Junior Software Project Manager

• Responsible for breaking the roadmap into milestones, epics, and stories, maintain prioritized backlogs as projects evolve
• Coordinates activities of the software development team with other cross-functional teams (ie. Systems, V&V, Regulatory and Quality)
• Ensuring projects meet milestones and quality measures in a timely manner by quickly identifying and removing roadblocks, and contributing to project deliverables
• Contribute to the development of project-level documentation in support of Quality and Regulatory including project plans, requirements, technical design descriptions and cybersecurity deliverables

• Bachelor's degree and at least 2 years of experience in technical project leadership
• 3+ years hands on experience with cloud-native development (backend or full stack) and a solid understanding of distributed design for scalable solutions
• Outstanding communication, facilitation, negotiation, and coaching skills
• Knowledge of agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban), understanding of software development life cycle models as well as in-depth knowledge of traditional project management principles and practices
• Adept at refinement, story splitting, estimation, velocity, retrospection, and other Scrum techniques
• Planning and problem solving with product management and delivery teams

About DEKA:

One hour from the beach, Boston, and the mountains, the historic Amoskeag Millyard once housed the largest textile mills in the world. It is now home to DEKA Research & Development, where we are taking the same innovation and cutting-edge technology into the modern age.

Behind DEKA's brick walls sits a team of professionals who strive to make a difference every day through thoughtful engineering, design, and manufacturing. Here at DEKA, some of the most innovative and life-changing products of our time are created, and new ideas are always welcome and explored.