Summary
Date Posted: Friday, January 13, 2023 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:

About the Role
We are seeking candidates with a strong background in managing agile software teams, and a passion for building solutions to difficult social problems. Most importantly, successful candidates should possess the ability to lead teams solving complex challenges, both human and technological.

As a manager, the day-to-day work may include:
• Working closely with clients and project technical leads to define requirements, scope, timelines, and budgets
• Leading business development for select high-profile engagements
• Leading meetings and removing blockers for IDinsight developer teams
• Overseeing and implementing project work plans and budgets
• Creating & maintaining project documentation e.g project plans, status reports, change logs e.t.c
• Client communication, training, and support on products
• Reviewing team deliverables for quality control
• Working with the team leads on refinement of the project lifecycle and how we manage the team
• Mentoring IDinsight junior team members.
• Identifying, defining, and mitigating technical risks on projects

Qualifications
Technical qualifications:
• Advanced degree in a relevant field such as Computer Science, Engineering, Business, Project Management, or Information Systems.
• Minimum of 7 years of cumulative relevant experience (10+ years desirable)
• Minimum of 3 years in a leadership role (5+ years desirable)
• Experience managing software development teams, such as serving as a technical product manager.
• Experience using agile principles and tools in a management context.
• Understanding of the software development lifecycle and related concepts such as version control, testing, and continuous integration/deployment.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience using/implementing project management tools such as JIRA, and Confluence.

Required qualifications:
• Proven ability to work alone and with teams in a dynamic, multicultural environment.
• Passion for improving lives through evidence-informed policy.
• Outstanding interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Strong oral and written communication skills in English. Fluency in languages spoken in countries where IDinsight works is a plus, particularly Hindi or French.
• Strong values aligned with IDinsight’s stated values .
• Ability and interest in sharing knowledge, mentoring others, presenting work, and reviewing the work of others.
• Deeply passionate about global development and improving lives in disadvantaged populations.
• Open-minded self-starter who will thrive while tackling new, unusual, and unpredictable challenges.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: High School

Job application procedure

Interested and qualified? Go to IDinsight on internationalcareers-idinsight.icims.com to apply

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