Technical - Project Manager

About the Company: At Favcy Venture Builders, We are fantastic, fun loving and creative people ,who Ideate and build Products for our Startup Founders & help them scale in their Zero to One journey in a way that not only the end result but also the journey to reach there is thrilling & gratifying.
We seek to amplify Our creative and cool team with “Project Managers” - people who are enthusiastic and creative enough to contribute to making people’s lives better, or solve existing business or social problems.
Role: Project Manager
Location: 100% Remote & from Favcy’s Cafe near Your location !!
Experience: 1 - 3 Years
Salary: as per industry standards & experience
Working from: Monday to Saturday
As Project Manager, You are Good at:
● Working experience in Agile and Waterfall Methodology projects.
● Should be able to handle multiple tasks/projects simultaneously.
● Able to handle considerable team size.
● Give Our customers an experience beyond their expectations to help streamline their
Project.
● Extensive experience in project planning and implementation to prioritize work activities
and accomplish project goals within set time frames.
● Build workflows and processes internally between Technical Teams, Customers and
Technology Lead to help resolve issues on a day to day basis.
● Help customers see value in your product quickly by managing product implementation,
issues and enhancements.
● Relay any suggestions from customer feedback to internal departments as required.
● Liaise between Product Strategy, Technology, Branding and Customers to speak a
common language and have fun in the whole process.
● Act as Customer Advocate to drive efficiency and effectiveness.
● Evaluates and Analyzes Customer Needs
● Builds Trust and Transparency with Clients
● Drive meetings with all stakeholders as required to conclude and have results oriented
meetings.
● You know how to handle difficult situations with ease and comfortably.
● You have the ability to handle quite a few Customers at the same time.
● Coordinating with client project seniors to identify project issues and concerns and
making appropriate resolutions in a timely manner.
● If You know technology and have technical hands on experience (refer below technical
abilities section) what better we can ask for !!
Bonus !! - This Job might be for You if:
● You enjoy solving problems. You love taking on difficult challenges and finding creative
solutions. You don’t get flustered easily. If you don’t know the answer, you’ll dig until you
find it.
● You Like helping people. You get a kick out of getting People to hose aha! Moments.
You are patient, level-headed and cool under pressure. Teaching someone something
new makes you feel warm and fuzzy inside.
● You pay attention to the details. As far as you’re concerned, anything worth doing is
worth doing right, every single time. You stay focused, and nothing falls through the
cracks on your watch.
● You think on your feet. You like learning new things, and you can learn quickly. When
things change, you know how to roll with the punches.
● You communicate clearly. You write well. You speak eloquently. You can explain just
about anything to anyone. And you’re comfortable communicating in writing and on the
phone.
● You are motivated and driven. You volunteer for new challenges without waiting to be
asked. You’re going to take ownership of the time you spend with us and truly make a
difference.
If You love to hustle, we are waiting to have a cup of coffee with You !!

Sizzle is an exciting new startup in the world of gaming. At Sizzle, we’re building AI to automatically create highlights of gaming streamers and esports tournaments. 

For this role, we're looking for someone that loves to play and watch games, and is eager to roll up their sleeves and build up a new gaming platform. Specifically, we’re looking for a technical program manager - someone that can drive timelines, manage dependencies and get things done. You will work closely with the founders and the engineering team to iterate and launch new products and features. You will constantly report on status and maintain a dashboard across product, engineering, and user behavior. 

You will:

• Be responsible for speedy and timely shipping of all products and features
• Work closely with front end engineers, product managers, and UI/UX teams to understand the product requirements in detail, and map them out to delivery timeframes
• Work closely with backend engineers to understand and map deployment timeframes and integration into pipelines
• Manage the timeline and delivery of numerous A/B tests on the website design, layout, color scheme, button placement, images/videos, and other objects to optimize time on site and conversion
• Keep track of all dependencies between projects and engineers
• Track all projects and tasks across all engineers and address any delays.  Ensure tight coordination with management.

 

You should have the following qualities:

• Strong track record of successful delivery of complex projects and product launches
• 2+ years of software development; 2+ years of program management
• Excellent verbal and communication skills
• Deep understanding of AI model development and deployment
• Excited about working in a fast-changing startup environment
• Willingness to learn rapidly on the job, try different things, and deliver results
• Bachelors or masters degree in computer science or related field
• Ideally a gamer or someone interested in watching gaming content online

 

Skills:

Technical program management, ML algorithms, Tensorflow, AWS, Python

 

Work Experience:  3 years to 10 years

 

Job Sector: IT, Software

Job Type: Permanent

Location: Chennai

Experience: 5 -6 Years

Salary: 10 - 12 LPA

Education: B.E/BTech

Notice Period: Immediate

Key Skills: Web apps developer, scrum master, Agile, waterfall, Azure, AWS

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Job Description:

Knowledge & Experience

• 5+ years of Scrum Master experience.
• Experience working with an offshore/onshore team model
• Thorough understanding of agile software development methodologies, values, and procedures.
• Thorough understanding of the software development lifecycle.
• Understanding of organization’s development platform and languages.
• Ability to understand technical issues.

• Analyze, plan and develop requirements and standards in reference to the product pipeline.
• Create and manage the product plan for new tech integrations with the third-party vendors.
• Manage the current integrations with the third-party vendors for ongoing changes & requirements.
• Determine and define clear deliverables for the team members. Assign and oversee the daily tasks of technical personnel while ensuring the team is actively working toward established product milestones.
• Hold daily scrum team meetings to determine progress and address any questions or challenges regarding projects
• Establish and implement training processes and strategies for all technical personnel
• Ensure high test coverage and low post release issues through effective product planning.
• Prepare progress reports for senior management.

 

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Project Management or related technical field required
• Demonstrated understanding of Project Management processes, strategies and methods
• Experience mentoring, coaching and developing rising talent in the technology department
• Excellent time management and organizational skills and experience establishing guidelines in these areas for others
• Strong sense of personal accountability regarding decision-making and supervising department teams
• Experience working in a high-level collaborative environment and promoting a teamwork mentality
• Managerial experience applying analytical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Ability to predict challenges and seek to proactively head-off obstacle

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
•  

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.

 

Desired Candidate Profile

What you need to have:

• Scrum Master certification with a deep understanding of all things Agile (Scrum, Kanban, and other methodologies)
• 3+ years of multi-project management experience in a fast-paced, deadline-driven, technical (SDLC) environment
• Experience working in Web, Mobile Applications and OTT development teams in technologies such as HTML, CSS, JS, PHP, IOS, Android
• Experience running A/B Tests and experiments with website teams
• Website Release Deployment/Management experience
• Deep knowledge of agile and traditional frameworks
• Extensive experience in road mapping, planning, Gantt as well as fostering iterative processes and feedback milestones in the SDLC
• Experience with AWS, GitHub and Jenkins
• Proficiency in tools: Youtrack, Microsoft Teams, Confluence, Sharepoint
• Ability to thrive in a creative and deadline-driven environment
• Ability to travel occasionally to other offices(post-covid)
• Experience with Content Management Systems

 

 

Digital & IT Project Manager 

• Identify & document the Scope of Work (SOW), objectives and any assumptions.
  
• Prepare cost estimates for manpower + materials, and ensure we are charging accurately for our projects.
  
• Develop a detailed project plan, and monitor progress using appropriate systems, tools and techniques.
  
• Establish and maintain relationships with third parties/vendors.
  
• Seek opportunities for improvement and suggest new projects.
  

• Ensure availability of all the tools and resources before initiating a project.
  
• Prepare and maintain timelines for the effective tracking and completion of the project.
  
• Delegate to internal resources and vendors effectively, and track progress ensuring the project runs on schedule.
  
• Coordinate with all the internal and external stakeholders for information, approvals, resolving issues, status updates, answering queries etc. While maintaining transparent communication.

• Maintain timesheet logs for all the resources.
  
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation, plans and reports.
  
• Ensure standards and requirements are met through conducting quality assurance tests.
  
• Analyze and Highlight potential risks or malfunctions and act proactively to resolve issues ensuring the project stays on time and on budget.

• Excellent communication (verbal & written), interpersonal and consulting skills
  
• Ability to manage multiple teams and projects simultaneously
  
• Excellent organization and time management skills
  
• Ability to meet targets and deadlines.
  
• Quick thinking, problem solving skills
  
• Detail-oriented
  
• Budget management
  
• Confident, pleasant personality, ambitious, self-motivated.
  

​We offer competitive compensation and benefits.

Provide support for both JIRA and Confluence functions in an effective, efficient, and timely manner, including servicing user permissions, fielding process questions, troubleshooting potential issues, fulfilling project and enhancement requests, as well as researching and implementing Atlassian best practices
Collaborate on the backend support of the Atlassian environment, and coordinate application maintenance and upgrades, including staging, testing, and production launches
Troubleshoot and manage resolution of JIRA and Confluence stability and performance issues
Ability to research, install, support, troubleshoot JIRA and Confluence plug-ins and/or custom scripts
Design, troubleshoot, and maintain spaces/pages within Confluence
Configuring and implementing JIRA projects with various schemas, complex workflows (with conditions, validators, and triggered post functions), screen schemes, permission schemes, and notification schemes
Gather requirements and determine ways to optimize and improve JIRA/Confluence setup and workflows
Ensure code quality and participate in peer reviews
Document playbooks and functionality implemented within JIRA and Confluence
Participate in standups, backlog grooming, sprint planning, review and retrospective meetings

Role:

• Getting hands on with core development work! Yes you’ll lead and manage your own team, but you’ll also frequently get down to coding, testing, and designing solutions
• Full Stack Development! Whether it is building a new product or taking an existing one to the next level, you’ll be expected to work on full-stack application development whenever the situation calls for
• Juggling Business and Technology! We want someone who can understand the client’s business requirements and be able to map technology solutions to make these requirements work
• Leading from the front! Your charismatic leadership skills will help in leading and motivating your team through all stages of the product development lifecycle.
• Being a Mentor! Your team will constantly look up to you for guidance in challenging situations and we are looking for someone who can bring them up as tomorrow’s leaders
• Sound technical depth with over 6 years of experience in Java and open source technologies and managing the end to end product development life cycle
• Exceptional communication skills that can be leveraged in effectively communicating with teams, clients and business leaders within the company
• Stellar business orientation and the ability to link technology and business to devise apt solutions

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in core Java/J2EE 
• Minimum 4 years of experience as a Technical Lead mentoring team of 3 to 5 developers
• Strong knowledge of one the web application framework such as Spring, Struts
• Strong knowledge of UI frameworks (AngularJS 2.0/4.0, ReactJS, Javascript, HTML, CSS) 
• Strong knowledge of web services (Restful) 
• Possess advanced knowledge of object-oriented design, data structure, and data architectures
• Good knowledge of relation database, SQL and ORM 
• Curiosity and attention to detail 
• Strong communicator with visual, verbal, and writing skills to clearly articulate complex design problems and solutions 
• Adaptable to changing technology and restrictions, design challenges, deadlines, and project requirements.