Project Manager

Moodle with us!

We're the world's most popular learning platform and we're on amission to empower educators to improve our world.We are a fast growing team that is searching for a Technical Manager to join our India team who enjoys learning, having fun and can help us advance our mission!

Experience: 47 years

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Experience in high quality  coding guidelines (including PHP, SQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript & Ajax)
• Review code according to the Moodle coding guidelines and provide constructive feedback
• Test integrated code and perform QA testing
• Write developer and user documentation
• Participating in product discovery and development of major new platform features
• UI/UX changes for new features
• Manage assigned projects on the Moodle Roadmap
• Lead the planning and execution of work on team projects and components ensuring delivery of agreed work for each release
• Act as the Product Owner for the projects assigned to the team
• Propose solutions to questions that arise during team projects and component work, seeking input from your leader as required
• Ensure quality of the implemented solutions, seeking input from the Integration team or other experienced developers as required
• Ensure team progress can be tracked on Jira and report progress to your leader
• Create highly functional and efficient teams
• Drive the implementation of agile methodologies within the team, including sprint planning and reviews
• Take on the role of scrum master or implement a process where this role rotates between the team members
• Identify and implement change to improve process and practice
• Promote a positive and constructive team culture in line with Moodle's values and communication principles
• Actively manage and lead team members, and foster personal and professional growth
• Review performance and implement development plans
• Conduct regular feedback sessions
• Review team performance and resourcing needs with your leader
• Communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Identify strengths and weaknesses of different technical solutions and explain them
• Understand and keep up to date with industry wide software development best practice.
• Actively engage with the wider developer community, sharing what we work on, educating and promoting good practice.
• Work on ad hoc projects as required.

Requirements

• Graduate in Computer Science or equivalent degree.
• 4-7 years' experience in development and management.
• Empathy with the end-user
• Ability to create a 'bigger picture' understanding within the team and assist in defining  solutions that enable the Moodle LMS platform to address key issues facing the business and the end-user
• Interest or skills in people leadership, mentoring, and coaching
• Thorough understanding of software development, design principles and good practice
• Experience working in a large-scale development environment
• PHP programming skills
• Knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript & Ajax
• Understanding of databases and SQL
• Knowledge of performance, object oriented principles, design patterns and security
• Excellent communication skills
• Enthusiastic and approachable personality with the ability to build and maintain quality relationships with multiple stakeholders within a global team.
• A positive, intuitive and clear communicator (both written and verbal) with the ability to earn trust and credibility.
• A strong eye for detail.
• Have a proactive and solutions-focused attitude, a willingness to 'speak up' and share their ideas with the team in a positive and constructive way.
• A strong team player who contributes actively to the overall team goals and projects while also being able to work independently and take initiative that would improve processes and outcomes.
• Highly organized with the ability to manage their own workload to meet tight deadlines with competing priorities.

Desirable but not essential:

• Experience in people leadership, mentoring, and coaching
• Experience in leading / project management to agile methodologies
• Experience with Moodle development
• Google Suite for Business proficiency (Docs, Drive, Sheets, Gmail etc)

Benefits

What life at Moodle is like?

Moodle has a globally diverse team with over 250 team members in more than 25 countries around the world. We've built a passionate team of hard-working, driven and diverse people from all over the world, united by a shared belief in the ability of our platform to make a positive difference to our world. We respect our colleagues and value an open and innovative workplace, filled with integrity and of course a strong focus on education (yes, these are our company values!)

What else, you say?

• We believe in motivating performance rather than micromanaging it, allowing you to feel empowered to do what you do best
• Gaining new skills by learning from highly skilled peers
• Be part of a global team on a worldwide platform and make a real difference
• As a certified B Corp, we are proud to be part of a global community of mission-driven companies dedicated to using business as a force for good

Qualification

Bachelor's Degree