Senior Associate- Project Manager - IT Function Transformation

 

Responsibilities:
Responsible for overall project schedule & planning which includes developing and coordinating realistic project plan, including key milestones, success metrics, and drive project progress
Ability to lead a team of large pool of Technical Architects and Business/ Technical Consultants.
Understand and assess scope, critical paths and dependencies for delivering and shipping digital products and facilitate discussions across all functions & stakeholders Anticipate bottlenecks, identify, assess, track and mitigate issues, risks and work with team members and management to mitigate and escalate as deemed suitable Support project estimation process with key contributors to help define scope and prepare statements of work, including tasks, deliverables, milestones, resources, and estimated costs
Manage all day-to-day administrative activities of a given project from inception to closure such as reviewing timesheets, analyse plan versus actual figures, managing monthly/quarterly financial closing and invoicing.
Maintain regular communication with both the customer and internal teams, and constantly manage customer expectations (also in critical situations or throughout escalations)
Work with third-party subcontractors and technology partners as required
Manage weekly resource planning and financial forecast updates
Contribute to operational best practices by formalizing and/or improving processes and standards

Mandatory skill sets
Excellent problem-solving skills, with a demonstrated ability to identify issues, solve them quickly and
well, and know when to rely on internal resources to assist.
Strong conflict resolution skills
Superb organizational skills to be able to coordinate complicated projects.
Proven technical ability to understand the impact of technical changes, and to articulate high-level
technical solutions to address business problems.
Agile/SCRUM and/or PMI Certification and demonstrated rigor in project management best practices.

*Preferred skill sets
Experience in Project Management methodologies (PMBOK, PRINCE2) and Scrum methodologies
Experience working with IT application development projects will be an advantage
Proven successful project management experience, preferably delivering large enterprise-based
applications and solutions.
Innovative thinker, high attention to detail, and thoroughness

*Educational Qualification
B.E/B.Tech qualification is preferred
MBA is desirable, but not mandatory
Work experience in IT & ITeS/Consulting companies preferred

 

Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)

 

Required Skills