Introduction At IBM India Systems Development Lab, our project managers excel by leading and coordinating a project team’s overall schedule, delivery, execution, risk management and overall tracking. Our stakeholders rely on timely and efficient status reporting and milestone tracking. As a project manager, you will drive the project schedule and plan, metric definitions and performance tracking. In addition, you will be expected to be people manager for a squad of 6-8 developers.
Your Role and Responsibilities
You will be responsible for leading/Managing a team of highly talented individuals for developing IBM PowerVC product ( IaaS Offering for IBM Power Systems)
Lead 15+ technical resources covering various aspects of product development.
Collaborate closely with other peer teams globally
Functional Management ownership of PowerVC application components design , development, integration and delivery.
Focus on technical supervision, project management, organizational development
Ensure talent/skills development and performance management.
Manage, coordinate and develop activities related to Project *Management such as planning, kick off, management, tracking and closure of projects.
Manage customer-facing project milestones, deliverables, and communication
Provides cross-functional coordination and team communications
Provide management level visibility and reporting on project status and risk
Serve as point of contact for project associated status and information
Utilize Operation information systems and update them regularly.
Effectively use project management tools (spreadsheets, dashboards, etc)
Required Technical and Professional Expertise
Excellent people management & project management skills and ability to provide technical guidance to a team of experienced professionals
10+ years of relevant experience of Agile development.
Experience of 3+ years in leading/managing a team of full stack developers.
Strong fundamentals in cloud backed IaaS application development using Python & OpenStack
Able to handle multiple scrum teams and scrum of scrums.
Excellent people management and leadership skills
Good communication, articulation & presentation skills
Experience on handling Client interactions & interfacing”
Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
5+ years of leading and mentoring teams
System management, virtualization & Cloud experience.