Release Coordinator/ Junior Project Manager

SolarWinds Czech s.r.o.

Place of work
Holandská 873/6, 63900 Brno-střed - Štýřice, Brno - City
Contract type
full-time

Information about the position

Job description, responsibilities and duties

What Release Coordinator does in SolarWinds:

* Documents and communicates approved product milestone schedules
* Coordinates and cooperates on release processes of products throughout the product lifecycle
* Closely cooperates with Analytics, Project Managers and a number of other department delivering marketing content and documentation to end customers
* Analyzes and verifies new product pushes
* Identifies risks in a given release
* Creates documentation for Release Management
* Represents Release Management at core teams (meetings of all stakeholders in a given product/project)
* Resolves issues and escalates to Release Manager when necessary
* Verifies file downloads and content on the sw.com and customer portal Sites

Employee perks, benefits

What SolarWinds offers to you (besides great Team and exciting work):

* Investment into your professional and career growth
* Opportunity to work on products you will be proud of
* SolarWinds was evaluated as "One of the Best Employers in the Czech Republic"
* Friendly and informal working environment with flexible hours. Modern and comfortable office space - free and tasty coffee and snacks, game room with soft chairs and Xbox/Wii and table soccer, large terrace with a grill
* Motivating salary, bonus system and promotion opportunities
* English and Czech lessons in the office during working hours
* Lunch vouchers, free flexi passes, pension, life insurance and 5 weeks of vacation

Requirements for the employee

Candidates with education suit the position

University education (Bachelor's degree)
University education (Master's degree)
Postgraduate (Doctorate)

Language skills

English - Upper intermediate (B2)

Personality requirements and skills

What is required to succeed in this position:

* Excellent communication, planning and organizational skills
* Technical background ( good knowledge of SQL, advanced knowledge of Excel)
* Detail orientation, good time management
* Strong communication skills, fast learner
* Understanding of Software development life cycle (traditional and agile)
* Strong command of the English language, both verbal and written
* Must be self-motivated and able to work in a fast-paced environment with minimal supervision
* Strong ability to work on multiple projects at the same time (good time management and priority setting skills)

What would be helpful, but not required:

* PMP or Scrum or other project management certification
* Experience working with globally distributed teams
* Experience with project management
* Production experience with C# and SQL (though if you are also proud of your personal projects, we'd be more then glad to hear about it)
* Experience with Visual Studio

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Brief description of the company

SolarWinds is rewriting the rules for how companies manage their networks. Guided by a global community of network engineers, SolarWinds develops simple and powerful software for managing networks, small or large. SolarWinds’ highly affordable and scalable products can be downloaded over the web and installed in minutes, immediately providing the visibility and control network engineers need most. Discover why more than 80,000 customers trust our fault and performance management products, configuration management solutions, and monitoring tools to manage their networks. Learn more today at www.solarwinds.com.
ID: 1927827  Datum zveřejnění: 13.11.2014