Feature Lead

Job title: Feature Lead

Company: SD Worx

Job description: SD Worx is a leading European provider of Payroll & HR services with global reach. We have offices in Europe and an office in Mauritius. Our goal? We bring people solutions to life. So, companies of any size can turn Human Resources into a source of value for the business and the people in it. Our people solutions span the entire employee journey, from getting people paid to attracting, rewarding, and developing talent. Are you ready to join us?

What do we have to offer?

A challenging job in which you [INSERT a line of what the general job is about]. But also:

• An attractive salary based on your experience and achievement. And the freedom to compose your personal benefit package.
• A dynamic environment: flexible working hours and working from home – everything is negotiable
• Learning opportunities: through an individual development plan and professional training
• Career growth: whether you want to become more of an expert in your field our you want to expand your knowledge more horizontally, there is always room to grow within SD Worx!

Job Overview

Business Technologies is a growing Tribe of 100+ IT professionals – we are the one stop shop for all the technology needs within SD Worx International. We support 7000+ employees operating in countries all over Europe and in Mauritius by providing an environment that enables SD Worx’s ambition – be the leading European HR & Payroll solution provider with a global reach for every organization and worker.

Within Business Technologies, we are frequently executing smaller and bigger programs that can go across the whole company. The project manager (or feature lead role in agile context) plays an active role in coordinating and collaborating with Agile squads of varied disciplines, to successfully deliver on program milestones and deliverables.

The Business Technologies Tribe enables SD Worx through the following services:

1. Digital Workplace

2. Enterprise Connectivity

3. Business Process Engineering

4. IT Integration for Mergers and Acquisitions tracks

5. IT Auditing

6. Printing and Shipping

7. Partner Management

Key accountabilities

Handling project startup: identifying scope and stakeholders, understanding business vision, value and goals. Define project goals.

Coordinate with tribe leads, product owners, engineers, external partners,…

Plan, slice sequencing over time in cooperation with the product owners and involved parties:

• Good connections in the organization to ensure the right items are entered into backlogs at the right time
• Able to observe and interpret dependencies between backlogs

Work closely with engineers and architects to ensure consistent and coherent implementation across squads

Fostering effective communication with all stakeholders concerning project status

Fostering a culture of working together towards project goals, being a team player

Foreseeing and strategically eliminating blockers and potential risks

Supporting an open feedback culture with engineers, stakeholders, customers and users

Expectations, Experiences & Knowledge

A project management background is a must, agile framework background is a plus. Combined with hands on project management experience.

A technical IT infrastructure background (digital workplaces, enterprise connectivity,…) is required

Good skills to summarize (visualize) the essence of the solutions and the problems

Confident and skilled at identifying and navigating through road-blocks

Ability to delegate and not be afraid to ask for help

Educational / Skill / Experience Requirements

3+ years working in an IT project or program management role.

5+ years working in the IT industry

Experience with program and/or project work. Project Management behaviour with being able to connect and challenge the dots end to end.

Analytical and problem-solving mindset

Service-driven mindset

Strong communication skills including remote steering

Collaborative mindset and willingness to learn and grow

Ability to translate technical terms into easy to grasp, layman concepts.

Proficient in English (written and spoken). Other languages such as Dutch, French and/or German are a plus.

From many places, we work as one, moving from better to best together.

SD Worx lives diversity in the workplace. Diversity provides inspiration and innovation in our company. We particularly welcome applications from qualified talent, regardless of origin, nationality, gender, skin colour, ethnic and social background, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation and stage of life.

Expected salary:

Location: Quatre Bornes, Mauritius

Date posted: Thu, 14 Sep 2023 00:23:45 GMT

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