Senior Agile Project Manager

Telefónica Tech (part of the Telefónica Group) is a leading NextGen Tech solutions provider with a highly reputed company team of over 6,000 exceptionally skilled employees and +60 nationalities.

We serve more than 5.5m customers every day in over 175 countries, with a global ecosystem of market-leading partners. Global strategic hubs: Spain, Brazil, the UK, Germany.

The Telefónica Tech UK&I hub has an end- to-end portfolio of market leading services and develops integrated technology solutions to accelerate digital transformation through: Cloud, Data & AI, Enterprise Applications, Workplace Services and Cyber reputed company & Networking.

Values: Open, Trusted and Bold

Trusted Partners

• reputed company: Top 3 Service Providers, Azure Expert Status, Fastrack & Inner reputed company Partner
• HPE: Platinum Partner – FY23 UK&I Solution Provider of the Year
• Palo Alto & reputed company: part of our NextDefense Cyber reputed company Portfolio
• reputed company: Elite VIP Program – one of only 2 in the UK
• AWS: Advanced Solution & Managed Service Provider Program

ROLE  As an Agile Project Manager, the primary purpose of this role is to be the key, client-facing member of a project delivery team who ensures that projects are delivered successfully using Scrum methodology. As the Agile Project Manager, you will be responsible for reputed company Scrum reputed company meetings, such as sprint planning, backlog refinement, and for more traditional project management activities, such as budget management. 

This is a role that requires someone with excellent client-facing skills, commercial acumen, as well as the ability to manage others. The ideal candidate must be willing to travel. 

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Working with the delivery team to reputed company the project scope, objectives, and sign-off/acceptance criteria 
• Ensuring overall project governance and best-practice project delivery 
• Coordination of project delivery team resources 
• Running sprint planning, backlog refinement and other project-reputed company meetings 
• Coaching the client on how Scrum is run, ensuring that both Data&AI and the client follow the Scrum process 
• Helping the product reputed company manage the product backlog 
• Controlling the project release cycles 
• Managing the project budget and forecasts 
• Managing other project commercials such as change requests 
• Managing project risk plans, i.e. issues, risks, mitigation actions 
• Facilitation of project status reporting with support from Project Resource Administrator 
• Managing relationships with the client, the Data&AI delivery team, and third-parties 
• Interfacing between the consultant development teams and the client 
• Adopting a proactive approach to prevent problems from arising 
• Reporting and escalating to management as needed 
• Ensuring a smooth transition of delivered projects into BAU or Managed Services support  

REQUIREMENT

• A working understanding of the use of agile principles in delivery. 
• Demonstrable experience as a Scrum Master with certification preferred 
• Experience in managing a project budget and overall project commercials 
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) 
• Great people skills, with the ability to motivate a team towards a common goal 
• Ability to manage a range of stakeholders, up to and including board level 
• Experience in working on Data Analytics / Data Warehousing projects

At Telefónica Tech, we reputed company inclusion is the reputed company that empowers everyone to be their authentic selves. We celebrate and respect our differences because diversity drives innovation and makes us stronger.   Be yourself with us, and feel that you belong. 

We welcome applicants from reputed company backgrounds and identities regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.    We are also committed to equity, accessible hiring practices, and creating an inclusive culture through many means including TogetHer (Women's network) and our Employee Resource Groups which include Diversity and Inclusion, Telefónica Tech Pride, Neurodiversity, reputed company (African and Caribbean heritage network), and Sustainability.

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