IT Project Manager | Hybrid

Job Description

• Facilitating the Scrum Events by organizing and facilitating daily stand ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and reviews to ensure effective collaboration and communication.

• Supporting the Product Owner by assisting the PO in managing the product backlog, ensuring that it is prioritized and well-defined.

• Tracks completion of project milestones to ensure solution-readiness of projects.

• Prepares weekly status reports and presents it to the team highlighting completed tasks, upcoming work, and flags at risk items that need the upper management attention.

• Ensures that realistic project plans are maintained and ensures regular and accurate communication to stakeholders.

• Manage changes to project scope, schedule, and costs by implementing a structured change management process.

• Identify, allocate, and manage project resources, including team members.

• Lead and motivate project teams, fostering collaboration, resolving conflicts, and ensuring that team members are engaged and productive.

• Conduct project evaluations, document lessons learned, and ensure that all project deliverables are completed and handed over as required.

• Implement best practices and lessons learned from previous projects to improve processes and efficiency in future initiatives.

Job Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field.

• At least 4-5 years of experience as an IT Project Manager or Scrum Master.

• Strong knowledge of Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, and Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

• Experience facilitating Scrum ceremonies such as daily stand-ups, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives.

• Experience in project planning, scheduling, resource allocation, and risk management.

• Ability to manage project timelines, milestones, deliverables, and scope changes.

• Experience supporting Product Owners in managing and prioritizing product backlogs.

• Proficient in project management tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, or Microsoft Project.

• Strong communication, leadership, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.

• Scrum Master (CSM/PSM) or PMP certification is an advantage.

• Candidate must be willing to work HYBRID Set-Up in Mandaluyong or in Makati City