Project Manager

EPAM Systems; Maharashtra; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

EPAM Systems is seeking an experienced Project Manager to plan and manage project and release activities across platform components and customer-facing products. You will operate with independence, drive agile delivery and ensure programs stay aligned with organizational objectives from inception through successful delivery.

The role requires strong experience in agile methods (SAFe, Scrum, Kanban), software development lifecycles and data-driven decision making.

Qualifications

• 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 and SDLC.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Plan and manage project/release activities across a group of platform components and customer facing products from inception through successful delivery.
• Align dependent organizations and remove or mitigate release blocking issues.
• Support Release Trains and drive PI (Program Increment) activities.
• Collect project, release and train metrics to provide insights and share lessons learned.
• Deep dive to understand platforms capabilities and underlying technologies.
• Coordinate across development, product and operations support to remove blocking issues and manage risk.
• Facilitate release ceremonies including change review board, release status, readiness reviews, go/no go, implementation plan reviews and retrospectives.
• Regularly review metrics to ensure program stays aligned with objectives.
• Apply continuous improvement methodologies through data driven decisions.
• Build relationships and influence dependent teams across the organization.

Skills

Independent work

Agile delivery

SAFe

SDLC

Program management

Data-driven decisions

Leadership

Scrum

Education

BS in engineering / computer science

Tools

CI/CD

NoSQL

Microservices

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