Agile Project Manager

EPAM Systems; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ESPP

Life assurance

Income protection

Critical illness cover

Private medical insurance

Dental care

Employee Assistance Program

Pension plan

Cyclescheme

Techscheme

Season ticket loans

Lunch in-office

On-site massages

Regular social events

Learning & development opportunities

Annual bonus

Long-Term Incentive (LTI)

Job summary

EPAM Systems in London is seeking an Agile Project Manager to lead Agile delivery within the DevSecOps DB function. You will partner with engineering teams to drive operational excellence, oversee milestones and promote best practices across the SDLC.

The role combines servant-leadership with project accountability, requiring effective stakeholder communication, backlog management in Jira, and collaboration with DevOps/SRE teams to improve metrics and CI/CD pipelines.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as an Agile Project Manager in tech/engineering environments.
• Ownership of timelines, dependencies and milestones.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Familiarity with Jira for backlog management and reporting.
• Solid understanding of DevOps, cloud-native engineering and delivery lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate Agile ceremonies: daily stand-ups, sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives.
• Drive continuous improvement through structured feedback loops.
• Remove obstacles hindering progress and escalate when needed.
• Create and maintain project timelines and track milestones.
• Manage risks and issues with stakeholder visibility.
• Collaborate with DevOps/SRE to enhance delivery metrics and dashboards.
• Support CI/CD workflows and pipelines optimization.
• Promote engineering best practices and developer experience.
• Monitor AWS environment performance and metrics.

Skills

Agile project management

Scrum Master principles

Stakeholder management

Jira

DevOps basics

AWS basics

Tools

Jira

Job description

We're looking for an Agile Project Manager to join our team in London, United Kingdom, in a hybrid working mode. This role combines the servant-leadership principles of a Scrum Master with broader project management accountability within the DevSecOps DB function. You will enable effective Agile delivery, oversee key project milestones and support engineering teams in driving operational excellence and strategic programs.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate Agile ceremonies including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, reviews and retrospectives
• Drive continuous improvement through structured feedback loops and retrospectives
• Remove obstacles hindering team progress, escalating when necessary
• Create and maintain project timelines, tracking delivery against milestones
• Manage and resolve project risks and issues, ensuring visibility for stakeholders
• Collaborate closely with DevOps and SRE teams to enhance delivery metrics and reporting via dashboards
• Support the integration and optimization of CI/CD workflows and pipelines
• Promote engineering best practices and drive initiatives improving developer experience
• Work with teams to monitor, interpret and act on environment performance data and AWS operational metrics

Requirements

• Proven experience as an Agile Project Manager in a technology or engineering environment
• Demonstrated project management capability with ownership of timelines, dependencies and milestones
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Proficiency in Jira for backlog management and reporting
• Solid understanding of DevOps principles, cloud-native engineering and software delivery lifecycle
• Familiarity with CI/CD practices, Git workflows and release management
• Good working knowledge of AWS, including EC2, S3, RDS, CloudWatch and IAM

Nice to have

• Agile certification (e.g., CSM, PSM I/II, SAFe SM, PMI-ACP; PRINCE2 Agile is a plus)
• Experience with developer productivity tools such as BlueOptima or LinearB
• Background in financial services or other regulated environments
• AWS certifications (Cloud Practitioner, Solutions Architect Associate or DevOps Professional)

We offer

• EPAM Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Protection benefits including life assurance, income protection and critical illness cover
• Private medical insurance and dental care
• Employee Assistance Program
• Competitive group pension plan
• Cyclescheme, Techscheme and season ticket loans
• Various perks such as free Wednesday lunch in-office, on-site massages and regular social events
• Learning and development opportunities including in-house training and coaching, professional certifications, and courses
• If otherwise eligible, participation in the discretionary annual bonus program
• If otherwise eligible and hired into a qualifying level, participation in the discretionary Long-Term Incentive (LTI) Program