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Video stories of colleagues who joined as Junior Project Manager:
Iryna Rubanava, from a Junior QA, to a PM, and a Delivery Manager. Latvia.
Viktoriia Ozhozhenko, from a Junior PM to a Senior PM today. Portugal.
Yulia Malikava, from a Junior PM, to a senior PM, and a Delivery Manager. Poland.
How to become a Junior Project Manager at scandiweb eCommerce expert team?
The test does not check any particular Project Management knowledge or understanding of a technology we work with. Instead, it aims to test common sense and understanding of cause-effect relationships, attention to detail, and the ability to give clear instructions in written and visual form. We also test your capability to learn during the test as we will share educational materials for some of the tasks.
What are the responsibilities of a Junior Project Manager?
Once you start your active work in the role of Junior Project Manager, your responsibilities are:
- Converting high-level user stories into smaller tasks, making sure the task aligns with the capabilities of the platform requiring configuration, styling, extension, or custom coding to achieve the necessary result;
- Scheduling and facilitating set team processes such as daily standup, sprint planning, and demos;
- Maintaining a friendly ambiance within your team, engaging our Events Team to arrange ice-breaking or celebratory events for your team;
- Notifying the Senior Project Manager assigned to you or the Delivery Manager of any blockers, concerns, or issues beyond your resolution ability;
- Keeping project roadmap and timeline updated, understanding project scope, and escalating once you see that there is a scope creep risk from design changes, functionality changes, or third-party dependency changes;
- Being able to provide feedback on your team's competence, ability to communicate, and deliver results on time;
- Assessing project scope versus resources available and requesting the Resourcing team to onboard extra or offboard some team members;
- Maintaining active communication with customers and third-party teams to resolve any pending questions with them or escalate such to your more senior colleagues;
- Collaborating with internal competency centers to improve delivery results and ensure the use of best practices;
- Upgrading existing competencies by taking part in the relevant certification processes organized by the company;
- Deepening your knowledge of libraries, frameworks, and platforms that are necessary for a successful delivery for customers;
- Integrating internal and external AI tools and Co-pilots to improve the speed and quality of your Project Management work.
Remember, at scandiweb, you will be given the necessary and sufficient training to understand the capabilities of the tools and platforms we are using. This knowledge is a key success factor in describing, detailing, and delegating work to your team.
Further career growth for Junior Project ManagerYou will get support in career counseling from our HR department as each career path is unique taking into account your personal strengths and ambitions.
Project managers typically advance to a Senior Project Manager role by gaining the ability to oversee multiple projects and their teams, lead the work of Junior Project managers while understanding and addressing the core concerns of customers, and ensure delivery in cooperation with Delivery Managers and other internal parties.
What will help you to advance in your career starting as a Junior Project Manager?
- Deepening your knowledge of libraries, frameworks, and platforms that are necessary for a successful delivery for customers;
- Initially, you will focus on one specific technology or platform among the ones we use and later you will have an opportunity to expand your knowledge with other ones. The libraries we work with are React, JavaScript, Alpine, PHP, NodeJS, MySQL, ScandiPWA, Adobe Commerce, Magento, Pimcore, Sanity, and Shopify Plus;
- Understanding your success KPIs which we will share with you and setting the goals to improve them;
- Learning and implementation of project planning and resource management;
- Knowledge of Scrum, Agile, and other project management methodologies and terminology;
- Ability to speak up and proactively ask questions about your work, seek clarification for your tasks, and support and guidance from your senior colleagues;
- Ability to integrate the use of various performance optimization tools in your learning and delivery;
- Following the continuous learning process passing suggested courses internally and obtaining valuable external credentials such as globally recognized certifications that the company will arrange for you;
- Participating in the company-organized events to foster collaboration both online and offline.
What is the compensation package of a Junior Project Manager at scandiweb?
- Competitive starting salary relative to the market;
- Salary revisions and upgrades that happen twice a year;
- Growth path to becoming a Project Manager, Senior Project Manager, Delivery Manager, and Partner;
- Support for hardware upgrades;
- Core health insurance coverage and sports bonuses;
- A diverse multinational team of experts to learn from;
- Best tools for collaboration, coding, quality assurance, and communication;
- Company-covered training and certification;
- Legendary online and onsite events to celebrate our success together.
- Apply and fill in the application form
- Receive the test task and complete it.