Technical Project Manager

Kwalee is one of the world’s leading multiplatform game publishers and developers, with well over 750 million downloads worldwide for mobile hits such as Draw It, Teacher Simulator, Let’s Be Cops 3D, Traffic Cop 3D and Makeover Studio 3D. Alongside this, we also have a growing PC and Console team of incredible pedigree that is on the hunt for great new titles to join TENS!, Eternal Hope and Die by the Blade. 

With a team of talented people collaborating daily between our studios in Leamington Spa, Bangalore and Beijing, or on a remote basis from Turkey, Brazil, the Philippines and many more places, we have a truly global team making games for a global audience. And it’s paying off: Kwalee games have been downloaded in every country on earth! If you think you’re a good fit for one of our remote vacancies, we want to hear from you wherever you are based.

Founded in 2011 by David Darling CBE, a key architect of the UK games industry who previously co-founded and led Codemasters for many years, our team also includes legends such as Andrew Graham (creator of Micro Machines series) and Jason Falcus (programmer of classics including NBA Jam) alongside a growing and diverse team of global gaming experts. Everyone contributes creatively to Kwalee’s success, with all employees eligible to pitch their own game ideas on Creative Wednesdays, and we’re proud to have built our success on this inclusive principle. Could your idea be the next global hit?

What’s the job?

As a Technical Producer you’ll be planning, organising and managing technical projects, working closely with developers and senior management. 

What you tell your friends you do

“I am the person behind the curtain, working to ensure our tools and technology are at the cutting edge.”

What you will really be doing

• Working with the CTO and Senior Producer to organise, plan and manage the development of Kwalee’s technology projects, both frontend and backend.
• Breaking down complex projects into manageable tasks for developers.
• Ensuring senior management has a clear understanding of what is coming and when.
• Constant aligning and tracking of the tech team’s goals to fully support the priorities and requirements of the projects.

How you will be doing this

• You’ll be part of an agile, multidisciplinary and creative team and work closely with them to ensure the best results.
• You'll think creatively and be motivated by challenges and constantly striving for the best.
• You’ll work with cutting edge technology, if you need software or hardware to get the job done efficiently, you will get it. We even have a robot!

Team

Our talented team is our signature. We have a highly creative atmosphere with more than 200 staff where you’ll have the opportunity to contribute daily to important decisions. You’ll work within an extremely experienced, passionate and diverse team, including David Darling and the creator of the Micro Machines video games.

Skills and Requirements

• 3+ years experience in a production management role within a games studio.
• Ability to plan and visualise complex roadmaps
• Able to work with highly technical staff members
• Strong leadership and management skills.
• A charismatic, energetic and integral character.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Experience of agile project management methodologies.
• A “self-starter” mentality.

We offer

• We want everyone involved in our games to share our success, that’s why we have a generous team profit sharing scheme from day 1 of employment
• In addition to a competitive salary we also offer private medical cover and life assurance
• Creative Wednesdays!(Design and make your own games every Wednesday)
• 20 days of paid holidays plus bank holidays 
• Hybrid model available depending on the department and the role
• Relocation support available 
• Great work-life balance with flexible working hours
• Quarterly team building days - work hard, play hard!
• Monthly employee awards
• Free snacks, fruit and drinks

Our philosophy

We firmly believe in creativity and innovation and that a fundamental requirement for a successful and happy company is having the right mix of individuals. With the right people in the right environment anything and everything is possible.

Kwalee makes games to bring people, their stories, and their interests together. As an employer, we’re dedicated to making sure that everyone can thrive within our team by welcoming and supporting people of all ages, races, colours, beliefs, sexual orientations, genders and circumstances. With the inclusion of diverse voices in our teams, we bring plenty to the table that’s fresh, fun and exciting; it makes for a better environment and helps us to create better games for everyone! This is how we move forward as a company – because these voices are the difference that make all the difference.

We are looking for Project Manager- Scrum Master

 

• Using agile methodology values, principles, and practices to plan, manage, and deliver solutions.
• Training, mentoring, and supporting scrum teams to follow agile values, principles, and practices.
• Determining and managing tasks, issues, risks, and action items.
• Scheduling and facilitating scrum events, meetings, and decision-making processes.
• Monitoring progress and performance and helping teams to make improvements.
• Planning and organizing demos and product/system testing.
• Ensuring the proper use of collaborative processes and removing impediments for the scrum team.
• Tracking project processes, deliverables, and financials.
• Preparing and presenting status reports to stakeholders.

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a relevant field preferred.
• Certified scrum master preferred.
• 3+ years of experience as a scrum master or in a similar role.
• Working knowledge of agile methodology, techniques, and frameworks, such as Scrum or Kanban, to deliver solutions.
• Leadership and management experience.
• Excellent people and project management skills.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Note Work from office only

 

Experience: 8+ years

Job Type: Full Time

Job Location: Ahmedabad

 

Technical project manager act as the primary point of contact for our clients. You will ensure teams are successful in their delivery through proven technical and interpersonal abilities. In this role, you will bring a strategic mindset to projects and ensure top-quality results from the team.

 

What we offer

• Open, positive, and learning culture surrounded with tech-savvy and helpful colleagues with a growth mindset
• Best-in-industry salary standards
• 5 days work week
• Family health insurance cover
• No politics and value-driven culture 
• Occasional Work From Home even in non-COVID19 times
• Contribute to large scale distributed systems used by fortune 100 companies

 

Must have

• 4+ years of development experience (preferably Java)
• 2+ years of experience in Agile project management (or a scrum master) and leading development and QA teams
• Experience working with off-shore clients (US/EU) with strong knowledge of Agile & SCRUM processes
• Provide effective mentoring & coaching on technical, soft skills, and process aspects to the team
• People orientated approach to leadership that keeps the team motivated and focused on the goals
• Strong communication and management skills with the ability to find innovative ways to resolve problems
• Hands-on approach to technical problem solving and debugging

• Proactive and inherent nature of working with ownership

 

Good to have

• Frontend development experience with CSS, JavaScript (ES6) or modern JS frameworks like AngularJS/React/VueJS
• Performance optimization experience with SQL
• Experience with ElasticSearch/Solr, NOSQL, messaging system
• Prior experience working as a tech lead, team lead or software architect

 

Roles and Responsibilities

• Actively participating in client calls for requirement grooming and designing
• Participate in design discussions with fellow team members and client
• Present groomed tickets and design to team members for design discussion
• Lead Scrum meetings and provide team support during sprint planning and execution.
• Ensure project processes (e.g. code reviews, QA, deployment reviews) are followed religiously
• Identify individual and team strength and improvement areas
• Build strong rapport with team members to understand them deeply at the individual level
• Set quarterly objectives and key results (OKRs) for individuals
• Conduct performance review meetings
• Mentor junior team members, level them up and inspire to deliver extraordinary impact together

• Improve software development operations by proactively finding gaps in processes

• Build a trusting relationship with customers and teams

• Negotiate and get buy-in of sprint scope from customers & team

• Come up with pragmatic solutions to improve software quality and drive the change if approved by the customer.

• Manage KPIs & rigorous feedback cycles (through one-on-one meetings with peers) that help align with individual and organization growth.

 

Join us for building great teams and intuitive projects together!

 

 

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ecosystem of products and services. We start with India but our ambitions are global.
E-Rickshaws provide a unique opportunity to build out our charging infrastructure. E-ricks deliver
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our near term goal is to launch a swapping network that serves a disproportionate share of erickshaw market (100,000 in 2 years). That said, we are building our batteries and charging
infrastructure in a way that it can serve all sorts of electric vehicles tomorrow including 2Ws, our
own 3W and potentially small 4Ws
Summary
Technical Program Manager is responsible for programs/projects involving cross-functional teams
focused on the delivery of products or system or features. They own and manage projects and
programs end-to-end, initiate, coordinate and communicate across groups effectively to provide ontime, within budget, high quality deliverables that meet customer/business expectations.
Sr.Technical Program Manager manages delivery using sound product & business acumen,
technology depth and strong project management skills. Sr.Technical Program manager act as
catalyst to faster business delivery by streamlining and simplifying processes, monitoring
engineering productivity and ensuring the engineering best practices are followed.
Job Location: Bangalore
Roles and Responsibilities
 Drive multiple portfolios, working cross-functionally with product manager, designers,
software development team, business operations, marketing, legal and external partners
across organization to guarantee a smooth and efficient product delivery.
 Defines and implements cross-team processes to improve efficiency and delivery (SDLC),
defines metrics to measure and monitor efficiency and effectiveness of the processes and
drives adoption across organization.
 Monitors and tracks complex programs effectively by providing periodic updates to
technical, non-technical teams and Sr.Management
 Has the right balance of technical, project management and business/product acumen and
manages delivery across SDLC serving as single point of contact.
 Handle multiple competing and changing priorities in a fast-paced environment
 Manages stakeholders from different cross functional teams by setting expectations and
providing frequent program/project updates.
Basic Qualification

management experience in product organization
 Understands the technical designs of the multiple projects and programs he/she is
managing. Has deeper understanding of specific sub-systems and possess ability to drive
technical discussions if needed.
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 Experience in managing deliverables from multiple vendors
 Strong familiarity with Agile methodologies; Has ability to think strategically and execute
methodically.
 Excellent written and verbal communication skills. This includes excellent listening skills,
concise communications and targeting the message to specific audiences
 Experienced working in a fast-paced environment where continuous innovation is desired.
 Mentor technical program managers on industry best practices.
5+ years of experience in a software engineering role and at least 2 years of delivery

Sr. Program Manager, SMB Education :

We are seeking a passionate Sr. Program Manager to join our Selling Partner Experience team in India. You will partner with global stakeholders and Subject Matter Experts to define and execute an educational plan that is relevant, consistent, and compelling, working backwards from selling partner needs. You will effectively multitask and prioritize, maintaining a high level of flexibility, independence and commitment. You will have a proven record of outstanding communication with colleagues, cross-functional leaders, and external parties. You will be proactive and solution-oriented. You will be comfortable working in an international, fast-paced environment, where change and ambiguity are present as we constantly grow, improve, and innovate. Exceptional stakeholder management and project management skills are a must for this role as there will be many competing priorities and deadlines that will require strong organizational and expectation setting skills. The ideal candidate will have deep dive skills and customer obsession to have a great understanding of Selling Partner Experience and bias for action to use actionable insights to drive changes.

Role and Responsibilities:
· Own Selling Partner performance metrics in relevant area, drive SPEX improvements through education
· Lead and manage end-to-end content creation, translation and localization projects by creating storyboards, working closely with product management, WW stakeholders, cross-functional partners and external vendors
· Define strategies to increase Selling Partner engagement, create curriculums and learning tracks based on Selling Partner profiles
· Identify channel strategies to surface relevant content at the right platform, explore integration opportunities with various channels
· Develop project plans, managing time, budget, resources and quality control
· Track content usage metrics, Selling Partner satisfaction and provide recommendations for content strategy, explore opportunities for different content types
· Ensures descriptions, thumbnails and titles are optimized for easy discoverability and access, performs A/B tests
· Develop feedback loops for content improvement
· Manage multiple projects and priorities
· Manage content distribution and publishing via internal tools and our website

Introduction

Are you passionate about using technology to make people's lives better? Are you interested in becoming a part of one of the hottest trends in the world of start-ups today? Are you excited about joining the online ultra-fast grocery delivery service business pioneer and driving the trend forward? Then this may be the right opportunity for you.

 

Role and Responsibilities

1. Ensures correct adaptation of Agile practices at the team level.
2. Coaches the Product Manager on Product Backlog management.
3. Leads the team to remove impediments to reach the sprint goal.
4. Organizes the agile rituals and ceremonies, and makes sure that it is applied correctly within the team. If necessary, facilitates these rituals.
5. Guides the team in organizing motivational and inclusive events.
6. Supports onboarding of the new people who joined the team.
7. Guides the team for continuous improvement (Kaizen).
8. Responsible for the correct flow of the team’s processes and workflow.
9. Helps the team visualize its performance, impediments, and processes.
   
   Requirements

1. BTech or MTech degree in engineering or relevant fields
2. Having deep knowledge in the Agile mindset.
3. Experience in working and applying Agile for a minimum of 2 years in a software development team is required (Scrum Master role is preferred).
4. Confidence in working with multiple Agile teams.
5. Strong communication, interpersonal and mentoring skills.
6. Excellent analytical thinking, problem-solving, and facilitation skills.
7. Excellent command of written and spoken English.
8. Certification of the following is a plus: PSM, PSPO, PSK, PAL, PMI-ACP, etc.
   
   Who You Are

1. Passionate about technology, processes, and making an impact.
2. A perpetual learner, who stretches their boundaries and enjoys new ideas.
3. A doer who takes initiative to help the teams achieve their goals regardless of boundaries, and works well in a team.

· Thoroughly understand the customer ’s business and technical needs
· Acting as primary interface to client business units during all phases of
the project
· Perform project kick-off meetings with customers and delivery
resources
· Identify scope, create project plan, manage, monitor and control
multiple externally facing customer implementations of our software.
Manage the project budget, team resources, communications, and
project plans.
· Review and update various project documentation, including different
tools and templates
· Ensure that customers successfully migrate to the Companies solution
in the most optimal way, with an effective transition to support upon
project close.
· Monitor and report on project progress, problems and recommended
solutions to the customer
· Identify and resolve risks and issues in a timely manner. Escalate
concerns to the project team and senior management when appropriate.
· Report on deployments, schedules, budgets and revenue using
internal methods.
· Foster continued growth of the team’s project management
capabilities, improving knowledge and experience within the PMO.
· Successfully manages several competing priorities.
· Contribute to the overall goals and objectives of the Project
Management Ofce
· Creating project plan, identifying scope, goals, deliverables, timelines
and required resources
· Managing the day-to-day implementation of operational project
aspects, dening project tasks and resource allocation
· Supporting customers in migration from current to future state in the
most optimal way
· Updating and tracking project timelines and deliverables
· Providing direction and support to the implementation team and
reviewing deliverables prepared by the team
· Managing project issues and dependencies
· Provide coaching, mentoring and support to less experienced project
managers
· Establish processes and mitigating strategies for managing issues and
risks across project and associated projects, including escalation
processes.
Required Experience and Skills:
PMP or Prince II designation an asset
· Companies experience an asset
· Previous experience with real time retail and delivery systems is a plus
· Previous knowledge of IoT based solutions is a plus
· Experience with relational databases and data model concepts (data
mining, data analysis)
· Experience working in a production environment
· Solid understanding of systems design
· Great attitude and work ethic
· Strong leadership and relationship building capabilities, with ability to
negotiate with and inuence others to drive successful project outcomes
· Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
· Attention to detail and a passion to achieve quality outcomes
· Self starter with the ability to take on new challenges
· Quick learner with strong analytical and problem solving skills
· Ability to self manage, and monitor and track key performance
indicators
Other Qualications
Solid understanding of key program and project management and communications tools, such as Microsoft Project, Microsoft Word,
Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint
What skills, experience and qualications do I need?

+ Masters or Bachelors degree.
+ 12+ years' experience in one or more of the following areas: Project
management and delivery of complex projects
+ 5+ years of people management experience.

• Minimum 10 years of project management experience within a project based IT environment, with a good experience to industry standard Project Management and Development Life Cycles, Agile methodologies (SAFE, Scrum, Lean, etc. – previous experience as a Scrum Master is highly desired), Change implementation planning and management, Systems Development Management, PM tools (will be good if knowledgeable on Planview, MS Project, etc.), Application Support & Business Analysis, People Management. • Key Skills: Excellent stakeholder management up to VP level; Business communication; Strong influencer; Strong vendor management skills; Strong Planning • Experience on delivering in large companies; matrix organization (with multiple disciplines e.g. Architects, technical designers, application development, test teams); a multi-cultural environment; On-shore/ Off-shore leadership of teams • Experience on vendor/partner management of large complex vendors (e.g. SAP, Google, Microsoft, IBM, Oracle) • Experience on delivering complex integration projects involving multiple (internal and external) suppliers and technologies • Beneficial would be previous experience with cloud based solutions • Domain: Airline, IT Infrastructure, Customer Experience

Job responsibilities  Engage with customers to understand their requirements in detail  Develop and managed the scope of work within a project for large accounts  Guide customers through the process of content onboarding and digitization  Work with the customers to finalize software customization, hardware procurement, and deployment plans  Connect with customer teams to define UI/UX/design of the software and content package  Manage content onboarding process by coordinating with customer and internal teams  Manage the content digitization project by working with all the teams involved  Work with product, content, deployment, and procurement teams to ensure that account related task items are complete  Track task items and follow-up with customer and internal teams  Identify risk items for the project and ensure that mitigation measures are taken up  Raise and track issues related to the project  Define product review mechanism and ensure that teams are adhering to the defined quality standards  Ensure that timelines are met and quality output is delivered  Engage with the customer in product review process and obtain signoff on the final deliverable Preferred qualifications  1 to 3 years of prior work experience in ed-tech or e-learning or software services companies Key interface points  Customer academic and IT teams, Product team, Content team, Delivery Manager Professional attributes  Basic understanding of technology platforms  Project management skills  Knowledge in developing and administering resource plans and budgets.  Strong verbal and written communication skills.  Computer literate, with high level of competence in the use of the Microsoft Office suite of tools, including Microsoft Excel/PowerPoint/Visio/Project.  Full systems development lifecycle experience from requirements gathering through design, testing and deployment Personal attributes  Possess a responsible attitude, tact, patience, and courtesy  Ability to operate under pressure and deliver to demanding deadlines  Achieve results through others  Influence the teams involved to get the work done