Description

Understand the shared product strategy and support the team to deliver it through thoughtful planning and people management.
Have your finger on the pulse, be comfortable with autonomously making decisions about scope and capacity that balance short-term and long-term trade-offs.
Conversely, have an intuitive sense of when more information is required to solve a problem and open up the communication channels to involve the right people at the right time.
Facilitate and coordinate planning activities such as quarterly roadmaps, engineering team capacity, and sprint planning.
Shepherd projects in progress by communicating their status as well as flagging unexpected problems and opportunities.
Identify potential risks and issues that may impact on project delivery and timelines.
Continually improve our processes so that as a team we are:
- efficient in fielding, collating, and prioritising new requests, issues, and other opportunities.
- mindful of looking after each other’s health, happiness, and development.
- aware of and motivated by the wider impact of our work, both positive and negative.
Work closely and collaboratively with the product and engineering teams.
Engage, empower and support engineering team members to make a meaningful contribution in sprint planning, retros and planning activities
Encourage a positive team culture and participate in team-building activities.‍

Responsibilities

Solid grasp of project management and agile delivery processes and principles.
Experience working as a project manager or scrum master (we use Jira/Confluence), and collaborating with engineers, product managers and UI/UX designers.
Experience working on a software application/product.
Effective communication, whether it’s aligning with your team or managing the expectations of stakeholders.
Ability to work independently, ask the right questions to identify challenges.
Ability to break a complex problem into smaller chunks and make good trade-offs based on the relative value and effort involved in a solution.
Ability to use data to help evaluate, iterate, and scale solutions.
Passion for teaching, learning, and making a social impact.
Kind/positive/playful attitude that embraces change, agility and diversity within teams and working environments.

Support from a skilled and collaborative team of engineers, designers, and product managers, driven by a sense of shared responsibility to improve our practices.
A flexible working schedule that values personal autonomy.
A diverse, safe and collaborative work environment (IRL and online).
Autonomy and trust from stakeholders across the company.
Chances to work closely with a wide range of stakeholders.
Opportunities to work with stakeholders across the organisation.
Conveniently located office in Surry Hills next to Central station (for when we eventually meet in an office)