Project Coordinator

Quick Facts

• Role: Project Coordinator
• Focus: Bridge Product Management and Engineering to deliver cross-organizational initiatives on time

Description

You will act as an operational bridge between Product Management and Engineering, ensuring initiatives are delivered on schedule with clear requirements and clarified technical solutions before development begins. The project builds a complex, Europe-wide product for commercial road transport companies that supports daily operations, reduces costs, and improves logistics. You’ll work in an Agile environment using Jira and facilitate key ceremonies.

Responsibilities

• Lead and ensure on-time delivery of cross-organizational initiatives and identify risks early to prevent missed deadlines
• Ensure Product Management provides well-specified requirements ahead of sprint planning
• Collaborate with Tech Leads on high-level solution proposals and estimates
• Oversee that technical solutions are fully clarified before development starts and that execution follows best practices
• Facilitate quarterly planning, sprint reviews, and other meetings
• Monitor progress versus plan, track team dependencies and blockers, and prepare clear escalation paths
• Produce concise status reporting for leadership and escalate topics requiring management decisions
• Work closely with PM, Tech Leads, Engineering Managers, and QA from discovery through release across scope, timeline, and quality

Requirements

• Understand code and product; experience spanning SW development and Product Management, including common friction points
• Managed delivery of complex projects in Agile across 2+ teams concurrently
• Ability to read and challenge technical estimates and architecture by asking the right questions
• Ability to guide discussions to reach clear decisions
• Confident use of Jira
• Knowledge of Agile ceremonies (e.g., sprint planning, retrospectives) and ability to add discipline without excessive formalism
• Ability to distinguish between useful process and process that slows the team down
• Direct communication style and ability to surface uncomfortable issues early
• Communicative English and Czech/Slovak; team works in Czech/Slovak, with documentation and part of communication in English

Benefits

• Long-term collaboration
• No mandatory office attendance; office options (Hradec Králové/Brno), home office, or full-remote
• Flexible working hours
• Supportive team culture
• Coffee and snacks at the office
• Funding for education (workshops, events, trainings)