Career - Evergo

IT Product & Project Manager

Role description

The IT Product & Project Manager (PPM) is the leader that drives the execution of the IT product and project roadmaps through successfully and consistently delivered features, functionalities, and enablers.

Role objectives

The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, and managing initiatives across client’s’ organization. To do this successfully, this person should feel comfortable handling multiple tasks at a time.
PPM is a crucial member of the program management team to conceptualize and design implementation roadmap. We expect the candidate to work with minimal supervision in an agile environment with cross-functional teams of product owners, engineers, designers, business leaders and product & project managers to co-define, and deliver the roadmap.

Regular tasks and key responsibilities

Take ownership and leadership of innovative solutions implementation across several IT domains, e.g., e-commerce, ITSM, cloud infrastructure, etc.
Run pre-studies to identify the scope, impediments, solution architectures, and implementation strategies
Identify and resolve technical challenges
Work smoothly with different technical roles (solution architects, business analysts, technicians, and developers)
Partner with the Product Owners to make sure the platform’s capabilities are aligned with the execution opportunities
Recognize stakeholders’ structure and proactively manage their expectations
Ensure the product’s team alignment with the strategy, roadmap, and governance policies
Maximize value by identifying additional business outcomes the products allow

Professional Attributes

Ten years of experience as a Product/Program/Project Manager
Ability to manage multiple initiatives/deliverables at a time
Proactive approach to manage risks and strong skills to solve issues and remove impediments
Prefer candidates with creativity and entrepreneurial mindset/experience
Experience in software product management, agile methodology, solution architecture analysis and system problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent
Agile skills and project management certificates would be great (SAFe, SCRUM, PPM, PRINCE, etc.)

Ways of Working

Working hours: Full-time
Location: Remote (within EU) with occasional/seasonal travel to client locations (EU)
Engagement format: Contractor

Not just another job

1% for the Planet Member

We give 1% of our annual revenue away to environmental causes every year. Our team members make the decision on which organisation (or organisations) they’d want to receive our donation.

Living Wage Employer

By paying the real Living Wage, we are voluntarily taking a stand to ensure our team members earn a wage which is enough to live on and is our public commitment to fair pay.

Mindful Employer

We’re a Mindful Employer – a national initiative supporting employers to take a positive approach towards mental health at work and provide Mindful Employer+ to all of our team.

Better Business Act

We are one of over 2,500 companies in the UK that’s chosen to be part of the coalition for a cleaner, greener, fairer future for all by signing the Better Business Act Coalition.

Leeds Fund

We’re a Leeds-based business and therefore a member of Leeds community foundation. Annually our paid membership goes to the Leeds Fund to help charities across the city with grants and expertise.

Responsible Organisation

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