
Project Manager at ICEA Lion Group
- Nairobi
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Facilitate Scrum Ceremonies: Lead and facilitate all Scrum events including Daily Scrums, Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews, and Sprint Retrospectives, ensuring they are productive and time-boxed.
- Coach and Mentor: Guide and coach the Scrum Team on how to use Agile/Scrum practices.
- Remove Impediments: Proactively identify and remove obstacles that may hinder the team's progress or delivery.
- Protect the Team: Shield the team from external interruptions and distractions, allowing them to focus on Sprint goals.
- Promote Agile Principles: Advocate for continuous improvement, transparency, inspection, and adaptation within the team and across the organization.
- Foster Communication: Improve communication and transparency both within the team and with external stakeholders.
- Project Planning: Define project scope, goals, deliverables, and resource requirements in collaboration with stakeholders. Develop detailed project plans, schedules, and budgets.
- Risk Management: Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks and issues, developing contingency plans as needed.
- Stakeholder Management: Manage relationships with all projects stakeholders, ensuring clear communication and alignment on project goals and progress.
- Reporting: Track and report on project progress, performance, and status to management and stakeholders using appropriate metrics.
- Scope and Change Management: Ensure project scope is clearly defined and managed, handling change requests effectively to minimize disruption.
- Quality Assurance: Work with the team to ensure deliverables meet quality standards and stakeholder expectations.
- Resource Allocation: Optimize the allocation of resources to meet project objectives.
- Methodology Adaptation: Blend agile frameworks (Scrum, Kan ban) with traditional project management techniques as appropriate for specific projects and organizational context.
- Continuous Improvement: Drive process improvements to enhance efficiency and effectiveness across both agile delivery and project management functions.
- Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, Project Management, or a related field.
- 3-5 years’ experience in leading IT projects
- 3-5 years of experience in a dedicated Scrum Master /Project Manager role.
- Proven experience in managing software development projects using both Agile (Scrum) and traditional project management methodologies.
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