Technical Execution Coordinator

Technical Execution Coordinator

Do you thrive on bringing order to complexity, understand how to keep momentum across multiple moving parts, and detect delays before they escalate? Are you a technical-minded operator who enjoys working closely with both technical and product teams? If yes, this is a great opportunity for you!

Optival’s product is a highly modular system composed of various services, technologies, and interfaces, requiring strong technical comprehension and high attention to detail.

We are seeking a highly organized and technically proficient Technical Coordinator to join our Product & Services group. In this role you will manage and streamline the execution of our development sprints. This role is focused on task orchestration, bottleneck resolution, and cross-functional alignment across a large and complex development board.

Who are we?

At Optival, we believe that empowering people with the right information transforms decision-making. Since our founding in 2016, We’ve been growing consistently in the information comparison industry, driven by our commitment to providing innovative solutions to meet the evolving demands of today’s internet landscape.

Our mission extends beyond delivering high-quality information to users and valuable leads to partners — we’re dedicated to creating a workplace where our people thrive. By fostering a balanced, inclusive environment that supports personal aspirations and professional growth, we aim to grow together as individuals and as a company.

Areas of responsibility:

• Maintain and monitor a holistic view of sprint scope, priorities, and task dependencies.
• Identify and resolve bottlenecks in task progress, flagging delays and blockers proactively.
• Analyze and maintain the Jira board, ensuring clarity and up-to-date status.
• Communicate effectively with developers (BE, FE, DevOps, QA) and Product Managers, to understand task context and challenges.
• Provide real-time visibility into development progress via dashboards, daily updates, and structured reports.
• Risk Management: Identify potential risks and proactively suggest mitigation acts.

Requirements

Qualifications and skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Technical Project Management, or a similar field.
• Up to 3 years of experience in managing or coordinating software development tasks in a fast-paced environment.
• Proven experience working with Jira in a complex sprint environment.
• Strong technical understanding (e.g., basic grasp of APIs, CI/CD pipelines, environments, etc.) – you are not required to write code, but you understand how things connect.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to details.
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities and work in a fast-paced environment
• Can juggle multiple tasks at once.
• High-level communication skills – verbal and written.
• Proactive mindset and a go-getter attitude!
• Fluent in English (written and spoken).

What Will Make You Stand Out

• Background in a Scrum Master, Technical Project Manager, or PMO role.
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies and development workflows.
• Previous experience in startup or product-driven tech companies.

Benefits

• Flexible hours (come and go as you please)
• An extra 10 weeks of paid parental leave
• Personal growth budget
• Cibus (Wolt) lunch card
• And more than anything a great opportunity! 🙂