Technical Project Manager

Job Description

TechNerds Inc. is a place to learn, thrive, & grow – as people & professionals.

• Lead Developer require a strong technical background, excellent client and project management skills, proven ability to do hands on technical work when needed, and ability to lead technical projects and technical teams.
• Successful candidates must be action oriented, capable of independently solving complex technical problems and able to communicate clearly and effectively to both technical and business audiences.
•  Ability to prioritize and handle multiple projects in a dynamic work environment.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively is a pre-requisite.
• Ability to analyze information to facilitate decision-making.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and team building skills.
• Ability to communicate senior management and client facing.
• Should have strong attention to detail.
• Clear oral and written communication skills
• Strong Algorithmic understanding
• 5+ years’ experience

Responsibilities

• As a lead you will be in charge of schedules, budgets, resources and deliverables for project.
• Monitors teams to make sure goals and objectives are being kept.
• Knowledge of larger landscape without neglecting granular details while tracking project health, staying alert for risk and resolving issues as they arise.
• Maintains standards and monitors scope with project quality
•  Plan and implement projects
• Help define project scope, goals and deliverables
• Define tasks and required resources
•  Collect and manage project team
• Manage budget
• Allocate project resources
• Create schedule and project timeline
• Track deliverables
• Support and direct team
• Lead quality assurance
• Monitor and report on project progress
•  Present to stakeholders reports on progress as well as problems and solutions
• Implement and manage change when necessary to meet project outputs
• Evaluate and assess result of project
•  Providing team members’ performance assessment to management after closing each project.
• Conducting periodic reviews on project status with Project Team, Executive level management and clients.
• Create a sense of belonging and ownership among team members; assemble a team with the right mix of skills; coach and motivate team members; delegate responsibility; promote mutual support and interaction.
• Motivate team members to action; identify common themes, make inferences and draw conclusions.
• Define, document, and implement project management and engineering best practices and process improvements.
• Ensure project tasks are completed on time and within scope, if not than you are in trouble.
• Use Agile/SCRUM or standard software development processes
•  Expertise defining project goals, scope, approach, and overall task plan including providing clarity on critical path tasks
• Communicate with clients in a thoughtful and impactful manner that helps foster strong relationships. Serve as the internal central point of communication around project status, timelines, and risks
• Must be able to write down SRS/ERD/FRD & also on top of that he/she can translate the docs in to a working project by team according to the project needs
• Lead Developer will be responsible for achieving project goals and milestones, holding project meetings, and ensuring timely delivery of the project.

Education & Experience

• Project management qualification (PMP) or equivalent
• Theoretical and practical project management knowledge
• Knowledge of techniques and tools
• Experience as a project manager
• Experience in strategic planning, risk management and/or change management
• Proficiency in project management software tools
•  Master’s/ Bachelor’s Degree in Computer science or Software Engineering from a reputed University.
• 5+ year of relevant Experience in well reputed company.

Competencies

• Critical thinking and problem solving
• Excellent decision-making and leadership capabilities
• Contract negotiation
• Conflict resolution experience
• Adaptability
• Able to tolerate stress