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Ukraine Remote Project Management

Senior Delivery Manager

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Description

Ciklum is looking for a Senior Delivery Manager to join our team full-time in Ukraine.

We are a custom product engineering company that supports both multinational organizations and scaling startups to solve their most complex business challenges. With a global team of over 4,000 highly skilled developers, consultants, analysts and product owners, we engineer technology that redefines industries and shapes the way people live.

About the role:

As a Senior Delivery Manager, become a part of a cross-functional development team engineering experiences of tomorrow. Ciklum Agile Delivery team portfolio consists of numerous projects in different domains, delivered for both large companies and innovative startups around the world.

We are looking for a passionate, energetic, self-driven manager-leader who will be driving organization and supervision of necessary processes, teams, structure and technology services composition to successfully deliver what Ciklum Clients expect to achieve their business goals.

The role of the Delivery Manager is to ensure smooth projects delivery on all stages within agreed deadlines, scope, quality and budget.

The Senior Delivery Manager will be the primary point of contact for clients during the delivery phase.

Responsibilities

  • Highlighting of a project's potential risks/delays during the delivery process
  • Creating and implementing, controlling and monitoring of a project plan
  • Balancing of competing constraints on the project with the resources and priorities available
  • Building and keeping close relationships with your clients on all levels
  • Coordination of external and internal stakeholders that are involved in the project 
  • Monitoring overall progress and use of resources, initiating corrective action where necessary
  • Managing scope, change requests, risks, and resources allocation/utilization
  • Invoking configuration management (release process) processes
  • Managing possible risks and issues within the limits of time, cost and quality, including the development of contingency plans
  • Managing project budget, time, and delivery with respect to vendor related projects
  • Note: these high-level responsibilities may undergo modification at a later date subject to mutual agreement

Requirements

  • You are a client and service-focused person and meet people as equals, build trust and sustainable client relationships
  • Through this relationship, you’re able to deliver and grow your accounts, which leads to sustainable business in your area of responsibility
  • At least 5 years of Agile Delivery / Project Management experience and strong commercial understanding, within Managed Services and IT Outsourcing industry
  • In-depth understanding and practical experience with Agile approaches (Scrum, Kanban)
  • Ability to perform project manager's activities and provide supervision during Project Initiation, Planning, Execution, Monitoring and Closing phases
  • Experience in managing multiple agile teams in projects of 25-75 FTE
  • Strong service/client-oriented attitude, focus on an outcome
  • Solid understanding of change and expectations management
  • A proven track record of successful project implementation in a software environment
  • Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment
  • Problem-solving attitude using system-thinking approaches
  • Ability to manage contractual terms and financial issues
  • Experience with running pre-sales
  • Advanced level of spoken and written English

Desirable

  • Experience in managing multiple distributed teams
  • Technical background (software development, QA, DevOps, etc)
  • Product Management background
  • Knowledge of the latest trends at SW development technologies and tools
  • Agile and/or PMI certification
  • Experience with SAFe or LeSS
  • Experience in coaching, mentoring and conducting of trainings

What's in it for you

  • Care: your mental and physical health is our priority. We ensure comprehensive company-paid medical insurance, Mental Health programs, as well as financial and legal consultations
  • Tailored education path: boost your skills and knowledge with our regular internal events (meetups, conferences, workshops), Udemy license, language courses and company-paid certifications
  • Growth environment: share your experience and level up your expertise with a community of skilled professionals, locally and globally
  • Own your schedule – you are the one to decide when to start your working day. Just don’t miss your regular team stand-up
  • Opportunities: we value our specialists and always find the best options for them. Our Internal Mobility Program helps change a project if needed to help you grow, excel professionally and fulfill your potential
  • Global impact: work on large-scale projects that redefine industries with international and fast-growing clients
  • Welcoming environment: feel empowered with a friendly team, open-door policy, informal atmosphere within the company and regular team-building events

About us:

Discover the pros of 20-year global experience! Join one of the largest IT companies in Ukraine, awarded as one of the top 10 employers in Ukraine by Forbes.
Boost your skills and make a difference with cutting-edge projects, skilled colleagues and the latest tech stacks.
Ciklum has been recognised as a veteran-friendly business by the Veteran Hub in Ukraine.
We're committed to creating a welcoming environment for veterans and developing processes that meet their needs. We value the skills and unique perspectives military veterans can bring to our business and are willing to support their transition to civilian life.

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