Project Manager / Business Analyst (Quito - English Required)
Stack Builders, Ecuador
Job Description
Do you enjoy working with a talented team to find innovative solutions to complex problems? Do you consider yourself an analytical thinker who is motivated by working with deadlines and deliverables? If the idea of facing daily challenges and helping shape IT projects across various industries excites you, read on!
Stack Builders is an international software consultancy that was formed in New York with its largest offices in Quito, Ecuador. We’re growing our IT Project Management / Business Analyst team and are looking for a curious and creative person to join us to help build unique solutions that best fit our projects’ individual needs. Our PM/BA team works closely with our design and engineering teams in the end-to-end process of bringing new ideas to life with our international clients.
Requirements
- We value your bachelor’s degree in any related career. A degree in administration, business, or communication would be a plus, but other degrees are welcome as well.
- A high level of fluency in written and spoken English is a must as you will be communicating daily with our international clients and team.
- Our projects require the ability to easily communicate ideas and break down complex problems.
- High levels of organization and time management skills are needed to help you be efficient and effective across multiple projects.
- An understanding of Agile Methodologies and the software development life cycle would be a plus but are not required as we can help teach you about these.
- Serve as the Scrum Master and/or Product Owner to facilitate Agile meetings and rituals, ensuring an open channel of communication with both our international client base and our in-house amp; remote teams.
- Work collaboratively with software developers, UX/UI designers, and other cross-functional team members in cutting-edge technologies to meet deadlines and maximize the value-add in various projects across multiple industries.
- Develop innovative solutions to complex problems by collaborating across teams to support digital products through their life-cycle.
- Maintain relationships with, elicit requirements from, and communicate progress to international stakeholders in a consistent and easy-to-understand way that addresses their unique business goals.
Benefits
What you’ll love about us:
- We're officially certified as a Great Place to Work! That means we put our employees first and work every day to create a fun, professional, inclusive environment for everyone.
- We are a community-focused company that values giving back to the community through OSS projects, company-sponsored conference participation opportunities, and technical talks.
- Strong learning culture with regular 1:1 sessions with your mentor/manager, pair programming opportunities, and Agile training amp; Book Clubs.
- Health Benefits that include top-tier private health and dental insurance from day one.
- Rest and relaxation. We believe in making work-life balance a reality by providing our team with three weeks of vacation per year plus additional paid time off for sick days.
- Your family matters to you, so that makes them important to us, too. We offer family leave days for family emergencies.
- A work environment that is fun, collaborative, and rewarding. We have challenging projects from different industries leveraging various tools and technologies.
- Quarterly virtual team building activities, birthday and holiday celebrations, and other smaller events like our Movie Club and weekly online workouts.
- A Welcome Package on your first day delivered along with a Stack Builders laptop and additional equipment.
- Do you know someone that could be our next builder? Referral Bonuses are also available!
- Relocation stipend for highly qualified candidates living outside of Quito.
- All benefits established by Ecuadorian law.
- Remote work for the duration of the Covid-19 state of emergency.
IMPORTANT: To be considered for this position, please attach your CV in English.
Stack Builders is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, or pregnancy.