Kore.ai - Technical Project Manager

Description :

We are looking for a Technical Project Manager (JAVA/JavaScript) to join our team.

Responsibilities :

- Coordinate projects, including developing and coordinating realistic project estimates, plans, and metrics.

- Ensure all releases are delivered as per the commitment and meet the defined release criteria.

- Collaborate with Product owners and application specialists to groom the product backlog.

- Tracks team progress toward milestones/sprints, using key performance metrics to objectively identify if the team is on track or not.

- Provides both high-level and detailed project status and health.

- Serves as a central point of contact for project questions.

- Champion release management practices within the Agile delivery teams, such as TDD, BDD, refactoring, value stream mapping, continuous delivery methodologies, etc.

- Drive cross-functional team activities and deliverables.

Requirements :

- 10 years of total software engineering experience with a thorough understanding of software product development.

- 3 years of experience in a software engineering leadership position managing a team of 10-15

- Strong application development experience, ideally with any of the following : Java, JavaScript, Node. JS, Python, etc.

- Knowledge of AI, NLP, ML, and Chatbots will be an added advantage.

- Experience in WebServices using REST and SOAP.

- Track record of successful collaboration with cross-functional and distributed teams.

- Strong leadership competencies include the ability to think and act strategically, drive for

results, build a high-performance culture, and inspire/teach others to perform at higher levels.

- Experience running projects using agile development principles, with knowledge of industry-standard tools and best practices.

- Demonstrated ability to interface and liaise between technical and non-technical audiences, as well as present to executive management.

- Monitor and report project progress to all stakeholders periodically.

- Set the processes for project execution, as appropriate.

- Excellent organizational abilities and a proven ability in risk management and mitigation.