Software Project Manager

Department: Digital Product

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: London, UK

Reporting To: Guy Newsom

Compensation: £45,000 - £50,000 / year

Description

XYZ Reality is a construction tech start-up based in London and is currently looking for a talented full-time Project Manager to lead the planning, strategy, and delivery of our XYZ AR product development programs. We have developed the world’s most accurate Augmented Reality HMD for Construction that can eliminate 2D plans. This allows builders, for the first time, to walk on site and use AR/3D models to construct from start to finish.

We are seeking a passionate individual who loves hands-on work and is up for a challenge, having experience in various software, AGILE project management processes to streamline our cross-department digital dev programs. This role will primarily cover our Cloud, Software and Mobile digital product engineering teams with a focus on the delivery of our new Augmented Reality and Analytics services.

Job Description:

The successful candidate will be responsible for the project management of our agile software development plans. This role will work directly with our Software and Technical Project Managers and will be integrated within the Software Development teams to manage the execution and progress of feature and release delivery plans through our PM system, Jira, utilising Agile planning methodologies.

This role will require good communication and organisation skills across a number of key departments. Specifically, this role will interact with the UI/UX, Software Engineering, QA, and Customer Success teams across the business, bringing each aspect of the Software Release Lifecycle together to ensure the successful delivery of our product roadmap.

Attention to detail is critical. We pride our business on accuracy and precision, which is essential to this role to ensure each product dev program runs successfully, on time and in full. Careful risk assessment throughout the Software Release Lifecycle will be an essential responsibility with careful mitigation and contingency to keep the plans running smoothly. Remaining agile and flexible to allow our software programs to flex and adjust to the needs of the business and our customers.

Key Responsibilities

1. Agile Methodology Implementation:

· Facilitate Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.

· Implement and promote Agile best practices within the software team.

· Work closely with the development leads, product team and other stakeholders to ensure successful sprint execution.

2. Planning and Coordination:

· Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver feature scope, goals, and deliverables.

· Develop feature plans and release schedules in alignment with Agile principles.

· Monitor feature development progress and identify potential issues or roadblocks.

3. Communication and Collaboration:

· Foster effective communication among team members, stakeholders, and leadership.

· Act as a bridge between technical and non-technical stakeholders to ensure alignment on feature and release delivery.

· Provide regular delivery and velocity status updates and reports.

· Promote strong project management culture throughout all teams.

4. Jira and Confluence Utilization:

· Manage project boards, workflows, and dashboards in Jira to ensure project data is clean.

· Work with other members of the Project Management team to continuously improve and develop the current Project Management systems and processes used.

· Train team members on Jira usage and best practices.

5. Risk Management:

· Identify and assess potential risks and develop mitigation strategies.

· Proactively address issues that may impact feature or release deliveries.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

- Bachelor's degree in STEM field, Management, or IT.
- Minimum 2 years experience in an Agile project management or coordination role.
- Experience in the construction or engineering sector, with industry project management experience (nice to have).
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) and proficient in using Jira (or other ticket-based project management software).
- Familiarity with traditional Waterfall methodologies to support other aspects of the technology group
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills. (written and verbal).
- Experience working with technical teams.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
- Proficient in MS office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Miro and Atlassian cloud products.

Benefits

Private Healthcare
Flexible Working
Team Education Bonus
Cycle to work scheme

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