Velou is a revolutionary Silicon Valley technology startup dedicated to creating next-generation, best-in-class shopping experiences for e-commerce retailers. We are on the lookout for a highly motivated and innovative Project Manager to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will excel in our fast-paced, agile environment, driving projects from conception to completion with creativity and efficiency.

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‍As an Associate Project Manager, you will:

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• Lead agile engineering teams, ensuring timely sprint deliverables.
• Develop and monitor detailed project plans.
• Conduct daily project sync-ups, track delivery progress, and mitigate blockers.
• Manage changes to scope, schedule, and costs with proper verification.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to keep project deliverables on track.
• Manage production incidents efficiently, reporting back to the Customer Success team.
• Perform daily project burn analysis and ensure resource availability and allocation.
• Keep leadership informed of project status, risks, and issues.
• Identify risks and plan for their response and mitigation.
• Provide timely project metrics and status updates to key stakeholders.

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Our ideal candidate will possess:

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• A Bachelor’s degree preferably in computer science, information technology or management
• 2+ years of managing software development projects using agile (scrum, kanban etc.) in a project management/ scrum master role.
• Knowledge of the software development lifecycle, quality assurance test methodologies and experience in defect management
• A Certified scrum master will be an advantage
• Hands on experience with project management tools (Jira, Confluence, MS Project etc.)
• Ability to listen, comprehend, negotiate and disseminate information appropriately
• Ability to maintain project data for the purpose of effective project communication, sound problem solving and eventual retrieval.
• Ability to seek out information, logically troubleshoot and/ or escalate with relevant parties for the purpose of solving issues quickly
• Identify potential issues in advance, and implement measures to mitigate and manage risks.
• Conduct post implementation reviews and communicate lessons learned to the team members.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule based on company needs.
• Ability work independently and efficiently in a fast paced environment.

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Come join our engineering team at Velou as we put intelligent technologies to use and a build best-in-class solution.

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Please submit your CV to careers@velou.com and quote “Associate Project Manager” in the subject line.

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Location: Colombo, Sri Lanka

Job Type: Full time

‍Closing Date: Open