Project Manager

ThoughtWorks

(San Francisco, California)
Full Time Travel Required
Job Posting Details
About ThoughtWorks
A community of passionate individuals whose purpose is to revolutionize software design, creation and delivery, while advocating for positive social change.
Responsibilities
* Be part of the organization that has been doing Agile Project Management longer than any other organization * Innovate and lead the industry on thinking on how successful projects are managed and structured and with luminaries like Jim Highsmith and Martin Fowler at the helm of new thinking in Enterprise Agile transformation, Lean, and Continuous Delivery * Partner with clients to formulate and delivery exceptional business value through process change and software delivery * Support and inspire incredibly talented delivery teams * Orchestrate the design and building of critical and complex custom-designed, multi-tier, business applications that use a wide range of the very latest technologies * Mentor and evangelize Agile, Lean, and Continuous Development best practices * Work in an informal, collaborative, transparent, non-hierarchal, ego-free culture where your talent is valued over a role title * Develop your career outside of the confinements of a traditional career path by focusing on what your passionate about rather than a predetermined one-size-fits-all plan * Shape the future of ThoughtWorks by leading and/or contributing to communities within ThoughtWorks * Freely voice your ideas and views as part of continuous open and passionate debate on every topic from the merits of CoffeeScript to Cucumber * Be a part of an organization that is as committed to social responsibility as it is to technology and innovation
Ideal Candidate
* A broad enterprise-wide view and understanding of business processes and drivers having worked a minimum of 10 years in large – medium size business corporations * 10+ years experience in systems analysis on development of new and replacement application projects * Understanding of the issues businesses face and experience working with them to create robust, scalable, elegant, flexible and relevant software solutions that truly transform industries * An understanding of traditional development approaches, and the ability to compare and contrast benefits of each * Experience with Agile Delivery Methodology (Scrum and XP) and helping teams explore, adopt and optimize Agile-Lean processes, principles and practices * A disruptive attitude towards technology innovation * Collaborative and un-hierarchical work style. (Not sure if that’s you? Ask yourself how easy do people find it to work with you.) * A willingness to do what it takes to get the job done. So whether that means going back to the drawing board with a problem or simply taking on different roles and responsibilities for a time, you thrive at adapting to changing environments.
Compensation and Working Conditions

Working Conditions

Many of our consultants travel every week and fly home for weekends.

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