Offer summary

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or related field., At least 3 years of project management or product ownership experience with software development., Minimum of 2 years experience as a Scrum Master or in a high-agility environment., Proficiency in managing projects using agile, Scrum, and waterfall methodologies..

Key responsibilities:

Coordinate and communicate project objectives, progress, and impediments to team members and stakeholders.

Facilitate team meetings and Scrum rituals to ensure effective Agile delivery.

Develop and maintain project timelines, milestones, and dependencies.

Provide regular metrics and reports on project status and risks.

Job description

What You'll Do:

As Technical Project Manager at Slingshot Aerospace, you will be one of the core drivers of software planning, implementation, delivery, and management. Our products and services require both an eye for current organizational priorities as well as an aspirational and anticipating look towards our long-term strategy. As a member of the team, your role will ensure organization, clarity, focus, and efficacy in our Agile delivery teams.

Responsibilities:

Executes all position responsibilities in alignment with Slingshot's core values, mission, and purpose
Communicate objectives, priorities, progress, accomplishments, changes, and impediments, clearly and consistently to remove blockers and avoid confusion across team members, stakeholders and management
Partner, negotiate, and collaborate with subject matter experts, stakeholders and decision makers to continuously stay aligned with the current business/program objectives and priorities
Help define and document the timeline of milestones, and identify/address dependencies pertaining to the deliverables
Support product backlog grooming and ensure organization at all times
Schedule and facilitate team meetings including the standard scrum rituals
Provide metrics and reports on project progress regularly
Enable scoping, planning, and estimation efforts
Support staffing utilization management to advance productivity and work-life balance of the team members
Identify, analyze, mitigate and proactively respond to project, financial and operational risks
Help foster a work culture that recognizes and supports individual differences in work-styles, personalities, cultures and values to maximize team's potential
Optimize the existing tools/processes or propose new ones to ensure effective execution of projects by distributed teams

Pre-Requisites

Must be eligible to obtain or maintain US Government Security Clearance

Minimum Requirements

Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or related technical field
3 + Years of project management and/or product owner experience with software product development
2+ years Scrum Master or equivalent experience in a high-agility environment
Experience and proficiency in managing projects under multiple SDLC methodologies, including agile/scrum and waterfall
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Strong organizational and negotiation skills to protect and support your team's productivity and focus
Proficiency and experience using Jira including advanced roadmaps and other development collaboration software tools
Superb analytical skills; adept at identifying and applying data to make smart decisions and influence outcomes
Experience delivering to market a software product from start to finish
Prior experience working with cross-functional teams including UI/UX Designers, Product Managers and Business Stakeholders associated with a technical project
Broad understanding of modern engineering methodologies, cloud software technologies and infrastructure techniques

Preferred Skills

Experience in the space/aerospace industry
Prior experience crafting modern distributed cloud-based SaaS/PaaS software, 12 Factor Application experience preferred
Demonstrated knowledge of 3D UI, gaming, PaaS, machine learning or other scientific software
Early/Mid-stage startup experience

*These skills are guidelines, not hard and fast rules. You don't have to meet every qualification listed- if your skills are transferable and you meet the minimum requirements, we encourage you to apply.

Location: Remote, United States

Compensation: $95,000-$153,000

US-based Candidates: we are currently only able to hire residents of the following U.S. states: AZ, CA, CO, DC, FL, GA, HI, IL, IN, KS, MD, MA, MI, MN, MO, MT, NV, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OR, RI, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, and WI. We are unable to consider candidates residing in other U.S. states at this time.

Internationally-based Candidates: we are currently only able to hire residents of the following locations: United Kingdom. We are unable to consider candidates residing in other countries at this time.

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion are key to our success. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and our employees are people with different strengths, experiences, and backgrounds, who share a passion for creating a safer, more connected world. Diversity not only includes race and gender identity, but also national origin, citizenship, sex, color, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic that is part of one’s identity. All of our employees’ points of view are key to our success, and we embrace individuality.

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