Technical Project Manager
Blackstraw
Description
Office location: Chennai (Work from Office)
Job Type: Full-time
Experience: 8 + Years
Job Description:
The Project Manager will be in charge of schedules, budgets, resources and deliverables for the projects they are in charge of. The candidate should be able to monitor and guide all teams to make sure project goals and deliverables are being met. Knowledge of the larger picture without neglecting granular details while tracking project health, staying alert for risk and resolving issues as they arise. Maintain standards and monitor scope, ensure project quality and handle documentation. Handling communication with all stakeholders on a daily basis.
Responsibilities
Key responsibilities for this position include :
Manage end-to-end project planning, execution and monitoring including scoping, design, development.
Produce variance metrics and demonstrate continuous improvements in performance and productivity.
Create and manage methods of management, communication plans, and processes.
Apply change, risk and resource management.
Be in charge of the day-to-day execution of the engagement process and take ownership of the whole engagement deliverable.
Participate in the allocation of budget, staff and any other resource(s) that are needed to accomplish or achieve set out goals (projects), and also monitor the performance of every project.
Provide process improvement recommendations that are based on best practices and industry standards.
Good and effective communication and leadership skills.
Excellent numerical, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
Good knowledge and understanding of relevant IT applications.
Ability to build relationships across many fronts.
Ability to do a quick code review
Ability to focus and pay attention to details at all times.
Excellent ability to use agile management tools like Jira, Basecamp, Asana and Trello.
Ability to understand the deployment process and suggest improvements.
Requirements
TechPreferred Qualifications :
10+ years experience in project management, especially enterprise clients and scalable projects.
PMP certification would be a bonus; PMO experience preferred.
Experience in communicating technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Experience in a Software Development Team and working within Agile frameworks.
Experience of working or building with cloud services.
A programming background in Python, Java, Node and Frontend technologies would be a big plus.
If you think you fit in with the above requirements, we’d love to talk to you about working in our organization. Stack:
● Strong Python programming Knowledge- Data Science and Advanced Concepts like
Abstract Class, Function Overloading + Overriding, Inheritance, Modular Programming
and Reusability
● Cloud Experience in using Azure services,
● REST API using Flask or fastapi frameworks
● Good to have - Pyspark: Spark Dataframe Operations, SQL functions API, Parallel
Execution
● Good to have - Unit testing using Python pytest or Unittest
Preferred Qualifications:
● Bachelors/ Masters/ PhD degree in Math, Computer Science, Information Systems,
Machine Learning, Statistics, Applied Mathematics or related technical degree.
● 6 plus years total experience with minimum of 3 years of experience in a related
position, as a senior data scientist building Predictive analytics, Computer Vision, and
NLP solutions for various types of business problems.
● Advanced knowledge of statistical techniques, machine learning algorithms and deep
learning frameworks like Tensorflow, Keras, Pytorch
● Programming background and expertise in building models using at least one of the
following languages: Python, R
● Strong individual planning and project management skills, able to juggle multiple tasks
and priorities.
● Self-motivated and driven to deliver agreed results on-time
● Ability to convert analytical output into clear, concise, and persuasive insights &
recommendations for technical & non-technical audience
● Strong influence and relationship management skills.
Key traits:
● Should have excellent communication skills.
● Should be self motivated and willing to work as part of a team.
● Should be able to collaborate and coordinate with onshore and offshore teams.
● Be a problem solver and be proactive to solve the challenges that come his way.