Project Manager in Ajax Systems

Ajax Systems is an international technology company, Europe's largest developer and manufacturer of Ajax security systems with smart home capabilities. This is a whole ecosystem of 135 devices, mobile and desktop applications, server infrastructure. Every year, we demonstrate multiple growth both in the size of the team and in the number of users worldwide. Currently, the company has more than 3,000 employees. And Ajax sensors protect 2.5 million users in more than 169 countries around the world. R&D is responsible for the development of devices in Ajax, which consists of four departments: System, Device, Automation and QA.

The System Department makes devices smart, turning them into full-fledged IoT. They created and develop OS Malevich (a modular RTOS for various hardware platforms) and Ajax Cloud (Java 20 / Kotlin, AWS, Akka, NATS, Kafka, Mongo, MySQL). Applications for iOS (Objective-C, Swift), Android (Java, Kotlin), Windows/macOS (Python / C++, QT, QML) have been developed for system management, maintenance and monitoring by users, installers and engineers of security companies.

We are looking for a new player for the System Department who will strengthen the management team. The most important thing for a Project Manager: the desire to work in this field, move mountains, develop at a crazy pace and sparks in the eyes to get results.

Knowledge and skills required:

• 2 years of project management experience in the IT field as a technical PM;
• leadership, proactivity and a high level of self-organization;
• analytical, systemic and critical thinking;
• experience working with releases involving several teams at the same time;
• knowledge and experience in using flexible development methodologies (Scrum/Kanban), the ability to adapt them to the needs of the project;
• knowledge of the principles of classic project management ;
• high communication skills: the ability to find compromises with interested parties, to obtain and find out all the necessary information;
• the ability to quickly solve problems, make decisions and take responsibility;
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• the ability to work with a team, regardless of the mood of you or your team, to lead, coordinate and motivate;
• English is not lower than Upper Intermediate.

Would be a plus:

• experience working with SAFe/SA certification;
• experience working in projects with stable releases and real users;
• experience working with cross-platform projects, API/embedded/server part;
• experience working in a product company.

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• delivery of the release on time, qualitatively and efficiently;
• creation of new or adaptation of existing processes of interaction with related systems;
• negotiations on technical issues with developers, business analysts and product managers;
• prompt resolution of issues that arise in the delivery process;
• management of changes and project risks;
• estimation of the scope of work and release planning;
• participation in prioritization and maintaining the relevance of the backlog;
• planning and prioritization of release tasks for the team;
• maintenance of project documentation;
• interaction with the technical leader and architect at all stages of project development;
• interaction with stakeholders and the product owner;
• li>organization and modification of operational and work processes in the team to optimize the use of resources;
• resource management of the team (organization and participation in hiring, firing, creation of personal development plans of employees);
• decision organizational issues to maintain team comfort and concentration on the result.

We offer:

• the opportunity to propose and implement own ideas that have impact on the product and production;
• working in a motivated team and zero bullshit culture;
• competitive wages;
• health insurance;
• corporate English language;
• compensation for specialized training;
• opportunity to participate in the Ajax security systems beta test project - receiving and testing new gadgets before their release.

Ajax Systems is a Ukrainian success story, a place of incredible strength and energy.

Join us to make Made in Ukraine synonymous with reliability.