About the job
A financial holding company, Chedid Capital is a leading investment group in the insurance and reinsurance fields. The Group operates across Europe, Middle East, Africa and South Asia. The Company plays a role in the forefront of the industry, being part of one of the top 20 Reinsurance Brokers in the world.
The group’s technology team is looking for an experienced Technical Project Manager (Scrum Master) Facilitate and coordinate cross-functional teams to develop and deliver core applications, websites, and mobile applications. You will join an agile, dynamic, and fast-paced environment and work with cross-functional teams to design, build, and roll out products that deliver the group’s vision and strategy.
As a Technical Project Manager (Scrum Master), you will ensure alignment with project management to define and prioritize deliverables, foster collaboration, and remove blockers. Support the team in breaking down complex software designs into actionable tasks, ensuring high-quality implementation, and ensure testing efforts align with development work.
Joining our 1600 dynamic team member; spread among 64 subsidiaries worldwide, offers you endless growing opportunities.
Responsibilities
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- Use project management tools (DevOps) to create work items relevant to requirements
- Facilitate Scrum ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives)
- Guide the team on Agile principles and Scrum framework to maximize value delivery
- Foster a culture of collaboration, transparency, and accountability within the team
- Collaborate with the Product team to refine and prioritize the product backlog
- Ensure the development team has a clear understanding of backlog items and their priorities
- Help define acceptance criteria and support effective story slicing
- Support the development team in identifying and removing blocker to progress
- Provide coaching and mentoring to team members on Agile best practices and tools
- Encourage self-organization and continuous improvement within the team
- Track and communicate team performance metrics (e.g., velocity, burndown charts)
- Ensure transparency of team progress to stakeholders and management
- Maintain a high-level understanding of the technical solutions being developed, ensuring alignment with business goals
- Coordinate cross-team technical dependencies and integrations when necessary
- Supervise development team to enhance performance, and conduct trainings on new ideas and concepts
- Identify inefficiencies in team processes and implement Agile solutions to address them
- Provide concise progress updates to stakeholders and management
- Act as a bridge between the team and stakeholders, ensuring clear and consistent communication
- Support project planning efforts, aligning team goals with project timelines and milestones
- Document lessons learned and improvements implemented for future projects
Requirements
- 5 – 8 years of project management and related experience
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, business, or IT related field
- Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM) certifications are a plus
- Experience with project management software tools, methodologies, and best practices
- Experience seeing projects through the full life cycle
- Excellent analytical skills
- Strong interpersonal skills and extremely resourceful
- Proven ability to complete projects according to outlined scope, budget, and timeline