Senior Project Manager (offline)

Opportunity
We are looking for a Senior Project Manager to join our growing global team. Besides of “classical project management”, this role has a considerable opportunity to broaden knowledge and gain expertise in delivery process globalization and automation, customer-oriented services delivery in communicating with local Valtech delivery teams in the US and in Western Europe.

The Ideal Candidate
— 4+ years of working experience in Project Management or Delivery Management in a software development environment or similar;
— working experience in Delivery process development/implementation/improvement;
— strong knowledge of project management frameworks and agile methodologies;
— must demonstrate proactivity, hardworking, disciplined character, be able to accept constructive criticism, able to motivate project teams, build consensus, adhere to work policies and procedures;
— strong verbal & written communication skills, analytical and interpersonal communication skills;
— exceptional organizational and work structuring skills;
— must be able to gather, coordinate & document project requirements & specifications;
— must be able to allocate work within and between multi-national project teams based on tasks nature and complexity;
— must be able to play consultant role and present ideas/solution to internal customers and with the team;
— exceptional customer service orientation and related skills;
— technical background and understanding of IT infrastructure, Delivery tools and process (Project management tools like Mavenlink, Atlassian Jira, Confluence, MS Project, OpenAir etc);
— English — Upper-Intermediate or higher level;
— readiness to work with a shift in the schedule due to close collaboration with stakeholders from the US (e.g. 11:00 to 20:00 Kyiv time).

Optional:
— remote / international project team management;
— coaching and training working experience;
— professional Project Management certifications;
— proven practical Team Leadership and People Management experience.

What Balance Means to Us
— a modern office, comfortable work environment, and the best available tools;
— business trips to Europe/US;
— 20 working days of vacation;
— medical insurance;
— sick leave (up to 20 days a year);
— unpaid leave (up to 20 days a year);
— paid days off (2 days);
— private entrepreneur leave (2 days);
— ability to work from home;
— professional internal/external trainings;
— professional certifications coverage — 100%;
— English classes;
— end-user hobbies compensation;
— ability to participate in Global Valtech R&D initiatives (AR/VR projects and IoT projects).

The Role
— lead and drive multinational projects;
— manage scope, budgets, timeline of international projects;
— manage internal client communications for multiple large-scale development efforts;
— manage project documentation & maintain related knowledge base;
— assign work tasks, manage workload and properly allocate work efforts between project team members;
— motivate project team members, encourage and support productive work performance, facilitate team collaboration;
— anticipate client needs & expectation, investigate and propose alternative technical and business process solutions;
— perform risk management and assessment;
— consistently deliver high-quality customer service;
— conduct performance evaluation of project team members, provide employee performance feedback to department heads; provide input for employee career development planning;
— regular reporting and internal billing process management.

About Valtech

Valtech is a global business transformation agency delivering innovation with a purpose. We enable clients to anticipate tomorrow’s trends and connect more directly with consumers across their digital and physical touchpoints while optimizing time-to-market and ROI.

You probably already know us better than you think. If you shop at L'Oreal, MAC Cosmetics or Levi's, fly with Aerolineas Argentinas, easyJet or Lufthansa or if you drive a Volkswagen, Toyota, AUDI or BMW, then you've already experienced our work, first-hand.

Valtech is a multi-award-winning agency and is proven as a market leader according to The Forrester Wave: Commerce Services, Q1 2021. We develop digital solutions Levi’s, Toyota, L'Oréal, Lufthansa, Heineken, Philips and many other well-known brands.

In Ukraine, we are in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Chernihiv, Lviv, Chernivtsi, Odesa, Vinnytsia, Uzhgorod. Globally, we are a network of more than 5,500+ makers, thinkers, marketers, creatives, and developers spanning 4 continents with 60 offices in 22 countries (Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Mexico, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, UAE, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States).

Valtech is a founding member of the newly formed MACH Alliance. MACH stands for Microservices, API-first, Cloud-native and Headless. It refers to a set of architectural principles that offer a high level of control and agility to brands.

Apart from building digital solutions we party hart, go hiking, go in for sport competitions, take part in charity initiatives and social projects. Valtech is all about people who transform by doing.

We are constantly looking for new talents: Java, .Net, Front-end with React / Vue.js, Manual and Automation QAs, Azure Devops, Salesforce B2C Cloud and Sitecore developers.

We transform by doing. Join the team!

Company website:
http://valtech.com/

DOU company page:
https://jobs.dou.ua/companies/valtech/