Start: ASAP
Workload: Full time
Collaboration duration: Long-term (HPP)
Home office: To be agreed, during first month 1 time per week onsite (Most)
Language: Czech, English (intermediate+)
Job description:
- Coordination of development projects, planning and managing priorities
- Communication with clients, negotiating scope and deadlines
- Maintaining short- and long-term backlogs (overview of ongoing and planned tasks)
- Organizing team meetings, creating meeting notes and clear action points for all team members
- Monitoring adherence to agreed deadlines and resource capacity
- Addressing operational issues and managing escalations when necessary
- Close cooperation with developers, testers, UI/UX designers, and other roles to ensure smooth delivery
- Quality control of development processes and proposing improvements (e.g., retrospectives, workflow optimization)
- Project status reporting
Main value added:
- Leading and coordinating development projects (planning, task assignment, oversight)
- Acting as the main point of contact for clients regarding priorities, budget, changes, and requirements
- Reducing workload for the lead (Jan), allowing him to focus on key technical tasks
Hard skills:
- Solid knowledge of project management (ideally experience with Agile/Scrum/Kanban in software development)
- Experience with planning (backlog, roadmaps), and basic use of task management systems
- Basic understanding of GIT (not a GIT expert, but understands branching, versions, and release cycles)
- General IT knowledge: basic understanding of web application architecture (frontend, backend, databases) and CI/CD processes
- Financial awareness: ability to estimate/compare costs and benefits for decision-making
Soft skills:
- Strong organizational skills: capable of leading meetings, writing minutes, and assigning clear tasks
- Excellent communication: able to negotiate, facilitate discussions, and present results
- Leadership and assertiveness: capable of saying “no” to unrealistic requests while motivating the team
- Resilience under pressure: able to stay calm and effective when requirements change or deadlines are tight