Software Project Manager

Do you want to love what you do at work? Do you want to make a difference, an impact, transform people's lives? Do you want to work with a team that believes in disrupting the normal, boring, and average? If yes then this is the job you're looking for. UXBERT Labs is Saudi Arabia's first User Experience, Usability, and Ecommerce consultancy. We believe in making the world user friendly. We fight for the users and innovate using user-centered design processes with the newest technologies to create beautifully designed lovable products and services that are simple to use and user friendly.

We’re looking for an experienced Software Project Manager who will take on the management of key client projects, that has previously worked in mega projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure that all projects are delivered on-time, within the scope and within budget


• Developing project scopes and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility


• Ensure resource availability and allocation


• Develop a detailed project plan to monitor and track progress


• Use appropriate verification techniques to manage changes in project scope, schedule, and costs


• Measure project performance using appropriate systems, tools, and techniques


• Report and escalate to management as needed


• Manage the relationship with the client and all stakeholders


• Perform risk management to minimize project risks


• Establish and maintain relationships with clients


• Meet with clients to clarify specific requirements of each project


• Experience overseeing multi-function project teams with at least 10-15 team members including Developers, UX/UI, Business Analysts, and QA Personnel


• Analyze our current Agile processes, prioritize areas of improvement, and work alongside key stakeholders to implement the improvements  


• Manage projects in JIRA and Confluence; providing software training to team members as needed  


• Ensuring software quality standards are met and requirements are submitted within budget and on time

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in information technology, software development management, software engineering, computer science, or a related field.


• Proven experience in project management and software development.


• Good working knowledge of project estimation techniques.


• Good leadership, decision-making, and organization skills.


• Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multitasking skills