IT Project Manager/Scrum Master Specialist

Job Description

Our Company's Digital Strategy is founded on the need for efficient, reusable, and user-friendly technology solutions. The Enterprise Architecture (EA) team is helping to lead this transformation. Our vision is to provide strategic technology decisions that link investments and achieved business outcomes. Our goal is to offer strategic technology decision-making that connects investments and achieved business results. This focus allows the team to be a crucial supporting partner with the business to help them gain concrete business value through our company's investments in digital.

This position within the EA organization manages work that is central to the transformation and optimization of enterprise IT landscapes. You will lead the planning and execution of project work, as well as work cross-functionally with other project teams, to deliver strategic initiatives, ensure alignment with enterprise architecture standards, and help establish scalable solutions across IT. This position requires creativity and flexibility to effectively balance shifting priorities with commitments to get work done. Contribute to continuous improvement activities with expertise in leading project execution.

Qualifications, Skills & Experience

• 6-10 years' experience as a Project Manager or Scrum Master.
• Certification in project management such as PMP or Scaled Agile Framework, along with real-life experience applying the techniques.
• Demonstrate a solid understanding of software development life cycle models as well as expert knowledge of both Agile and traditional project management principles and practices with the ability to blend them together in the right proportions to fit a project and business environment.
• Communication: ability to craft a message to communicate project accomplishments, status, risks and issues, and mitigation plans.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities, proactively escalating issues that cannot be resolved within the project team.
• Hands-on experience using project management tools such as Jira for large scale project planning and managing backlogs.

Key Responsibilities

• Project Administration: Lead the end-to-end execution of assigned projects, ensuring that objectives, timelines, and budgets are met. Manage backlogs, work prioritization, and deadlines using agile planning techniques. Schedule and facilitate project ceremonies for a senior-level EA team that does not typically deliver working code or post timecards.
• Stakeholder Management: Serve as the primary point of contact for project sponsors, business owners, and other key stakeholders, providing regular progress updates, risk management, and issue resolution. Work toward enterprise goals, using influence rather than control, and fostering a work environment based on trust, sharing and collaboration.
• Resource Management: Coordinate cross-functional project teams who regularly participate in more than one assignment at a time. Monitor commitment to deliver to proactively communicate related delays and negotiate work prioritization to keep projects on track.
• Change Management: Coordinate work efforts with Change Managers. Incorporate the development and execution of change management activities into the broader project plan.
• Scrum Master: Coach team members on agile ways of working while guiding the team toward high-performance behaviors
• Product Owner Support: Assist the Product Owner in managing the product backlog and prioritizing tasks effectively. Ensure Epics and Stories are well-defined and right-sized with clear acceptance criteria as part of ongoing backlog grooming.

What we offer:

• Exciting work in a great team, global projects, international environment
• Opportunity to learn and grow professionally within the company globally
• Hybrid working model, flexible role pattern (e.g., even 80% full-time is possible in justified cases)
• Pension and health insurance contributions
• Internal reward system plus referral program
• 5 weeks annual leave, 5 sick days, 15 days of certified sick leave paid above statutory requirements annually, 40 paid hours annually for volunteering activities, 12 weeks of parental contribution
• Cafeteria for tax free benefits according to your choice (meal vouchers, Lítačka, sport, culture, health, travel, etc.), Multisport Card
• Vodafone, Raiffeisen Bank, Foodora, and Mall.cz discount programs
• Up-to-date laptop and iPhone
• Parking in the garage, showers, refreshments, massage chairs, library, music corner
• Competitive salary, incentive pay, and many more

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Regular

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Required Skills:
Data Engineering, Data Visualization, Design Applications, Software Configurations, Software Development, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Solution Architecture, System Designs, Systems Integration, Testing

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Job Posting End Date:
04/4/2025
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Requisition ID:R324016