifecycle, the manager provides clear status and manages risk mitigation.

Responsibilities:

• Work closely with the Pillar program leads, to align to project scope or product vision and roadmap.
• Track and prioritize the product backlog, in collaboration with the Portfolio Manager, to ensure maximum value items are prioritized and aligned to business strategy.
• Lead the project and product release plans and set expectations for delivery of new functionalities with all stakeholders.
• Plan, prioritize and manage project scope and product feature backlog and development of requirements and user stories where appropriate.
• Work closely with internal and external customers and stakeholders, including any third parties to gather business requirements and define software functionality, throughout the release lifecycle, from inception to general release to ongoing support.
• Facilitate all operational checkpoint activities throughout the lifecycle of projects.
• Assess and resolve all high priority project risks as they are encountered.
• Ensure all projects adhere to project methodology compliance standards set by the company.
• Provide regular guidance and support to the project and/or delivery team to ensure the team is informed, on-track and will deliver tasks successfully and ensure the delivery team has an adequate amount of tasks to work on.
• Ensure all projects meet success parameters and ROI targets stated in business case.
• May manage multiple complex projects/products simultaneously that cross different business units and/or companies.
• Responsible for overall project success, business objectives, project budget and ROI.
• Lead the project or product team ensuring the teams are clear on vision and direction to provide business context.
• Validate all requirements, stories meet acceptance criteria, has the appropriate acceptance tests and accepts requirements and stories as appropriate only if it passes all validations.
• Provide an active role in mitigating impediments impacting successful team completion of Release/project or Sprint goals.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Computer Science, Engineering or other technical discipline or equivalent experience.
• SCRUM Product Owner Certification Required.
• PMI certification or equivalent.
• Minimum of 2 to 6 years’ experience.
• 5+ years’ experience in software development desired.
• 3 years’ experience as a Product Owner, Project Manager, Product Management or Business Analyst.
• Language requirements: Fluent in English – any additional language a plus.
• Proficient with the Project and Portfolio Management Tools (Visio, MS Project, Clarity, etc.).
• Understanding of software development lifecycles (i.e. Agile, SCRUM, Waterfall, Iterative).
• Strong technical background and significant experience with SDLC in an Agile environment.
• Skilled in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, ALM tools such as TFS or Jira.
• Ability to anticipate risks and devise solutions in the moment.
• Comfort with ambiguity, frequent change, or unpredictability.
• In depth understanding of project management concepts.