Project Manager

• Managing project resource planning, timeline, and ensuring processes are followed.
• Project Planning & Resource Management: Collaborate with the team to plan project timelines, allocate resources efficiently, and adjust plans when necessary to meet business goals.
• Process Enforcement: Ensure teams adhere to Agile practices, including quality assurance processes, to maintain consistency in deliverables and minimize deviations
• Risk Management: Identify, monitor, and mitigate project risks by proactively addressing bottlenecks and removing blockers, ensuring project timelines and quality goals are met.
• Team Performance & Progress Tracking: Create and present velocity reports, progress metrics, and project forecasts based on team performance and budget alignment.
• Continuous Improvement: Encourage and guide the team in adopting Agile principles, improving efficiency, and delivering high-quality outcomes. Promote a culture of self-organization and accountability.
• Conflict Resolution & Team Support: Act as a mediator in resolving conflicts or frustrations within the team to maintain focus and harmony. Apply strong people skills to navigate and push for positive change.
• Backlog Management: Assist the Product Owner in organizing and refining the product/sprint backlog, ensuring tasks are prioritized based on value, impact, and risks.
• Client Communication: Work closely with stakeholders and clients, managing expectations and ensuring project goals align with their vision and requirements
• Advanced interpersonal and communication skills, with a focus on empathy and motivation
• Business acumen, able to align technical solutions with business objectives
• Analytical mindset with a data-driven approach to decision-making
• Teamwork and collaboration, fostering a cooperative team environment.
• Supporting the team by mitigating risks, balancing capacity, establishing a clear overview of team deliveries and progress and ensuring achievements by keeping the team on track to meet goals.
• Proactively responding to team issues and motivating and coaching the team to strive towards high performance and ensuring a healthy group dynamic within a distributed environment.
• Scrum Facilitation: Lead and facilitate daily stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and other key Scrum ceremonies to ensure effective collaboration.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Information Technology, Computer Science, or related fields.
• Minimum of 2+ years of experience working in a digital industry (e.g., software development, SaaS, digital marketing, digital transformation) and minimum 3 to 5 years of working experience as a Scrum Master.
• Demonstrated experience managing Scrum teams or software project management.
• Excellent proficiency in English with the ability to communicate complex ideas clearly and concisely.
• A strong passion for technology and interest in custom software development.
• Proven ability to adapt to rapidly changing environments and take initiative to remove bottlenecks or seize new opportunities.
• Ambition to grow professionally and contribute to the organization’s success.
• Scrum Master certification (CSM, PSM) is a plus.
• A certified Scrum Master with an innovative and agile mindset, enabling you to employ appropriate coaching and development techniques to create a high-performing team and proven experience as a Scrum Master, with a strong understanding of Agile methodologies and Scrum framework.
• Experience in Product Management is an advantage.
• Able to communicate clearly, even when addressing sensitive matters, while ensuring a healthy and sustainable team and work culture.
• Have good facilitation, negotiation, coaching, and relationship-building skills as well as situational leadership skills that enable you to navigate and help your team(s).
• Excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to effectively facilitate Scrum ceremonies and coach team members.
• Ability to identify and remove obstacles to ensure the team can deliver on its commitments.
• Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to navigate complex issues and find creative solutions.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities.

Pay: RM10,000.00 - RM15,000.00 per month

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Professional development
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person