Optimiza

Project Manager

Optimiza Amman, Amman, Jordan

IT Services and IT Consulting · 201-500 employees

6 h ago
project-manager Senior (5-10 yrs) Full-time Jordan
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About the role

The Project Manager is responsible for leading multi-disciplinary projects across business units to ensure timely and budget-compliant delivery. This includes managing project lifecycles, coordinating with stakeholders, and overseeing quality assurance and risk mitigation.

What they look for

Project Management Agile Methodologies Scrum Kanban SDLC OUM JIRA MS Project Stakeholder Management Risk Management Quality Assurance UAT Technical Documentation Resource Management Project Governance Communication

Requirements

Candidates must hold a bachelor's degree and possess at least 7 years of project management experience, specifically within the government sector. Proficiency in Agile methodologies, SDLC, and project management software like JIRA and MS Project is required.

Benefits

Annual Bonus Class A Health Insurance Training & Development

Full description

Optimiza is seeking to hire a Project Manager, who is responsible for leading multi projects across different company business units, ensuring that projects are completed on time, within scope, & on budget. This role involves leading the project team, managing resources, & facilitating communication between stakeholders to drive successful project delivery

Responsibilities:

  • Project Planning & Execution: Plan, initiate, and manage projects using appropriate methodologies, including defining scope, requirements, timelines, schedules, and deliverables.
  • Stakeholder & Team Coordination: Collaborate with business units, technical leads, PLMs, clients, and other stakeholders to align requirements, responsibilities, resources, and project objectives.
  • Resource & Requirements Management: Identify and allocate technical resources, tools, software, and personnel based on project needs, while documenting technical requirements and specifications.
  • Risk, Issue & Change Management: Identify and monitor project risks and issues, develop mitigation and resolution plans, and assess and manage changes to project scope and requirements.
  • Quality & Testing Oversight: Coordinate with QA teams and clients to ensure quality standards are met and testing activities, including UAT, are properly planned and executed.
  • Project Governance & Reporting: Maintain accurate project documentation and records, including status reports, MOMs, delay logs, SRSs, BRDs, and change requests, while ensuring compliance with PMO governance.
  • Travel Requirement: The role requires a high level of international travel, with the potential for up to 80% of working time outside Jordan.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Management, Information Technology, or related field.
  • Minimum 7 years of experience in project management, with proven experience in managing projects within the government sector.
  • Solid understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) & OUM.
  • Experience with Agile Project Mgt. tools such as JIRA
  • Advance experience with Agile methodologies, such as: Scrum or Kanban.
  • Intermediate to advance MS project experience.
  • Intermediate to Advance MS office (PowerPoint, excel, word...etc.) experience.
  • Experience with collaboration tools such as Teams, Zoom, Slack..etc..
  • Experience with documentation tools such as Slab, Notion.
  • Experience in organizing project Repositories using tools such as GitHub, SharePoint, Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Drive).
  • Annual Bonus
  • Class A Health Insurance
  • Training & Development

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