Senior Agile Project Manager

Responsible for account delivery, our Project Delivery Management (PDM) staff manage and monitor KPIs, to ensure the successful delivery of solutions that meet objectives, timelines, and budgets. These multifunctional teams take care of everything from pre-sales, to monitoring progress, to reporting and mitigating risks.

At a Senior Agile Project Manager at Endava, you are responsible for successfully implementing and delivering projects using Agile methodologies. You'll also serve as a facilitator, communicator, and leader, fostering collaboration, efficiency and effective project execution. A Senior Agile Project Manager plays a crucial role in guiding the team, managing stakeholder expectations and driving the project toward its objectives.

Responsibilities:

• Report to the Delivery Partner, the Senior Agile Project Manager will take responsibility for software delivery, support, or maintenance projects, establishing, monitoring, and controlling progress checkpoints or service level agreements.
• Ensure that assigned resources (staff, equipment, services, funds, time) are properly utilized and accounted for and up-to-date usage of information is maintained.
• Establish the project ́s scope and take full responsibility for the staff ́s clear briefing and direction using Agile methodologies.
• Plan the work with a team or project group within an Agile framework using appropriate planning tools, producing plans to the standards required.
• Ensure the Agile disciplines are correctly followed and educate members of the team and the client who do not have the relevant experience.
• Monitor progress, producing reports on progress against plan according to standards, acting within the authority to maintain progress whilst recognizing areas requiring decision-making concerning budget, schedules, resources, working methods, staff matters, and technical difficulties.
• Demonstrate leadership skills in team building, and staff motivation and assist with staff assessment, development, and mentoring.

• More than 8 years of overall IT industry experience, including 6 years as a Project Management/ Scrum Master role.
• Detailed knowledge of Agile methodologies including Scrum, with project experience applying this knowledge.
• Scrum Master certification is preferable.
• Experience in mentoring team members that have no previous agile experience.
• Knowledge of how to introduce Agile methodologies into new environments.
• Ability to enforce Scrum and other Agile principles and to explain the benefits to team members.
• Technical understanding and ability to provide support and understanding to the consulting team.
• Excellent English communication skills.
• Excellent presentation skills and experience presenting to senior-level stakeholders.
• Highly self-motivated and able to work in an adaptable and flexible environment.
• An enthusiastic team player.

• Finance: Competitive salary package, annual leave encashment, 13th month salary, referral bonus;
• Career Development: Career coaching, global career opportunities, non-linear career paths, internal development programmes for management and technical leadership;
• Learning Opportunities: Complex projects, rotations, internal tech communities, training, coaching, online learning platforms subscriptions, English programme, certifications, pass-it-on sessions, workshops, conferences;
• Work-Life Balance: Hybrid work and flexible working hours, employee assistance programme;
• Health: Global internal wellbeing programme, access to wellbeing apps, premium health check, extra insurance;
• Community: Global internal tech communities, hobby clubs and interest groups, inclusion and diversity programmes, events and celebrations;
• Other: Trade Union benefits, Welcome package and gift-giving frequency.