Project Manager (Afternoon/Evening Shift)

10Pearls, LLC; Karachi Division; On-site; PKR 1,674,000 - 2,232,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading digital technology services partner seeks a Technical Project Manager to oversee software development projects. The candidate should have over 8 years of experience, including at least 2 years in project management using Agile methodologies like Scrum and Kanban. Responsibilities include collaborating with clients, ensuring effective communication, leading a team of developers, and managing project execution timelines. Exceptional leadership and communication skills are essential for this role based in Karachi, Sindh.

Qualifications

• 6-8 years of software development experience.
• 1-2 years in Project/Development Manager/Lead role.
• Experience with Agile frameworks such as Scrum and Kanban.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with customers to gather requirements.
• Manage all project communication and risk.
• Encourage positive team environment and alignment.
• Oversee mobile and web application development.
• Implement Agile methodologies for project delivery.

Skills

Agile methodologies

Leadership skills

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Project management tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

JIRA

Trello

Job description

10Pearls is an end-to-end digital technology services partner helping businesses utilize technology as a competitive advantage. We help our customers digitalize their existing business, build innovative new products, and augment their existing teams with high-performance team members. Our broad expertise in product management, user experience/design, cloud architecture, software development, data insights and intelligence, cybersecurity, emerging tech, and quality assurance ensures that we are delivering solutions that address business needs. 10Pearls is proud to have a diverse clientele including large enterprises, SMBs, and high-growth startups. We work with clients across industries, including healthcare/life sciences, education, energy, communications/media, financial services, and hi-tech. Our many long-term, successful partnerships are built upon trust, integrity, and successful delivery and execution.

Role

We're seeking a technical Project Manager with over 8 years of software development experience, including a minimum of 2 years managing software development projects utilizing Agile methodologies and frameworks like Scrum and Kanban.

Responsibilities

• Collaborating with customers and prospects to gather and definerequirements
• Taking complete ownership for all communication; including status reporting, risk management, escalation of issues that cannot be resolved in theteam
• Setting and managing client expectations early; being aware of potential issues that require proactivecommunication
• Encouraging a positive working environment across disciplines and teams, resulting in stronger alignment and project coordination
• Overseeing and supporting the analysis, design and development of mobile and web application development projects
• Implementing Agile based methodologies to ensure quality delivery of projects within the allocatedtimeline
• Leading the team with agile mindset by transferring company culture and values to junior resources
• Managing and leading a team of software developers, SQAs and designers
• Assigning tasks to team and ensuring implementation as per requirements
• Managing multiple tasks at a time and using innovative management techniques
• Coaching and mentoring the software development team
• Collaborating with all project delivery teams with one team approach

Requirements

• Minimum bachelor's degree in relevant field
• 6 - 8 years of software development work experience with 1 to 2 years in the capacity of Project/Development Manager/Lead
• Demonstrable experience of managing projects using agile methodologies and frameworks such as Scrum and Kanban
• Good programming and analytical concepts
• In-depth knowledge and hands on experience of implementing at least one Agile Framework
• Hands on experience on project management tools
• Exceptional leadership skills with proven track record of successfully leading teams
• Experience of working in an offshore software development environment is a plus
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills