IT Project Manager
- Role
- Project Management
- Experience
- Mid
- Employment
- Full-time
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No BS summary
Mid-to-senior IT Project Manager with 3+ years managing IT projects. Must know Scrum, Jira workflow automation, project setup from scratch, metrics, and enough technical context to work with developers on APIs, architecture, and client-server systems.
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About this role IT Project ManagerWhat you'll get to doRequired skillsWhat we offerApply for a position IT Project Manager Required work experience : 3+ years Employment : full-time Location : remote
We're looking for a proactive IT Project Manager to strengthen our team
We’re looking for a proactive IT Project Manager with mid-to-senior-level experience who knows how to take ownership, build processes from scratch, keep tasks moving, and can communicate easily with both technical and business teams. You’ll help coordinate tasks, manage timelines, and keep processes transparent for everyone involved. If you want to have a direct impact on the product, work with a strong distributed team, and help improve our PM practices, come join us!
Why we love Movavi
And why you’ll love it too We may work in different countries, but we’re all focused on the same thing – creating easy-to-use software that brings joy to millions of people worldwide. Take a look at who we are and what matters most to us.
What you'll get to do :
Initiation and planning
- Project setup from scratch : turn informal requirements into a clear project scope and structured technical requirements document
- Estimation and delivery :plan deadlines and team capacity, create delivery plans and back them up with clear reasoning
Process and development management
- End-to-end project management : lead IT projects through every stage of the project lifecycle
- Scrum facilitation : coordinate a distributed team of desktop, web, and QA specialists; run scrum ceremonies including dailies, retrospectives, and planning sessions
- Jira administration : manage tasks, set up workflows, automated processes, and dashboards that work well for you and the team
Control, risks, and analytics
- Risk management : proactively handle dependencies and incidents, and escalate potential blockers before they become bigger problems
- Transparency and metrics : analyze process efficiency using metrics like Velocity, Cycle Time, and others; prepare and present clear project status updates
- Technical focus : communicate easily with developers and understand the technical context, including architecture, APIs, and client-server interaction
Communication
- Stakeholder management : manage business expectations, help teams find practical solutions when resources and timelines are tight, and keep processes fully transparent
- Project status control : always know the current status of the team’s projects and be able to quickly highlight what’s going well and what needs attention
- PM culture development : take part in improving Project Management practices across the company
Required skills:
- IT project management experience : 3–4+ years as a Project Manager. Experience with complex distributed systems, desktop products, and web products would be a plus
- Strong technical background : understanding of client-server interaction, APIs, and architecture basics. You won’t need to write code, but you should understand what developers are talking about
- Strong scrum skills : hands-on experience building processes from scratch and working with team efficiency metrics
- Advanced Jira skills : ability to do more than move cards around – you know how to customize workflows and set up automated processes
- Soft skills : strong facilitation, conflict management, and stakeholder expectation management skills. Ability to stay focused when handling multiple tasks concurrently
What we offer:
- Confirmed employment from day one
- Remote work from anywhere in the world or at our office
- Flexible work schedule
- Corporate events and team-building activities
- A personalized approach to professional growth and development within the company
- A team of professionals ready to mentor and share their knowledge and experience
We’re here to answer your questions
d.mishina@movavi.com Telegram: cvfordasha Dasha Mishina, Recruiter 8 AM – 5 PM (GMT) Mon – Fri
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What you'll do
- Turn informal requirements into a clear project scope and structured technical requirements document
- Plan deadlines and team capacity
- Create delivery plans and back them up with clear reasoning
- Lead IT projects through every stage of the project lifecycle
- Coordinate a distributed team of desktop, web, and QA specialists
- Run Scrum ceremonies including dailies, retrospectives, and planning sessions
- Manage Jira tasks
- Set up Jira workflows, automated processes, and dashboards
- Proactively handle dependencies and incidents
- Escalate potential blockers before they become bigger problems
- Analyze process efficiency using metrics like Velocity, Cycle Time, and others
- Prepare and present clear project status updates
- Communicate with developers and understand technical context including architecture, APIs, and client-server interaction
- Manage business expectations
- Help teams find practical solutions when resources and timelines are tight
- Keep processes fully transparent
- Know the current status of the team’s projects
- Quickly highlight what is going well and what needs attention
- Take part in improving Project Management practices across the company
What they require
- 3+ years of required work experience
- Mid-to-senior-level experience as an IT Project Manager
- Ability to take ownership
- Ability to build processes from scratch
- Ability to keep tasks moving
- Ability to communicate easily with both technical and business teams
- 3–4+ years as a Project Manager
- Preferred: Experience with complex distributed systems, desktop products, and web products
- Understanding of client-server interaction, APIs, and architecture basics
- Ability to understand what developers are talking about without writing code
- Hands-on experience building processes from scratch
- Hands-on experience working with team efficiency metrics
- Ability to customize Jira workflows and set up automated processes
- Strong facilitation skills
- Strong conflict management skills
- Strong stakeholder expectation management skills
- Ability to stay focused when handling multiple tasks concurrently
Benefits
- Confirmed employment from day one
- Remote work from anywhere in the world or at the office
- Flexible work schedule
- Corporate events and team-building activities
- Personalized approach to professional growth and development within the company
- Team of professionals ready to mentor and share their knowledge and experience
- Direct impact on the product
- Work with a strong distributed team
- Help improve PM practices
Movavi is a software development company focused on multimedia programs for multiple platforms and devices.