Project Manager

Seniority level: Not Applicable | Employment type: Full-time | Industries: Financial Services

About The Role

We are looking for a Project Manager to coordinate tasks, timelines, and resources; communicate between teams and stakeholders; manage risks and prioritization; ensure adherence to processes (Agile, CI/CD); and balance business goals with technical implementation. The focus is on achieving results on time, taking into account the specifics of infrastructure and automation.

Job Description

Managing resources and planning the work of one or several DevOps teams: coordinating tasks, timelines, and prioritization (sprints, releases, incidents), allocating resources with attention to infrastructure specifics and CI/CD processes, and balancing business requirements with technical implementation.

Motivating and developing the team: proactively supporting team members, challenging them to find optimal solutions, and fostering ownership of results and a culture of continuous improvement (DevOps practices, automation).

Facilitating communication: organizing and running meetings (daily standups, planning, retrospectives), syncing with development, QA, and stakeholders, and resolving conflicts and blockers.

Optimizing processes: monitoring performance metrics (release frequency, recovery time, SLA), analyzing bottlenecks, and tuning processes (Agile, CI/CD, monitoring) to improve efficiency.

Transparent reporting: preparing reports on project status, risks, resource utilization, and KPIs, and communicating progress and results to business and technical teams.

Qualifications

You have:

Experience Managing Technical Projects

2+ years as a Middle Project Manager (or above) in IT, preferably with a focus on infrastructure projects, DevOps, or system administration.

Knowledge of Agile/Scrum and other agile methodologies (Kanban, SAFe).

Expertise In Managing Technical Teams

Proven experience leading cross-functional teams (sysadmins, DevOps, SRE), including work planning, task distribution, and execution control.

Understanding of DevOps practices, CI/CD, cloud platforms (AWS), and infrastructure automation (Terraform, Ansible).

Deep Knowledge Of Processes And Methodologies

Confident use of project management tools (Jira, Confluence) and performance metrics (SLA, SLO, MTTR).

Understanding of development, testing, and operations processes.

Leadership And Analytical Skills

Strong soft skills: facilitation, conflict management, team motivation.

Ability to quickly get into technical details, critically assess risks, and make data-driven decisions.

Adaptability and proactivity amid changing requirements.

English: Upper-Intermediate (B2+) or higher — comfortable reading/writing technical documentation and participating in negotiations with English-speaking clients and teams.

Will Be a Plus

Experience working in distributed teams (remote/multinational).