Project Manager

Company Overview / Employee Value Proposition
Established in 2010, Vinova is a passion-driven and award-winning development company for mobile, web, and enterprise applications. Our clients span the globe and cover a wide range of projects including IoT, blockchain, banking, fintech, networking, and ecommerce. Vinova earns respect from customers by being committed to quality, flexibility, and speed. We strive to build great products by working with a passion, working closely with our customers, and through open but disciplined collaboration. You will be working in an encouraging and challenging environment, taking advantage of the latest technology to develop excellent mobile apps for clients. You will be engaging clients in both on-site and off-site support. Interested to join our all-star team? Submit your application to us now! Tell us why you want to work with us and why you think you'd be a good candidate. We are looking forward to hearing from you!

Job Summary
You will lead project management and scrum practices to deliver cybersecurity software solutions for the maritime sector. Collaborate closely with product owners, engineers, designers, and stakeholders to ensure timely, high-quality delivery aligned with maritime security objectives.

Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate, and manage project scope, schedule, budget, risks, and dependencies to achieve delivery milestones on time and within budget
• Engage and coordinate with cross-functional teams to resolve conflicts and facilitate timely decision-making throughout the project lifecycle, escalating blockers proactively
• Facilitate scrum ceremonies including sprint planning, daily scrum, backlog refinement, sprint review, and retrospective, ensuring they are outcome-driven and time-boxed
• Collaborate with product owners to develop and maintain a prioritized product backlog with clear user stories and acceptance criteria aligned to maritime security objectives and regulations
• Drive scrum practices for end-to-end delivery by creating and refining story backlogs, managing scrum boards, planning sprints, tracking sprint progress, managing spillovers, and ensuring accurate and timely ticket updates using Agile tools
• Establish and maintain clear team working agreements covering cadence, estimation approaches, refinement standards, and branching/release alignment where applicable
• Monitor project delivery health and lead actionable improvements through retrospectives
• Provide transparent and regular updates to stakeholders on status, risks, dependencies, and decisions required, managing change to minimize disruption to the team

Required competencies and certifications

• Proven experience of at least 5 years as a project manager or scrum master in software development projects
• Strong project management and scrum facilitation skills demonstrated through hands-on execution
• Proficiency in using Agile tools for scrum execution and backlog management
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders and multiple teams to deliver software projects
• Relevant project management and/or scrum certification
• Strong analytical, interpersonal, and communication skills
• Proficient command of English

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