IT Project Manager – Engineering Operations

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Ukraine.

📋 Description

• Ensure Asana remains precise across all initiatives and requests, including minor tickets.

• Transform discussions into defined owners, milestones, timelines, dependencies, decisions, and subsequent actions.

• Clarify requirements and acceptance criteria prior to engineering committing to tasks.

• Suggest and negotiate delivery plans, then monitor the plan endorsed by the CTO.

• Oversee execution, testing, releases, incidents, support, rollout, and adoption follow-through.

• Identify blockers and delays at an early stage, offer solutions, and escalate significant risks through the established route.

• Follow up with business stakeholders when their decisions hinder delivery.

• Enhance the operating process without introducing unnecessary formalities.

• Interview stakeholders and perform light business analysis when requests lack explicit requirements.

• Manage user acceptance testing prior to release and verify that delivered work addresses the intended business issue.

• Collaborate directly with the CTO and coordinate engineers and business stakeholders from the initial request through to release, rollout, and adoption.

⛳️ Requirements

• 2–4 years of experience in software Project Management, preferably in outsourcing or IT services.

• Proficient in professional Ukrainian.

• Strong Upper-Intermediate English, B2+ minimum; C1 preferred.

• Familiarity with UK, US, Canadian, or European clients and distributed engineering teams is advantageous.

• Experience managing 2–4 workstreams or coordinating approximately 5–15 engineers, QA, design, and DevOps professionals.

• Comprehensive experience from discovery or intake through to production release, including maintenance, support, or incidents.

• Comfortable interviewing stakeholders and drafting requirements in the absence of a dedicated BA.

• Practical experience in managing scope, timelines, dependencies, risks, change requests, and stakeholder communication.

• Strong proficiency with Asana, Jira, Confluence, ClickUp, Monday.com, or similar project management tools.

• Technical fluency in discussing APIs, environments, QA, regression, deployments, rollbacks, databases, and incidents.

• Comfortable utilizing AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, or similar.

• Exhibits calm judgment, polite persistence, attention to detail, and the ability to influence without direct authority.

• Previous experience in Business Analysis or QA is a significant advantage.

• A technical degree, coding background, PMP, Scrum certification, and EdTech experience are optional.

🏝️ Benefits

• Reimbursement for gym memberships.

• Mental health support.

• Generous vacation allowances.

• Free access to all ELVTR courses.

• Remote working with a flexible schedule.

• Opportunities for professional development.

• Career advancement prospects.

• An innovative and positive work culture.

• Commitment to equal opportunities and a diverse, inclusive environment.