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• Own the software development process of awamo’s IT Team. o Build a
  trusting and safe environment where problems and concerns can be raised
  without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis on
  problem-solving.
• Facilitate discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution.
• Assist with internal and external communication, improving transparency,
  and radiating information.
• Support the Product Owner, especially on grooming and maintaining
  the product backlog.
• Provide all support to the team using a servant leadership style
  whenever possible and leading by example.
• Ensure continuous improvement of the development process, e.g. by
  organizing and facilitating regular retrospective meetings; consulting
  with individual developers, team leads, CTO and stakeholders of awamo’s
  software product, such as product management, support and/or sales.
• Ensure alignment of all involved developers and team leads along the
  current and future planning iteration, e.g. by organizing and facilitating
  planning, kick-off and/or daily stand-up meetings, ensuring a smooth and
  effective communication and feedback flow between the IT Team and its
  stakeholders.
• Planning and monitoring by foreseeing product limitations and
  raising issues to business to adapt support mechanisms to mitigate risk
  during the project
• Gather requirements, in close collaboration with product management,
  from all necessary stakeholders, and simplifying to make the most
  efficient usage of awamo’s resources.
• Translate business requirements, in close cooperation with product
  management, to best suit developer interpretation and meet the awamo’s
  business needs.
• Assist stakeholders of awamo’s product, primarily product
  management, by quantifying requirements in terms of project scope and
  timelines
• Communicate and update business and product management on
  development projects.
• Facilitate testing of solutions to ensure adaptation has been
  implemented according to business’ needs.

• The ideal candidate must hold a Bachelors’ degree in computer
  science, Information Technology, Software Engineering or any other related
  field – equivalent work experience will be considered as well
• Certificate in Project Management
• At least three years of working experience
• Experience in developing financial software solutions
• Experience in project management
• Experience in requirements engineering
• Experience in software functioning testing and documentation
• Experience in agile software development
• Fast thinker/solution oriented
• Ability to work with remote teams
• Self-motivated
• Strong analytical skills & structured approach to work
• Willingness to work long or irregular hours
• Fluency in English

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