IT Project Manager

Jobtailor; San Juan (PR); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in the United States seeks an experienced Project Manager / Product Owner to analyze software requirements, craft user stories, and maintain the product backlog with clarity for engineers and stakeholders, enabling aligned delivery across multiple teams.

You will participate in Scrum ceremonies, coordinate with software architects on technical specs, monitor quality metrics and schedules, and report progress to leadership.

Qualifications

• The employee must have at least three (3) years of similar duties and responsibilities described in this document.
• Must hold a bachelor’s degree in a management-related field and two years of equivalent working experience as a project manager, product owner, or similar position.
• Flexible and adaptable regarding learning and understanding new technologies.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Highly logical.
• Highly self-motivated and directed.
• Keen attention to detail.
• Proven analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks on time.
• Ability to work both independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
• Creativity in the case of Web or interface design.
• Must be bilingual (English and Spanish).
• Must have authorization to work in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and document software requirements specifications.
• Produce and review user stories, use cases, and other artifacts needed for software requirements documentation.
• Review and discuss the project’s artifacts related to software requirements specifications.
• Work with software architects to document technical requirements specifications about systems integrations, security, performance, usability, accessibility, etc.
• Produce and maintain product backlog items.
• Produce and discuss Software Requirements Specifications documentation.
• Participate in software and solutions design processes and artifacts creation.
• Participate in design review processes and meetings.
• Review and discuss project artifacts related to design processes.
• Coordinate debugging and correction of solutions or software defects with senior developers or architects.
• Review and discuss maintenance artifacts and processes with software architects or senior developers.
• Review and document the results of debugging, fixes, and corrections performed by development teams.
• Produce project schedules and estimated timelines for major deliverables, meetings, and project stages.
• Assist in the preparation of experience-based quantitative estimations.
• Participate in daily Scrum or daily Kanban meetings.
• Participate in retrospective meetings or sessions.
• Coordinate and participate in sprint reviews.
• Participate in a story point or effort estimation session.
• Participate in a sprint planning.
• Review and discuss project artifacts related to management.
• Produce status reports and presentations for stakeholders.
• Produce required documentation for a project for Sprint planning, review, and retrospective.
• Report development team’s capacity and velocity.
• Review and discuss the project’s quality metrics and quality-related release criteria.
• Review and discuss the quality plan.
• Review and discuss the project’s Definition of Done.
• Review and discuss project artifacts related to quality.

Skills

Requirements Analysis

User Story Development

Project Management

Scrum Methodology

Bilingual English/Spanish

Education

Bachelor's degree in a management-related field

Two years of equivalent experience as PM/PO

Job description

• Work with different requirements specifications techniques to analyze and document software requirements specifications.
• Participate in requirements discovery sessions and meetings.
• Produce and review user stories, use cases, and other artifacts needed for software requirements documentation.
• Review and discuss the project’s artifacts related to software requirements specifications.
• Work with software architects to understand and document technical requirements specifications about systems integrations, security, performance, usability, accessibility, etc.
• Produce and maintain product backlog items.
• Produce and discuss Software Requirements Specifications documentation.
• Participate in software and solutions design processes and artifacts creation.
• Participate in design review processes and meetings.
• Review and discuss project artifacts related to design processes.
• Discuss and coordinate debugging and correction of solutions or software defects with senior developers or architects.
• Review and discuss maintenance artifacts and processes with software architects or senior developers.
• Review and document the results of debugging, fixes, and corrections performed by development teams.
• Produce project schedules and estimated timelines for major deliverables, meetings, and project stages.
• Assist in the preparation of experience-based quantitative estimations.
• Participate in daily Scrum or daily Kanban meetings.
• Participate in retrospective meetings or sessions.
• Coordinate and participate in sprint reviews.
• Participate in a story point or effort estimation session.
• Participate in a sprint planning.
• Review and discuss project artifacts related to management.
• Produce status reports and presentations for stakeholders.
• Produce required documentation for a project for Sprint planning, review, and retrospective.
• Report development team’s capacity and velocity.
• Review and discuss the project’s quality metrics and quality-related release criteria.
• Review and discuss the quality plan.
• Review and discuss the project’s Definition of Done.
• Review and discuss project artifacts related to quality.

Requirements

• The employee must have at least three (3) years of similar duties and responsibilities described in this document.
• The employee must hold a bachelor’s degree in a management-related field and two years of equivalent working experience as a project manager, product owner, or similar position.
• Flexible and adaptable regarding learning and understanding new technologies.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Highly logical.
• Highly self-motivated and directed.
• Keen attention to detail.
• Proven analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks on time.
• Ability to work both independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
• Creativity in the case of Web or interface design.
• Must be bilingual (English and Spanish).
• Must have authorization to work in the United States.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in analyzing and documenting software requirements specifications, producing user stories, and maintaining product backlogs. Proficient in project management methodologies, including Scrum and Kanban, with strong communication and analytical skills.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Software Requirements Specifications
• User Story Development
• Project Management
• Scrum Methodology
• Bilingual (English and Spanish)

Hard Skills

• Requirements Analysis
• Use Case Development
• Product Backlog Management
• Technical Requirements Documentation
• Quality Metrics Review
• Project Scheduling
• Effort Estimation
• Debugging Coordination
• Software Design Processes
• Agile Methodologies

Soft Skills

• Strong Written Communication
• Strong Oral Communication
• Interpersonal Skills
• Analytical Problem-Solving
• Attention to Detail

Industry Keywords

• Agile
• Scrum
• Kanban
• Project Artifacts
• Stakeholder Presentations
• Quality Plan
• Definition of Done
• Sprint Planning
• Retrospective Meetings
• Systems Integration