CLOUDSUFI - Technical Program Manager - Agile Methodologies (12-15 yrs)

Required Experience :

- Minimum 12+ years of experience in IT industry with focus on solution for Digital Transformations and Industry 4.0

- Experience of managing digital transformation programs for mid-large organizations with focus on

Data, AI, IOT, Robotics and GenAI, with proven track record of delivery projects to time, cost and quality.

- Hands-on experience in open-source software development and cloud native technologies especially on GCP tech stack

- Experience of delivery projects in Middle East region, especially in Saudi Arabia

- Excellent stakeholder management, ability to connect and present to senior leadership team of client

- Must have performed program delivery for a large program of size more than USD 2M annually and grown the account through delivery excellence

- Customer centric approach which includes understanding of expectations/prioritizations of customer needs.

- Must have experience of setting up large teams and work transitioning from onsite teams/ other vendor in a structured and predictable manner

- Hands-on experience of agile project management. Must be conversant in performing all Agile

Ceremonies - Daily Scrum calls, Retro and Demo meeting and Velocity calculation

- Knowledge of SAFE Agile framework an added advantage

- Experience in strategic planning risk management and change management

- Proficiency in project management software tools

- Should be well verse with current technology trends in IT Solutions e.g. Cloud Platform development,

DevOps, Low Code solutions, Intelligent Automation

- Manufacturing or Oil & Gas domain knowledge will be a definite advantage

Job Responsibilities :

- Client delivery assurance: collaborate with all delivery stakeholders involved to ensure fulfillment of all commitments to the client

- Bring out technical/operational challenges/risks during execution, develop action plan for mitigation and aversion of identified risks

- Comply with development processes, documentation templates and tools prescribed by CLOUDSUFI or and its clients

- Work with other teams and Program Managers in the organization and assist them on estimation of tasks for proposals

- Contribute towards the creation of knowledge repository, reusable templates, reports and dashboards

Assign tasks, track deliverables, and remove impediments to team members

- Prepare Progress Reports and Dashboards for monitoring project progress and report to internal/external stakeholders

- Evaluate and assess risks for the project

- Create and maintain delivery best practices and audit the implementation of processes and best practices in the organization

- Provide feedback to team members and be a coach and mentor for them

- Participate in organization development activities time to time-Interviews, CSR/ Employee engagement activities, participation in business events/conferences, implementation of new policies, systems and procedures as decided by Management team

- Non-Technical/ Behavioral competencies required

- Must have worked with large customers in Middle East Region particularly Saudi Arabia

- Written communication, technical articulation, listening and presentation skills (8/10 minimum)

- Should have good conflict management

- Should have superior persuasive and negotiation skills

- Should have demonstrated effective task prioritization, time management and internal/external

stakeholder management skills

- Should be a quick learner, self-starter, go-getter and team player

- Should have experience of working under stringent deadlines in a Matrix organization structure

- Should have demonstrated appreciable Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB) in past organizations