Development Project Manager at redPanda Software

The Purpose of the role

• The main function of the Development Project Manager (DPM) is to lead a Software Development team, managing performance, behavior, productivity, and ensuring team delivery by applying the Agile methodology.

Responsibilities

• Delivery Management 
• Deliver on Time and in scope (Backlog grooming, sprint planning, estimates and Burn down reports)
• Ensure teams are delivering on the capacity plan at 70% efficiency of Raw Capacity for each sprint
• Delivering quality by ensuring UAT failures are less than 5% for each UAT deployment
• Client and Stakeholder Management 
• Provide progress reports and present the status of team(s) deliverables (Sprint Burn Down Reports) in weekly Operations meetings
• Manage client expectations, respond to client escalations and provide regular updates to clients as per the agreed time-frames.
• Team Management 
• Performance Management (set individual employee goals and conduct performance evaluations)
• Manage productivity and monitor time logging 

Technical skills required to do the job: 

• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Experience with task tracking tools, JIRA/ Confluence
• Scrum Principles (tracking, capacity, efficiency planning, ceremonies) - SAFe
• Highly Proactive
• An ability to work under pressure
• Customer relationship management
• Coding languages and principles
• Conflict management
• Quality Control
• Performance Management
• Resource Planning
• Professional Communication – Oral and Written

Qualifications

• Matric
• A minimum of 3 years experience leading a team
• A minimum of 3 years’ experience within a Software Development environment
• IT related qualification
• Experience with Agile, Scrum
• Retail experience is advantageous
• A proven track record of successful project delivery Management and Organizational Skills