Senior Project Manager – Machine Learning/AI

RavenPack is the leading big data analytics provider for financial services. Financial professionals rely on RavenPack for its speed and accuracy in analyzing large amounts of unstructured content. RavenPack’s products allow clients to enhance returns, reduce risk and increase efficiency by systematically incorporating the effects of public information in their models or workflows. Our clients include the most successful hedge funds, banks, and asset managers in the world!

We’re looking for

RavenPack is looking for a Senior Senior Project Manager & Scrum Master to join the Project Management Office team at our Spanish headquarter, in Marbella, Spain.

We are looking for someone who is passionate about building web-based products for finance that customers love. You will join an energetic team of talented individuals working on a big data analytics platform. You will work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, helping our team to deliver new features that embody the company’s vision and strategy.

You are a strong senior Scrum Master with the ability to leverage Agile methodologies and thinking across business and technology initiatives while providing the necessary coaching and guidance to leadership. You will be instrumental in ensuring that all projects meet the expectations and needs of our business partners and employees. Incumbent is responsible for planning and executing one or more important projects using the agile development processes, Scrum management methodology, and other project management techniques.

You will get to work in an exciting, engaging, and at times disruptive, Agile environment where you will be encouraged to expand your skills, test your creative boundaries and share new ideas.

The ability to communicate effectively in English, both in writing and verbally is a must. Knowledge of Spanish is not a business requirement.

European Union’s legal working status is required.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Extensive understanding of project and program management principles, methods and techniques.
• Ensure the development teams are embracing and practicing core agile principles.
• Participate in establishing practices, templates, policies, tools and partnerships to expand and mature these capabilities for the organization.
• Manage multiple projects of small to medium scale through all sprints/iterations and phases of the project.
• Organize and facilitate sprint planning and release planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and other agile related events.
• In partnership with the product owner, agile coaches, scrum teams on user story sizing and acceptance criteria definition, facilitates the definition of minimal viable product and leads continuous refinement and prioritization of the product backlog.
• Ensure that project portfolios are updated for status, resource capacity planning, and budget preparation.
• Full project life cycle ownership: successful project delivery will include full implementation from initiation to deployment for one major or several minor initiatives simultaneously.
• Manage project risks and creation of mitigation plans to achieve project objectives.
• Promote a collaborative team environment that fosters experimentation, creativity, and innovation.
• Provide strategic thinking and tactical execution.
• Identify and help to facilitate resolution of prioritization conflicts for project team members with competing stakeholders, project leads, and department heads.
• Coach, mentor, motivate and supervise project and program team.

Desired Skills:

• Project Management, Planning & Time Management.
• Experience in Generative AI
• Analysis to achieve Company Strategic Goals through the project execution.
• Resource Management and hiring forecast.
• Developing Budgets & Tracking Budget Expenses.
• Understand interdependencies between technology, operations and business needs.
• Build, implement and propose Process improvements.
• Attention to Detail.
• Proficiency with JIRA.
• Strong communication skills to communicate, influence, and partner effectively.
• Executive Reporting Skills on Company Strategic Goals progress.

Experience:

• 7+ years’ experience in an Agile / Scrum environment.
• Experience in managing projects involving ML/AI
• Thorough understanding of software development processes and lifecycle, ability to adjust and apply technical knowledge in a dynamic environment using Agile development principles.
• Proven experience building strong working relationships and working successfully in multi-cultural and cross-functional teams.
• Ability to quickly understand the scope of the project and identify key success and risk factors.
• Exceptional verbal, written, and communication skills as facilitator and presenter.
• Comfortable working with ambiguity and evolving priorities.
• Flexible and adaptable to different environments, yet firm in approach to managing the project.
• Excellent experience in PM Methodologies, Agile, SCRUM, SDLC / Waterfall, Certified Scrum Master (CSM).
• Strong leadership, diplomatic and motivational skills including the ability to lead up, across and down multiple business and technology organizations.
• Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment demonstrating teamwork, innovation and excellence.
• Research best practices within and outside the organization to establish benchmark data and use continuous process improvement disciplines to achieve results.
• Experience drafting and submitting budget proposals.
• Technically competent with various software programs, including but not limited G-Suite programs, Jira, Confluence, Project Management and Resource Management tools.
• Support a diverse and inclusive work environment.

What’s in it for you:

• You will work with the latest technologies.
• Our Headquarters is located in Marbella. We are offering Hybrid work.
• Free Company shuttle bus from Malaga, Fuengirola, Riviera and Estepona.
• You will have ownership of projects working in a collaborative environment where we will value your contribution.
• You will work in an agile environment able to react quickly to changes with a fairly flat hierarchy.
• As we encourage continuous learning, we will support your ongoing training.
• Diversity is in our DNA! You will work in an international environment (over 29 nationalities and 24 languages spoken!)

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.