Senior Project Manager job at Tala (formerly InVenture)
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Vacancy title:
Senior Project Manager

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Manufacturing , Category: Management ]

Jobs at:

Tala (formerly InVenture)

Deadline of this Job:
24 September 2022  

Duty Station:
Within Kenya , Nairobi , East Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Saturday, September 10, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:
What you’ll do
• Support the delivery of products and initiatives using Agile practices and by serving as ScrumMaster for assigned teams.
• Participate in quarterly planning and bi-weekly reviews for the squad he/she/they supports as well as continuous reporting and unblocking.
• Organize roadmaps, timelines and review meetings for broad consumption.
• Support a culture of continuous learning through the establishment of consistent retros, post-mortems, and team health metrics.
• Provide input into resource planning and allocation in coordination with the PMO lead.
• Develop a strong understanding of context (across markets) of our internal tools to optimize for efficiency, productivity, and team morale.
• Be the team champion to ensure team alignment, advocate product and be the subject matter expert for our internal tools.

Qualifications
• 2-3 years of Project Management experience with proven expertise in Agile methodologies, concepts, practices, and standards.
• 2+ years experience leveraging software development and team collaboration tools like JIRA, Confluence, Smartsheet, etc.
• Checked ego, humble, empathetic, collaborative, service-oriented attitude of “customer first”.
• Must have strong communication skills – role will be responsible for intra-team and inter-team communication, as well as status reporting and risk event updates, so candidates must have strong written and verbal english skills.
• Practical experience working at start up pace with heavy virtual communications.
• Flexibility to respond to changing requirements and juggle multiple responsibilities.
• Must be comfortable working both as part of a team and independently – includes ability to set priorities which accurately reflect the relative importance of job responsibilities and follow through on assignments with minimal direction. This role requires high EQ, comfort in taking ownership, and the ability to understand when escalation is needed.
• Proven ability to coach and mentor others who are learning project management and Agile practices in a replicable, scalable way
• Experience managing technical programs and projects for distributed teams across multiple locations and countries is a plus.
• Experience in managing mobile app development, full stack software development projects in CICD environment, integration with third party APIs. Experience in managing other technical areas, such as BI, Data Engineering, IT are nice to have.

Education Requirement: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8


Experience in Months: 24

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Job Info
Job Category: Management jobs in Kenya
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 24 September 2022
Duty Station: Nairobi
Posted: 10-09-2022
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 10-09-2022
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 10-09-2065
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