Middle Project Manager (with exp. on Fixed Price Project)

About the company:

Softermii (https://www.softermii.com/) is an outsourcing/outstaffing company with more than 8 years of experience in web and mobile application development with a team of more than 120 specialists from 6 countries.

We have withstood multiple challenges, such as COVID-19 pandemic and war aggression against Ukraine, we have secured sustainable development processes, saved all our projects and jobs. Even more – we’re constantly growing.     

 

Every day we add new project to our portfolio in the following areas of expertise:

• Healthcare
• Real estate
• Livestream E-commerce
• Fintech (WealthTech, Capital Trading)
• Real Time Communications (RTC)

 

In addition, we develop 2 of our own solutions that help our customers get faster applications for video or audio calls (https://www.softermii.com/solutions/vidrtc) or an application for real estate with 3D visualization

(https://www.softermii.com/solutions/apartmii)

 

Company’s mission:

Softermii: Succeed Without (L) imitations

We will turn any idea into a valuable product.

 

Our plans as a company:

We want to move from a regular outsourcing business to an ecosystem of outsourcing, education and product development companies.

 

Projects: It is unique and easy to understand Betting on the Horse Racing game with free-to-play gaming features.
AND:

Social Casino (an online platform offering a virtual gambling experience without real money. It blends social networking elements with casino games, allowing users to enjoy a simulated gambling environment with games like slots, poker, blackjack, roulette, and more.)

 

Type of cooperation: Full-time/remote

 

⚡️Your responsibilities will be:

 

-Establish and optimize development processes to ensure efficient project execution by a team of up to 7 people.

-Analyze, understand, and document project requirements, offering feasible solutions within technical and budgetary constraints.

-Document decisions and meeting minutes in a clear and concise manner.

-Communicate directly with clients to clarify priorities, align expectations, and ensure successful delivery by the team.

-Facilitate communication between stakeholders, provide progress updates, gather feedback, and manage expectations to maintain alignment.

-Plan team tasks and releases based on capacity, develop realistic project schedules, and monitor their implementation to ensure timelines are met.

-Manage project budgets, considering resource costs, obligations, and expense forecasting.

-Adapt quickly to changes in project requirements or the business environment without compromising project outcomes.

-Generate and propose new ideas to improve product efficiency and competitiveness.

-Build and motivate productive development teams while fostering collaboration and innovation.

-Ensure basic understanding of databases and project technologies for effective communication with technical teams.

-Work effectively with Team Composition, PNL, Time Tracking, and Reporting processes.

-Remain comfortable in a dynamic environment, easily switching contexts while maintaining focus on quality outcomes.

-Leading the launch of new projects, including kick-offs with clients and teams, and creating communication plans.

-Transferring project information from the sales office to relevant departments (e.g., Heads of Offices).

-Facilitating the selection of team members for projects in collaboration with Heads of Offices.

-Creating job descriptions for new positions and making hiring decisions.

-Achieving project KPIs and ensuring team alignment with project goals.

-Training team members in necessary technical and soft skills.

-Addressing and solving problems related to the team or customer.

-Identifying and handling customer upsale opportunities.

-Building and maintaining strong relationships with clients.

-Generating a continuous backlog of ideas for new features and future releases.

.

🗞Our requirements to you:

 

- 2+ years of experience as PM in an outsourcing company. 

-  Experience with similar domain is must have.

- Advanced English level.

 

-Proven experience in creating roadmaps, charts, and reports for project visualization and management.

-Strong knowledge and hands-on experience with Agile, Scrum, and Kanban methodologies.

-Proficiency in using project management tools and wiki systems to organize and document project information.

-Excellent communication skills to effectively interact with various project stakeholders.

-Data visualization expertise, including the ability to create mockups, wireframes, use case diagrams, and prototypes.

-Practical experience and understanding of the pre-sale process.

-Experience in project scope decomposition and estimation.

-High-level understanding of team composition and how to build an effective project team.

-Extensive experience in preparing User Stories and documenting Acceptance Criteria, with approval processes involving clients.

-Ability to review UI/UX designs, evaluate them against requirements, and suggest corrections when needed.

-Strong understanding of business flows, processes, and their purposes.

-Ability to simplify solutions when clients propose overly complex requirements.

-Experience in managing Change Requests and risks associated with projects.

It would be a plus if you have an understanding of marketing and conversion rates.

 

👨‍💻Who will you have the opportunity to meet during the hiring process (stages):
Call, HR, Tech, Final.

What we can offer you:

1. We have stable and highly-functioning processes – everyone has their own role and clear responsibilities, so decisions are made quickly and without unnecessary approvals. 
2. You will have enough independence to make decisions that can affect not only the project but also the work of the company.
3. We are a team of like-minded experts who create interesting products during working hours, and enjoy spending free time together.
4. Do you like to learn something new in your profession or do you want to improve your English? We will be happy to pay 50% of the cost of courses/conferences/speaking clubs.
5. Do you want an individual development plan? We will form one especially for you + you can count on mentoring from our seniors and leaders.
6. Do you have a friend who is currently looking for new job opportunities? Recommend them to us and get a bonus.
7. And what if you want to relax? Then we have 21 working days off.
8. What if you are feeling bad? You can take 5 sick leaves a year.
9. Do you want to volunteer? We will add you to a chat, where we can get a bulletproof vest, buy a pickup truck or send children's drawings to the front.
10. And we have the most empathetic HRs (who also volunteers!). So we are ready to support your well-being in various ways.

 

A little more information that you may find useful:

• our adaptation period lasts 3 months, this period of time is enough for us to understand each other better;
• there is a performance review after each year of our collaboration where we use a skills map to track your growth;
• we really have no boundaries in the truest sense of the word – we have flexible working day, remote or office is up to you.

 

Of course, we have a referral bonus system. So if you have a friend who likes our job opening, you can give us their telegram contact, and we in turn will thank you with a bonus if we start working with them!