Software Project Manager

About us

NXTwork (recently rebranded to ‘Code Squirrel’) is a software development company focusing on delivering innovative and creative solutions to our clients. We take a very modern approach to software development, with teams of mixed specialities sharing the work across multiple projects. We work together as a team – giving everyone the opportunity to thrive and work on projects that interest and challenge them while leaning on each other whenever we need a hand.

Qualifications & experience

Project management or team leadership experience essential
Software development experience preferred
Basic server/network experience preferred, but not required
Outstanding organisation and time management skills
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
Proactive approach to daily work
Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, with competing priorities
Strong communication skills, including empathy, negotiation and listening
Ability to collaborate effectively via video conferencing as well as in person
Ability to assess importance of tasks to align with the overall goals of the customer
Effective technical and proposal writing skills

Tasks & responsibilities

-Coordinating software development projects with our software development team, ensuring projects are on schedule, and built in line with their scope & design documentation
-Liaising with customers to share project progress and gather their feedback
-QA testing of mobile and web applications – making sure new features and fixes in apps are working correctly
-Managing timelines of projects
-Hosting customer update meetings to update them on the status of the project and any potential roadblocks, take minutes of meeting and demo any recent changes
-Hosting internal meetings to take minutes, assign work, discuss priorities, receive updates and listen to the team
-Ensure all customer requests are logged and prioritised in accordance with the project goals
-Communicate with your development team to keep them updated on any changes from the stakeholders
-Communicate with the UX Designer to convey requirements and provide feedback on designs, in line with client requirements
-Managing projects in Jira including identifying priority tickets, drafting the next sprint worth of work, and liaising with the Senior -Developer for allocations based on availability and skills
-Lead customer engagement to test the product when ready for feedback
-Conducting training with the stakeholders
-Creating and managing project documentation so all user-facing functions are recorded in a way that the customer’s team and other developers can read through to understand how the product works
-Working closely with other Project Managers and Senior Developers to manage competing priorities and allocation of developers
-Reporting project progress in regular team meetings so everyone is aware of high level changes or requests which differ from the original scope
-Ensure all phases of projects, including customer sign off, review and feedback are part of standard project practice

Working Hours
• The role will be full time
• Hours will be 9AM to 5PM local time
• We are flexible with this – so long as you are working 8 hours per day, we are happy to negotiate a start and finish time

Confidentiality
You will be required to sign a confidentiality agreement at the beginning of this role. This agreement is to protect our clients’ confidential information, which you may have access to as part of your role.