Project Manager/ Squad Leader Egypt

**CI&T** is a digital specialist, partner in end-to-end digital transformation. As digital natives, we bring a 26-year track record of accelerating business impact through complete and scalable digital solutions. With a global presence of more than 5.000 professionals in strategy, research, data science, design and engineering, we unlock top-line growth, improve customer experience and drive operational efficiency.

Project Manager / Squad Lead

General Description:

- As CI&T, a global business solutions company expands its European presence in Portugal, we are looking for a Project Manager to be part of our team in Lisbon. In this position, you will lead Scrum teams and will work closely with teams in the EU Zone, UK, USA, Japan, and Brazil. You need advanced and/or fluent proficiency in English to communicate with these different teams during the workday.

We are looking for someone who has:
5+ years of experience in Agile/Scrum, team leadership, and/or project management;
- Experience in understanding the customer's business, and their needs and helping to turn them into clear and detailed backlog requirements for our teams;
- Experience in scope and roadmap management, sprint planning, and backlog refinement;
- Good communication skills, being able to understand the audience and set the proper tone to assure a clear understanding of the work (technical or non-technical), priorities, current status, and action plans;
- Good presentation skills to report status, discuss solutions and remove impediments;
- Experience in risk management;
- Experience in coaching Scrum Masters;

**Advanced and/or Fluent proficiency in English (you will have to work with international customers so fluency is key).**

The main responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Oversee Scrum meetings, such as Planning sessions, Scrum daily meetings, Sprint Review, and Retrospectives.
- Coach the development team in agile principles and Scrum practices and ceremonies.
- Analyze the established metrics and work with the teams to provide improvement and action plans;
- Support problem and solution discussions (internal conflicts, product matters, communication issues) with the team, focusing exclusively on solving problems and fostering collaboration and innovation;
- Drive and support product decisions within the development team;
- Lead the team and be the reference for business understanding, priorities, work organization;
- Establish a sense of purpose within the team;
- Deploy, train and foster the agile principles and Scrum practices within the team;
- Manage risks;
- Work with the team in metrics analysis and improvement plans for each delivery cycle;

Workplace/Travel:

- Currently able to work from home anywhere in ?.
- Occasional local and regional travel opportunities.

We can offer:

- Competitive compensation and benefits
- Flexible hours and Home Office policy
- Accelerated growth opportunities with a structured Career plan
- Great workplace experience

**Why CI&T?**
- People first approach: here we develop people before software;
- Career development program: we believe in mentorship and supporting you to achieve your goals - including programs with a career adviser;
- Versatile teams creating digital solutions for everyone;
- Workplace culture: comfortable offices making our working space a place where you want to be as well as flexible hours, and remote work options;
- We are committed to building a multicultural and inclusive company focused on creating a better tomorrow with initiatives regarding sustainability, diversity, and social inclusion (ESG);
- Wellbeing actions and all kinds of support: employee assistance program and technological support on your equipment and software even when working remotely;
- Training: online training, access to tech e-learning platforms, CI&T University;
- Stable employment conditions: competitive salaries, work based on a regular employment contract, and country’s legal obligations paid by the company;
- Attractive package of benefits: health insurance, meal voucher, internet voucher, paid vacation days, holidays (according to the country’s labor law).

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**CI&T is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate and appreciate the diversity of our CI&Ters’ identities and lived experiences. We are committed to building, promoting, and retaining a diverse, inclusive, and equitable company and culture focused on creating a better tomorrow.**

At CI&T, we recognize that innovation and transformation only happen in diverse, inclusive, and safe work environments. Our teams are most impactful when people from all backgrounds and experiences collaborate to share, create, and hear ideas.