Lead multiple mobile app projects and programs from an engineering background to delivery. Manage schedules, budgets, and cross-functional teams; deliver large-scale iOS/Android/React Native apps on AWS; use PM tools (AWS DevOps/JIRA); track velocity, capacity, financials, and defect metrics to drive decisions.
- Master/ Bachelor's degree in IT or relevant and having 10+ years of total experience out of which at least 4 years in technical track as either Technical Lead or Architects
- Must have 10 years of overall experience with career track going from Engineering background in Mobile App Development to Program Manager
- Managing multiple small to medium size projects with focus on quality deliverables.
- Must have managed and delivered at least two large-scale App Development projects in the past couple of years. Ideally, using React Native, iOS, Android and AWS Platform
- Must have 2+ Years' experience in managing and guiding teams with Project Management Tools on AWS DevOps or JIRA
- Understanding of Mobile strategy, application-to-application integration improvement by using Microservices architecture.
- Translate the components, dependencies and work breakdown into a program schedule
- Manages the program schedule to meet on budget and on time delivery through day-to-day collaboration and decision making with a cross functional team including architects, developers, designers and business or subject matter representatives
- Understanding of program success metrics such as velocity, capacity, financial spends, and story/defects ratio
- Utilize program data and metrics to measure success, make recommendations, and drive actions
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