Hiring A-grade Project Managers. How to hire the best in class?

1. Hiring A-grade Project Managers
Dmitriy Scherbina
Technical Program Manager @ Ring
A-Players Recruiting School 2019

2. Ideal candidate: Soft Skills
1. “Get things done” and “I’ll figure it out” mindset
2. Adapting
3. Assertive
4. Empathetic
5. Great communicator
6. Advanced spoken and written English

3. Ideal candidate: Hard Skills
1. Advanced in PM tools: Email, Calendar, JIRA, etc
2. Process and structure oriented
3. Deep understanding of software development methodologies
4. Familiar with different development and infrastructure tools
5. Business domain knowledge is a plus

4. Type: Product vs Outsourcing
Size: Small vs Large
Empathy vs Social skill

5. Useful experience and background
1. QA
2. Account management
3. Engineering
4. Diverse experience: outsourcing, product, Agile, Waterfall,
small and large companies
5. Lead positions

6. Certifications, Books, Trainings
1. PMI (PMP and other certifications), PMBoK
2. ICAgile
3. Scrum Alliance
4. Stratoplan
5. SAFe
6. Prince2

7. How to attract an A-Player PM?
1. Above market salary
2. Challenges
3. Growth opportunities
4. Learning package

8. Career path
QA, QA Lead, Scrum Master, Account Manager
↓
Project Manager ↔ Delivery Manager
↓
Program Manager
↓
Head of Delivery, Head of PMO, Head of Department

9. Thank you!
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10. Q/A