Project Manager - EU/UK

Poseidon Music Ltd; Birmingham; Remote; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Part time

Job summary

Poseidon Music Ltd is seeking a part-time Project Manager to coordinate projects and ensure timely delivery. The role emphasizes excellent communication, planning, and risk management skills, with opportunities for professional growth. Enjoy a flexible remote work culture and access to free training courses.

Benefits

100% remote

Flexitime

Free Udemy training courses

Qualifications

• Experience in managing IT projects.
• SCRUM / Agile certification required.
• Experience with software development and web technologies.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate internal resources and third parties for project execution.
• Develop detailed project plans to track progress.
• Ensure project completion on time and within scope.

Skills

Communication

Problem Solving

Risk Management

Planning

Teamwork

Attention to Detail

Education

Degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

This will be a part time contracting role for candidates located in EU, UK or EST time zones only.

About Us

We are growing fast and looking for amazing people to join our team and contribute to our growth!

Working with us is a chance to help bring some of the world's most cutting-edge music and visual experiences to life, in an unconventional company where we respect skill, determination, creativity and kindness above all.

We are driven by:

• The desire to be the absolute best in our field.
• A passion to join art that improves people’s lives with its audiences.
• A wish to leave a legacy, and to help others leave theirs.

The Project Manager Role

As our project manager, your job will be to coordinate people and processes to ensure that our projects are delivered on time and produce the desired results. You will be the go-to person for everything involving a project’s organization and timeline.

Project Manager Duties

Specific project manager responsibilities include developing detailed project plans, ensuring resource availability and allocation and delivering your projects within timeline and scope.

This specific position starts with one specific project and has room for growth into additional responsibilities. This position requires expertise with both PMI-derived waterfall project management and Agile methodologies, specifically SCRUM, in order to develop the most appropriate processes for planning and tracking.

Project Manager Requirements

You should have a background in business skills, management, planning, tracking, risk mitigation and analysis. You should be an excellent communicator and comfortable managing multiple tasks. You also need to be a team player and have a problem-solving aptitude.

Responsibilities

• Developing project scopes and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility
• Risk management, scope management & change management
• Coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors for the flawless execution of projects
• Ensure that all projects are delivered on-time & within scope
• Ensure resource availability and allocation, and raise related risks when appropriate
• Develop a detailed project plan to track progress
• Use appropriate verification techniques to manage changes in project scope, schedule and costs
• Measure project performance using appropriate systems, tools and techniques
• Report and escalate to management as needed
• Manage the relationship with all stakeholders
• Establish and maintain relationships with third parties/vendors
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation

Requirements and skills

• Great educational background, preferably in the fields of computer science or engineering for technical project managers
• Proven working experience as a project manager in the information technology sector
• Solid technical background, with understanding or hands-on experience in software development and web technologies
• Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking skills
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office
• SCRUM / Agile certification & experience
• PMP certification is a plus

About the Role:

• 100% remote
• 100% flexitime
• Supportive work culture, with team in 12 countries
• Free Udemy training courses to support your personal growth

More about our values

We expect:
• Hard work, including some off hours (since we are running shows around the world);
• World-class standards.
• Attention to detail; we are moving fast and don’t have time to be checking others’ work.
• Humour (lots of humour).
• Respect and consideration for other team-members and our audience.
• Ethics - while we push the boundaries of the tech, we always act with honesty and integrity.
• Long-term, big picture thinking.
• A collaborative outlook and attitude.
• Ownership of mistakes, and the ability to turn them into learning opportunities. We don’t do guilt.
• Open, honest communication.