Delivery Lead - Data & Insights

Intuitive. Cloud is seeking a high-performing, energetic person to help lead various Agile Scrum teams through Project Management. The Agile Delivery Team is responsible for major enterprise platforms that are critical to the success of Intuitive. This position not only manages large/small scale projects but will also be responsible for making sure a Scrum team lives by the values and practices of Scrum.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Primary Responsibilities:

• Socialize and execute Intuitive Digital/Cloud transformation/Data platform strategy & provide technology support to our customers
• Build Strong Customer Relationship framework, Create and maintain technical project plans outlining tasks, delivery dates and allocation of resource es aligned to statements of work (SOW's)
• Plan, manage, and execute variety of cloud deployment, Networking, Infrastructure, Application Development/deployment, Virtualization, or IT systems development projects.
• Lead contract renewal efforts for existing clients, provide support to leadership in SOW development process.
• Teach, mentor, guide, and coach the Delivery Team (and organization) on Agile/Scrum/Kanban/Lean principles and practices. Coach the Delivery Team in self-organization and cross-functionality.
• Manage project resources ensuring all projects meet customer obligations and budget expectations
• Provide timely and accurate status updates to all customer, partner, and Intuitive stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle
• Own and manage technical project escalations through to resolution, and ensure expectations are clearly set with customer and within Intuitive teams
• Assist in the development and maintenance of project methodology aligned to the project skillset for efficient delivery
• Gather information at front end to determine project parameters and specifications, and to budget human, financial and other resources.
• Expected to provide technical oversight to some staff and track attainment of project milestones and Support KPIs.
• Embrace and role model servant leadership.

Technical Skills Required

• Lead complex cloud implementation, migration, and cloud support projects from kickoff to closure
• Knowledge of Data Center, Mid-Range infrastructures, Cabling, and Networking (IP Schema, Routing, and Switching products)
• Understanding of Security (IDS and Firewalls), blades enclosure, Backup, Storage & Server OS
• Remote Connectivity Tool Knowledge (DRAC, RDP, ILO)
• VMware Infrastructure (vCenter, vMotion, DRS Clusters, VM Converter, NSX-VtoT, Realize)
• Understanding of Vulnerability Management processes.
• Experience in handling small- and large-scale projects involving IT infrastructure technologies like Cloud Azure/AWS/GCP.
• Experience with Cloud (AWS), Data Center technologies, and Cloud migration projects.
• Functional understanding of cloud (AWS), data center components, and conceptual integration of servers, storage, and networking technologies.
• Knowledge in Software Defined Networks (SDN) & SD-WAN – Mandatory
• Understanding of Enterprise Network, system, and application-level security issues.
• Routing and Switching, MPLS, SD-WAN, SDN Technology, Network Security - Firewalls, IDS/IPS, Proxy
• Good understanding and skills in Network Traffic Engineering and Analysis
• Knowledge of API Led connectivity approach
• Understanding of underlying ESB architecture with experience of server admin and physical deployment On Cloud, On-Premises, and Hybrid, Runtime Fabric4 etc.
• Experience building, testing, and deploying applications.

Job Functions:

• Facilitates Scrum ceremonies and enforces time boxes. Embrace and role model Agile Principles.
• Help remove organizational and team impediments to agility and progress. Assist Delivery Team and Product Owner with relentless and continuous improvement in processes and product delivery.
• Meet with customer Key stakeholders, application owners, application developers, and analysts, coding staff to determine continuously evolving business needs and functionalities desired.
• Build a project plan for the relatively large or complex project(s), including milestones, resources needed in the form of staffing hours, budget, technology stack, following established project management methodology.
• Track course of project from meetings, conferring with customer leadership to internal developers, and receiving reports. Update project plan as needed.
• Document changes to scope or functionalities with change ticket, project plan, or another format.
• Assess compliance of development process with accepted methodology and communicate to responsible managers or staff. Document exceptions or deviations as needed.
• Convene meetings and plan agenda to ensure important issues are aired and resolved.
• Report on progress of project, use of staff, $ expenditures, progress on milestones and the like to application owners.
• Provide guidance to project staff; may manage staff of analysts who are developing technical specifications or developers who are coding.
• Plan, document, manage and evaluate staff performance, or contribute to evaluation by their managers.
• Contribute to professional or technical development of less experienced staff by mentoring or training.

Qualifications:

• You must possess the minimum qualifications to be initially considered for this position. Preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates.

Required Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or any other related field; or an equivalent of other work experience/training such as relevant military experience or technical school training

Minimum Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience in the Information Technology (IT) industry
• 3+ years of professional Scrum Master experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Project Management Certification
• Certified Scrum Master OR SAFe Agile Certification required
• 3+ years of experience in Agile/SAFe methodologies including tools used for work planning and tracking such as Rally, Jira, etc.
• 7+ years of Project Management experience
• Specialized Knowledge & Skills:

o          Experience with large scale cloud deployment and support projects.

o          Cloud platforms include Azure, AWS, GCP

o          Expert use of Microsoft Project and Project Server Expert use of SharePoint

o          Expert use of Microsoft Excel, Word, and Power Point.

o          Expert use of Microsoft Visio Ability to manage a program of projects (possibly up to 15).

o          Excellent presentation skills.

o          Ability to create and manage large budgets (to include resource tracking, capital expenditures and other project expenses).

o          Ability to interface with senior management in order to provide status, manage issues, and present options.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Must have good analytical and problem solving skills.

Works as a Project Manager and reports directly to CTO/ VP

Manage daily/weekly scrums.

Able to perform and follow coding standards.

Perform R&D tasks if assigned and communicate with the Designer and UI team.

Taking leadership responsibilities and handling the team well

Strong Communication Skills.

We are on a mission to enable businesses to build agile and accountable technology teams that can deliver results in a secure and scalable way. You will be working in one such technology team for a client based out of US.

We are looking for a Technical Project Manager to join our awesome team and deliver a streamlined user experience. We want a team member who is well versed and comfortable spanning the full development lifecycle, from requirements identification and prototyping, through design and implementation. We want a team member who Leads projects and teams. Participates in and supports initiatives outside of the main area of responsibility.

Engineering and Delivery

• Responsible for the quality and quantity of the engineering output.
• Responsible for the continuous, iterative improvement of our engineering team.
• Responsible for the overall planning, execution, and success of complex technical projects.
• Work closely with the client & product management team to ensure we are building the best products & team is aligned to product goals.
• When necessary, act as Programmer, QA, Architect, PM, etc for short periods of time.

Managing and Directing

• Talk to engineers to tease out concerns early, then fix them when possible.
• Resolve conflicts or performance problems with engineers.
• Embody the engineering culture and contribute to its advancement, inspiring everyone to live up to it.
• Maintainer and contributor to our company engineering internal and public artifacts such as our quality standards and guidelines.
• Represent the engineering with other departments and ensure we provide engineering support wherever necessary in the company.
• Support team happiness. :)

Hiring and Training

• Attract, nurture, coach, and retain talent.
• Ensure every assigned engineer has a career progression plan with regular check-in points and real-time feedback.
• Ensure engineers are provided with continuous and valuable learning opportunities.
• Contribute to determining engineering salary ranges and adjustments.
• Contribute to defining and building the vision for our engineering organization.
• Contribute to defining quality standards for our work.
• Contribute to creating training and learning material and opportunities for engineers.

Strategy and Consulting

• Run and/or participate in project kick-offs.
• Work with your team to select and design the software architecture, tools, and platforms used to deliver client projects.
• Define quality standards for client projects.

• BSc/BE/BTech in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field
• 8+ years Experience with  at least one scripting language: Ruby, Nodejs, Python, AppleScript, Unix shell or similar
• Good knowledge of operating systems and networking concepts
• Aggressive problem diagnosis and creative problem solving skills
• Startup mentality, high willingness to learn, and hardworking
• Critical thinker and problem-solving skills
• Team player
• Good time-management skills
• Great interpersonal and communication skills
• Good to have - Experience with Google Maps API
• Good to have - Familiar with testing frameworks (Ex. Jasmine)

This person MUST have:
 

• B.E Computer Science or equivalent
• Cloud architect with hands on development background.
• Build a collaborative relationship with different stakeholders
• Experience on React JS and Python Programming
• Exposure to Python/Django +  NodeJS + ReactJS
• Ensure and drive completions of all committed tasks and deliverables
• Run daily stand-ups and bring teams into an agile cadence of frequent iterations
• Increase team productivity by removing obstacles and keeping processes lean.
• Able to prioritise different tasks and communicate it to the different verticals of the organisation.
• Regularly assess risks and opportunities; understand best practices, drive for process improvements, and find new ways of operating,
• with a focus on simplification and productivity.
• Excellent written and oral business communication and people skills
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Experience:

• Min 7 year experience
• Not more than 15 year experience.
• Startup experience is a must. 

Location:

• Remote 

Timings:

• 40 hours a week but with 4 hours a day overlapping with client timezone.  Typically clients are in California PST Timezone.

Position:

• Full time/Direct
• We have great benefits such as PF, medical insurance, 12 annual company holidays, 12 PTO leaves per year, annual increments, Diwali bonus, spot bonuses and other incentives etc.
• We dont believe in locking in people with large notice periods.  You will stay here because you love the company.  We have only a 15 days notice period.

This position is responsible for leading teams to deliver project(s) that span across one or more business units. Manage resources, schedules, financials and adhere to stage gate quality and SDLC control guidelines throughout the full systems development life cycle. This also includes management of issues, risks and project change requests to ensure successful and on-time project delivery. Contribute to process improvement initiatives as it relates to improving project delivery.

The Project Manager has the authority to run the project on a day-to-day basis. Verify that the project produces the required deliverables of quality, within the specified constraints of time and cost and to achieve the potential benefits defined in the business case. 

Reporting to: PMO Lead

Job Location: Delhi NCR / Jaipur / Chennai

Experience Required: 10+ years

What You’ll Do

• Strong experience in successfully leading projects and programs to on time, on-schedule and within budget close
• Experience leading, motivating and managing various project and program team sizes, including internal and external resources, while holding team accountable for performance
• Strong experience in SDLC Methodologies, Agile, SCRUM, SDLC / Waterfall
• Strong experience on documentation – Confluence or similar tools.
• Define and document project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders
• Develop full-scale project plans and associated communication documents
• Effectively communicate project expectations to project team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion
• Estimate the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals
• Draft and submit budget proposals, and recommend subsequent budget changes where necessary
• Addressing issues, flag risks and jointly determine mitigation approaches.
• Experience in implementing complex applications with multiple work-streams across geographically distributed teams (Onshore/Offshore model).
• Set and continually manage project expectations with team members and other stakeholders.
• Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path
• Plan and schedule project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools
• Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation, and presentations
• Analyze, plan and develop requirements and standards in reference to scheduled projects

What You’ll Need

• Bachelors or Masters Degree (preferred) in Business / Computer Science / Engineering / MBA
• Excellent leadership, communication (written, verbal and presentation) and interpersonal skills
• Good listening skills.
• Self-motivated, decisive, with the ability to adapt to change and competing demands
• Proficiency in MS Excel / Google Sheets, Google Slides / MS PowerPoint
• Demonstrated understanding of Project Management processes, strategies and methods
• Excellent time management and organizational skills and experience establishing guidelines in these areas for others
• Managerial experience applying analytical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Ability to predict challenges and seek to proactively head-off obstacles 

Good to have:

• PMP Certification / CSM Certification
• A background in hands-on software development
• A startup experience

• Project Management Experience in managing teams of sizes 10-12 people in multiple domains. Managed international projects in mobile and web.
•     Knowledge of UI / UX process
•     Knowledge of Cloud Deployments - AWS, Azure, Docker
•     Knowledge on creating SRS / Scope Documents, Functional specification, technical architecture and project estimations.
•     Knowledge on Mobile Technologies (IOS/Android/Hybrid/Shell apps)
•     Hands on experience on working with SOAP and REST web services (XML/JSON)