IT Project Manager

The Technical Project Manager in the PitchBook Product Program Management team is a leader who is comfortable functioning in a dynamic and global environment. You will work closely with the product owners and the different technology and business leads across Morningstar to pursue/implement cross team technical projects. You will be well versed with Agile methodologies and various Scrum ceremonies like Sprint planning, daily stand ups and Sprint reviews. You will be a top performer who is prepared to think critically throughout the project management cycle, teach others the fundamentals of project management, and continuously seek improvements and efficiencies wherever possible during the data collection process. This position is based in our Mumbai office.

Responsibilities:

+ Conceptualize, define, and manage technology projects from end-to-end, working closely with the development and business teams

+ Participate in estimations with tech and business teams and draft it using standard templates

+ Communicate and track the project progress to cross-functional teams, ensuring its overall success

+ Ensure progress of multiple projects against schedule, within budget and to high quality standards

+ Define, manage, and improve the development process

+ Mentor/educate team members and peers in project management methods and best practices

+ Manage and drive change where needed to core operational processes, dynamically reacting to evolving client needs and competing priorities

+ Manage each major and minor platform release worldwide, then collect and share valuable lessons learned

+ Help global teams to juggle schedules and resources

+ Effectively communicate objectives and updates to all key stakeholders

Requirements :
+ Overall experience of around 8-10 years with minimum of five years in large scale system project management

+ Should be able to mentor/coach teams on Agile-Scrum methodology

+ Should be good at handling multiple projects and multitasking

+ Hands on in reporting the fortnightly, monthly project status to the stakeholders

+ Self-starter, comfortable with implementing and executing Agile development processes and accepting responsibility for seeing projects through to completion

+ Previous responsibility as a technical lead or development manager as a consultant is highly desirable

+ Very comfortable dealing with code, batch scripts, databases, and servers

+ Strong domain knowledge

+ Strong communication, interpersonal, analytical, and management skills.