Associate Project Manager

Description:

We are seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated entry-level Project Manager to join our agile development team. This role is perfect for someone who is passionate about agile methodologies and eager to start a career in project management.

Responsibilities:

• Develop a project plan, monitoring progress, quality, and workload tracking.
• Manage stakeholders’ expectations and prioritize and negotiate timelines and deliverables to meet key business objectives.
• Coach and facilitate one or many teams following the agile approach.
• Coordinate sprints, retrospective meetings, and daily stand-ups
• Facilitate internal communication and effective collaboration
• Be the point of contact for external communications (e.g. from customers or stakeholders)
• Manage project workstreams and key metrics within JIRA, Confluence, and available tools.
• Generate project/program reports for executive management with metrics.
• Help build a productive environment where team members “own” the product and enjoy working on it.
• May require development work.
• Able to join the meeting session with US/CA in the evening when required

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent discipline.
• Able to code at least one programming language.
• Having experience or no experience is required in Project Manager/SM roles, but having at least 1 year of experience in Software Engineering is required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving, presentation skills
• Good human relations skills, ability to collaborate effectively across departments and teams
• Growth mindset and willingness to learn
• Basic knowledge of agile project management tools (Jira, Trello, etc.)
• Experience or knowledge in AI/Data is a plus
• Knowing the Scrum framework, rules, and practices is a plus
• Scrum Master certifications such as PSM and CSM are a plus.