Project Manager

Job Description

We're now seeking a full-time Project/Program Manager to join our fast-expanding VR teams. You will play a critical role in driving the delivery of the product initiatives for our core product; FitXR. We are looking for an energetic and motivated individual with strong communication, organisation and technical skills who works well in a fast-paced dynamic environment. You need to be very proactive and able to manage systems for planning, reporting, and controlling the progress of technical and creative work.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional development of project scope, deliverables, timeline, and execution.
• Formulate schedule, roadmap generation and requirement tracking.
• Coordinating the daily team stand-ups, retrospectives and other agile rituals.
• Optimizing team estimations, development cycles and workflows.
• Manage multiple projects in parallel, setting and delivering milestones in line with the project’s overall release plan.
• Understand and communicate complex, technical, engineering issues.
• Ensure tight inter-team communication and end-to-end visibility across the company.
• Mediate design and engineering processes to ensure the intended solutions meet the intended project goals and delivery parameters.

Requirements

• Demonstrable experience as a Project Manager within a software company.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English.
• Very strong workflow development and documentation skills.
• Profound knowledge of project management methods and the Software Development lifecycle.
• Recent experience of modern cloud-based Project Management, Reporting and Analytics platforms.

Additional Requirements

• Experience in Video Game production would be advantageous.
• Proficient in the Atlassian product suite (Jira, Confluence etc.).
• Worked in teams that practice Kanban or Scrum methodologies.

Our principles of play

• Commitment - We are joined in our mission and support and motivate each other to achieve great things.
• Independence - We’ll leave it up to you to use your own judgment and do your job the way you know best.
• Open-Mindedness - We continually question the status quo
• Communication - Effective communication is crucial to our success
• Respect - We listen to and learn from each other, and recognise how our own beliefs and actions affect the wider team.

Benefits

🧘‍♂️ Flexible hours 40-hour working week (core working hours typically 10-4.30)

💴 six-monthly pay reviews (end of year or mid year depending on start date)

💻 brand new equipment and VR headset

⛑ Private Health insurance

🧳 Unlimited leave policy, the average FiXR takes 35 days

🚴 Annual travel pass & Cycle to work scheme

📚 Learning budget - £800 per annum

🧘‍♂️ Wellness budget - £600 per annum

🏖 Bi-annual offsite and regular get-togethers

😀 A great team of talented individuals who love what we do