Join a fun, global team of top engineers, seasoned entrepreneurs, and taxi drivers for the adventure of a lifetime.
We're changing personal transportation, making people’s lives easier, and opening up a multi-billion dollar market in the process. We’ve built a massive following in London, Dublin, Toronto, Chicago and Boston, with both drivers and passengers thrilled to finally have a great experience with cabs.
The Role
This role is ideal for somebody with strong technical project management experience, ideally using agile/Scrum methodology mixed with a strong dose of traditional project management techniques.
Please note that, to apply for this role, your background must clearly demonstrate significant hands-on management experience on the software development life cycle within at least one of our core technology areas. The core technology areas are: Mobile Applications and Server Applications in either PHP or Java environment. You must also be a self-starter and be very comfortable working in a small multi-platform team that is likely to evolve and change quickly as the business grows.
NB: Candidates who have primarily project management skills without any in-depth technical skills should not apply.
The Technical Project Manager/Scrum Master will:
- Work closely with the product and development team based in London and, when required, with teams based in the US and other regions
- Work with internal and external stakeholders to formulate and agree detailed plans and to communicate project delivery status
- Plan development and all related deliverables using a combination of agile/Scrum methodology and traditional project management techniques, where necessary
- Manage projects in an agile/Scrum environment
- Running daily SCRUM meetings
- Facilitating Sprint Planning and Review meetings
- Facilitating Sprint Retrospective meetings
- Managing the Product and the Sprint backlog
- Authoring Sprint artefacts and processes
- Produce regular status updates for external customers and for internal communications
Skills & Experience
- Conversant with agile/Scrum framework and Prince2 Project Management framework
- Experience as a Scrum Master
- Experience in the use of collaborative tools such as Confluence Wiki and JIRA
- Experience of the full software development lifecycle, especially in mobile apps and backend services
- Excellent in verbal and written communication skills in English
- Strong organizational and problem-solving skills
- Proactive, self motivated professional who takes pride in his/her work
- Degree in Software Engineering or similar