Senior Associate Project Manager

Company description Digitas is the global Marketing & Technology Services brand and part of the Publicis Groupe. Digitas Connected Marketing Agency proposition is based on the principle that there are better ways for brands to connect with people and people with each other. Leveraging comprehensive data, technology, creative, media and strategy capabilities and a proprietary planning process called North, Digitas delivers ambitious outcomes via connected practices that include Creative + Media Campaigns, Brand Experiences, CRM & Loyalty and Marketing Transformation. A Gartner Magic Quadrant Global Marketing Agency Leader for five consecutive years, Digitas serves the world s leading brands through a global network comprised of more than 4,000 employees across over 30 countries and 50 offices. For more information visit www.digitas.com, where everything connects. https://linktr.ee/digitas_india Overview Job Responsibility Take ownership of all key performance parameters to drive the operating revenue margin of all existing customers of the organization - across the following project life stage(s) Project Plan: Create an agile / hybrid project plan & gain sign-off from the client UX: Along with UX Consultants execute stake-holder interviews & present the analysis IA rationale & strategy positioning & explanation Wireframe value proposition to be presented and convince customer to gain sign-off with zero iteration UI: Along with the interaction visual designer execute Design language & tonality rationale & tying-up with Stake holder analysis Rationale & visual design strategy Present visual design FEE: Explain to the mean-stack team of how VD s micro interactions work BEE: Explain to the back-end engineering team of template & component creations in the CMS system & what is the desired outcome Testing: Work closely with the QC team to ensure builds go through all test-cases Sprints: Run multiple sprints for multiple projects Demo: Execute sprint demo s to customer bi-weekly Daily Stand-up: Execute daily stand-up meetings on multiple projects - both externally with customers & internally with all stake holders Business & Technical Analysis May act as a client proxy for agile teams; may also coach and support Product Owner(s) Manage multiple activities/projects under one or more clients Support/provide strategic direction related to processes and resolution paths Support agile teams to groom and refine user stories and acceptance criteria to meet the agile team s definition of Provide well researched POV documents on a variety of solutions related to project work Analyze processes continuously for refinement; execute measures for optimization Project Management Continuously monitor project health via resourcing, profitability and burn Works with clients to define KPI s and meaningful metrics to report project health Works closely with Client Engagement and delivery teams to architect solutions that best meet client requirements Leadership and Team Management Support creation of RFP responses with other teams within Indigo Consulting and new business Create/draft contracts and scopes of Manages internal teams and client relationships in alignment with Client Engagement team Maintain direct client relationships with Product Owners and client management leadership Coach, mentor and manage a solutions delivery team in the creation of business analysis tools/techniques and business requirements (i.e. user story mapping, process maps, rules matrices, mockups, textual requirements, user stories ) Serve as a key point of contact and liaison for cross-divisional teams, agency peers and management Support scoping and estimation exercises with Client Engagement teams Work with other PMs in the team for resource allocation Allocating tasks within project management tool such as JIRA Perform budgeting and timelines exercise to support pre-sales for existing and new business Required Skills & Experience Must have delivered at least 2 large projects in .NET, Java or Open Source (Drupal) platforms in the last 1 year Master of agile software development methodologies, amongst other methodologies Experience in running or working with agile teams (preferably Scrum) Understanding of business requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria Ability to provide proactive and assertive leadership in problem solving, managing financial success of projects, maintaining timelines, and reducing waste Strong interpersonal skills and able to resolve conflict with productive outcomes Ability to effectively work across departments with diplomacy and a firm understanding of other s roles and perspectives Ability to manage multiple work-streams (projects) effectively and Ability to view problems in context at the system level and align solutions with the strategic direction of our clients and company Experience with multiple application lifecycle management solutions Proactive, adaptable, and flexible Life-long learner, demonstrated commitment to continuous improvement Strong attention to detail Demonstrable ability to operate under tight deadline with complex business/technical solutions Ability to manage workload with minimal supervision Excellent written and verbal communication skills Sound knowledge of software engineering, UI and UX Ability to communicate effectively in both technical and non-technical terms Expert in PM tools (JIRA ) Expert in technical documentation (FSDs, BRDs & Use-cases) 4-6 years experience in delivery management of deep-tech, complex and large-scale digital projects Capability and proven experience of managing 3-4 delivery projects Delivery experience of fixed Price project management, with SLA s and mile-stone based delivery Well-versed with quality assurance (QA) processes & tools Outstanding communication skills, both oral and written, and both technical and non- technical, and the ability to work with a diverse group of individuals in a professional and service-oriented manner Preferred Qualification Bachelor s degree in business administration, computer science, computer information systems, marketing, or equivalent experience Certification for or extensive experience of JIRA and Confluence Track Record & Requirements Highly Process Driven Champion in automated project management (Jira and Confluence) Strong work ethic Clear Communicator Detail oriented Collaborator & Contributor Minimum 1/ 4/ 8 years of relevant industry experience in software engineering projects / Web Technology Projects (Web site development & AMC s / Mobile Applications / Content Management System (CMS) implementation / Microservices Development) Mandatory experience of at least 3 years in digital project delivery and BA roles, across multiple technology platforms Prior exposure to Enterprise Architecture, IT Infrastructure, CMMI, ITIL, Agile standard concepts, practices and procedures Prior exposure to multiple customers with complex IT & Digital landscape and highly agile business requirement Persuasive & passionate High work integrity, Strong communication & interpersonal skills for effective stakeholder management Certifications Relevant Project Management / Agile Methodology / Technology / Architecture Certifications will be an added advantage to the