Software Project Manager (Brighton/Hybrid or Remote)

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Requirements:

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in customer software/IT solution project management.
• Proven track record of managing and implementing software projects.
• Recognised Project Management Qualification (PRINCE II, Agile Project Management).
• Experience in an agile environment preferably SCRUM.
• Excellent English and communication skills, and the ability to build consensus amongst all stakeholders.
• Budget management.
• Strong leadership and scope negotiation skills.
• Airline/travel industry experience including reservation systems/GDS (Amadeus, Galileo, Sabre or Navitaire).
• BSc/BA in a business or technical discipline or equivalent.
• Certified SCRUM Master.
• Experience working with third-party APIs and web service interfaces.
• Experience of messaging systems.
• Technical writing skills.
• Experience with Change Management processes.
• International experience and Mobility.

Responsibilities:

• Managing multiple projects concurrently
• Facilitating the clarification and communication of project requirements, objectives, and priorities.
• Ensure a successful delivery by working together with the customers, Product Managers, and key stakeholders.
• Conduct estimation and planning workshops.
• Creating and managing overall project plans, maintaining a backlog of prioritized user stories, release and sprint plans.
• Managing the project scope and budget, aligned to commercial agreements.
• Managing changes to scope/requirements and reporting project status to customers and 15below stakeholders.
• Engaging problem-solving skills to identify risk and issues, take mitigating actions and remove project obstacles.
• Creating and maintaining relevant project documentation to ensure appropriate audit trails exist.
• Ensuring sustainable product design and implementation in line with best practice, relevant standards and technological developments by facilitating cross-team collaboration.
• Ensuring the delivery of high-quality, innovative software that truly delivers business value.
• Coordinating the transition to Support from the Project team following successful project delivery.
• Creating and maintaining product support documentation including administrative, technical, and end-user system documentation.
• Escalating project issues appropriately.
• Performing end of project reviews capturing and applying the learning.
• Providing feedback on the performance of developers to the relevant Development Team Leads.
• Motivation of project members to deliver against the stated objectives.