Project Manager  

As a Project Manager at Talisik Labs, you'll take ownership of end-to-end project delivery, ensuring the successful execution of multiple projects under the Disciplined Agile Delivery framework in a fast-paced and ever-evolving environment.

Responsibilities:

• End-to-End Project Management: Oversee the full lifecycle of multiple projects under the Disciplined Agile Delivery framework.
• Daily Status Monitoring: Collect and analyze team updates, providing insights into progress, potential risks, and bottlenecks.
• Team Leadership: Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment with project goals and deadlines.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Act as the primary contact for stakeholders, keeping them informed on project developments and managing expectations.
• Risk Management: Identify and mitigate risks, escalating critical issues to the Project Director as needed.
• Sprint Oversight: Lead sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and sprint reviews. Ensure deliverables are achieved and quality standards are met.
• Documentation: Maintain and update project charters, WBS, Gantt charts, and sprint artifacts.
• Continuous Improvement: Provide suggestions for improving team workflows and project processes based on DAD principles.

Required Documentation and Deliverables

• Project Charter: Lead the creation of a detailed project charter, ensuring it includes project objectives, scope, milestones, budget, and risk analysis.
• Input-Process-Output (IPO) Diagram: Design and finalize comprehensive IPO diagrams for all critical processes in the project.
• Workflows: Develop detailed workflows for team operations, deliverables, and system interactions, ensuring alignment with Disciplined Agile practices.
• Epics and User Stories: Write and manage epics and user stories, ensuring clear prioritization, acceptance criteria, and alignment with project goals.
• Task Breakdown and Assignments: Facilitate task decomposition and assignments for the team, ensuring clear dependencies and deadlines.
• Detailed Risk Register: Create and update a comprehensive risk register with likelihood, impact, mitigation strategies, and risk owners.
• Sprint Artifacts:
  • Sprint Planning Documentation: Define sprint goals, backlog prioritization, and resource allocation.
  • Sprint Reviews: Summarize completed work, gather stakeholder feedback, and outline next steps.
  • Retrospective Reports: Analyze sprint outcomes, identify bottlenecks, and recommend process improvements.
• Burndown/Burnup Charts: Track progress during sprints and visualize whether the team is on track to meet sprint goals.
• Work Breakdown Structure (WBS): Create a detailed WBS to map project deliverables and their components for better tracking and resource allocation.
• Project Timeline/Gantt Chart: Develop and update a Gantt chart to monitor project milestones, dependencies, and deadlines.
• Stakeholder Communication Plan: Document the strategy for keeping stakeholders informed and involved, including a schedule for updates and reports.
• Change Request Documentation: Manage and document all change requests, ensuring proper evaluation of their impact on scope, timeline, and budget.
• Progress Reports: Create detailed progress reports for stakeholders, summarizing achievements, risks, issues, and next steps.
• Financial/Budget Reports: Monitor project expenses and create reports to ensure the budget is on track.
• Key Performance Indicator (KPI) Reports: Define and report on KPIs to evaluate project health and team performance.
• Lessons Learned Document: Compile lessons learned and best practices at the end of the project or phase for future reference.

Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Management Information Systems, or related fields. Professional certifications like CAPM, PMP, or Agile certifications (e.g., Scrum, Disciplined Agile) are highly preferred.
• Experience:
  • 2+ years of hands-on experience managing software development projects.
  • Proven ability to manage multiple projects in Agile environments.
• Skills:
  • Advanced knowledge of Agile frameworks, especially Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD).Proficiency in project management tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence, MS Project, or equivalent).
  • Excellent problem-solving, risk management, and decision-making skills.
  • Strong communication and negotiation skills with stakeholders.
• Personal Attributes:
  • Results-oriented and detail-driven.
  • Leadership and team management capabilities.
  • Adaptability to fast-paced and dynamic work environments.