Project Manager

EPAM Systems; India; On-site; INR 1,000,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

EPAM Systems is seeking an experienced Project Manager in India to oversee project and release activities for platform components and customer-facing products. The ideal candidate will drive agile delivery and ensure that programs align with organizational objectives from inception to successful delivery.

A robust background in software development coupled with strong project management skills and proficiency in agile practices is essential for this role.

Qualifications

• 10-12 years of experience in software development.
• Demonstrated ability to operate with independence and autonomy.
• Experience in organizing work, planning sprints, and delivering programs in agile models.

Responsibilities

• Plan and manage project/release activities across platform components.
• Support Release Trains and drive PI activities.
• Regular review of metrics to ensure program alignment with objectives.

Skills

Agile practices

Technical Project Management

Data-driven decision-making

Relationship building

Education

BS in engineering, computer science or related discipline

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to plan and manage project and release activities across platform components and customer‑facing products. In this role, you will operate with independence, drive agile delivery and ensure programs stay aligned with organizational objectives from inception through successful delivery.

Responsibilities

• Plan and manage project/release activities across a group of platform components and customer facing products in a coordinated way from inception through successful delivery.
• Alignment of dependent organizations and removal or mitigation of all release blocking issues.
• Support Release Trains and drive PI (Program Increment) activities.
• Collection of project, release and train metrics to provide insights and share lessons learned.
• Deep diving to understand the platforms capabilities and underlying technologies.
• Operate across development, product and operations support overseeing the gaps between teams, processes and systems, while removing blocking issues that would introduce risk to a project and release.
• Facilitate a variety of release ceremonies including change review board, release status, release readiness reviews, go/no go, implementation plan reviews and release retrospectives.
• Regular review of metrics to proactively ensure the program stays aligned with organization objectives.
• Application of continuous improvement methodologies across teams through data driven decision-making.
• Relationship building, partnering with and influencing dependent teams while commanding the respect of individuals across the organization.

Requirements

• 10-12 years of experience in software development.
• Demonstrated ability to operate with independence and autonomy.
• Experience breaking down problems, organizing work, planning sprints and delivering technical programs in agile delivery models (scrum, Kanban, etc.).
• Proficiency in Agile practices with strong understanding of SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) and SDLC (software development life cycle).
• Strong background in Technical Project and/or Program Management.
• Proven track record of data driven decision‑making.
• BS in engineering, computer science or related discipline.
• Nice to have: Expertise in Payments, IaaS and PaaS; familiarity with serverless technology, CI/CD and NoSQL databases; knowledge of microservices APIs and distributed systems operations in a DevOps model.