Job Description
We are seeking an ambitious, self-motivated person to join our growing team. This position will coordinate the activities of an integrated software development team, working with product development teams to create development plans, and ensure the development process enables the rapid delivery of custom solutions with high quality.
How you will make an impact as a Junior Software Project Manager: - Responsible for breaking the roadmap into milestones, epics, and stories, maintain prioritized backlogs as projects evolve
- Coordinates activities of the product software development team with other cross-functional teams (ie. Systems, Hardware, Cloud, Test, and Quality)
- Ensuring projects meet milestones and quality measures in a timely manner by quickly identifying and removing roadblocks, maintaining design control and compliance with the quality system
- Contribute to the development of project-level documentation including project plans, requirements, technical design descriptions, test reports and cybersecurity deliverables
Skills you will need to be successful: - Bachelor’s degree and at least 2 years of experience in technical project leadership
- 3+ years hands on experience developing distributed systems, cloud native experience preferred
- Outstanding communication, facilitation, negotiation, and coaching skills
- Knowledge of agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban), understanding of software development life cycle models, DevSecOps preferred
- Adept at refinement, story splitting, estimation, velocity, retrospection, and other Scrum techniques
- Planning and problem solving with product management and delivery teams
About DEKA: One hour from the beach, Boston, and the mountains, the historic Amoskeag Millyard once housed the largest textile mills in the world. It is now home to DEKA Research and Development, where we are taking the same innovation and cutting-edge technology into the modern age.
Behind DEKA’s brick walls sits a team of professionals who strive to make a difference every day through thoughtful engineering, design, and manufacturing. Here at DEKA, some of the most innovative and life-changing products of our time are created, and new ideas are always welcome and explored.
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