Project Manager II

• Program Planning: Spearhead Monthly & Quarterly program delivery planning, collaborating seamlessly with Cross-Cluster and customer teams.
• Agile Execution: Drive Agile Execution in coordination with Cross-Cluster teams & customers, ensuring alignment with program objectives.
• Cadence Facilitation: Facilitate Daily/Weekly Cadences, including Daily Scrum
• Stand-ups and Scrum of Scrums, ensuring effective communication and collaboration within the unit.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Product Management, Engineering, Business Development and
• Customer Success, to ensure seamless execution of programs.
• Defect Triage Leadership: Lead Defect Triage meetups both internally and externally with the customer, actively contributing to issue resolution.
• Governance Meetings: Actively drive and contribute to weekly governance meetings, both internal and external, providing insights and updates through frameworks and scalable processes set in place.
• SDLC Process Adherence: Adhere to and reinforce SDLC processes, ensuring consistency and compliance throughout the project lifecycle.
• Retrospectives: Drive sprint and release retrospective meetups, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and learning.
• Risk Management: Proactively identify and amplify risks, enabling decision-makers in effective Risk Mitigation strategies. Additionally, monitor and manage risks through a risk register, ensuring timely and effective resolution of issues.


• Collaborative Leadership: Foster collaboration and coordination with cross-functional teams, ensuring a unified approach to program objectives.
• Client Engagement: Engage externally with clients, ensuring their active involvement in decision-making processes.
• Continuous Improvement: Actively seek opportunities for process improvement, efficiency enhancements, and improvements in effort utilizations of the team members through innovative solutions and scalable processes in place.
• Decision Support: Provide decision support by presenting comprehensive insights and data to key stakeholders.
• Documentation and Reporting: Maintain accurate documentation of release-related activities, schedules and provide regular reports to stakeholders.

Skills

• Program Milestones: Ability to define strategic program milestones, providing a clear roadmap for execution and achievement.
• Execution Oversight: Ensure effective execution of program milestones, maintaining a focus on program objectives and timelines.
• Multiple Project Management: Experience in managing multiple projects concurrently, demonstrating excellent multitasking and organizational skills.
• Agile Knowledge: Knowledge of Scrum and Agile methodologies will be a significant advantage, contributing to efficient program delivery.
• Customer Liaison: Ability to build strong relationships and successfully engage with customers, ensuring alignment with program goals and expectations.
• Program Management Tools: Proficiency in program management tools, with a preference for experience with Jira and Confluence.
• Agile Collaboration: Demonstrated experience in breaking down problems, organizing work, planning activities, and delivering programs, particularly in liaison with TPMs (Technical Program Managers) in agile delivery models.
• Independent Operation: Demonstrated ability to operate with independence and autonomy, showcasing leadership and decision-making capabilities.
• Communication Skills: Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, to convey complex program details and updates effectively.
• Agility and Adaptability: Ability to adapt to changing circumstances, ensuring flexibility in program management approaches.
• Analytical Thinking: Possess a strong analytical mindset, with a demonstrated ability to break down complex problems into manageable components.
• Process Enhancement: Drive continuous improvement in program management processes, identifying areas for optimization and efficiency.
• Results Orientation: Maintain a results-driven approach, ensuring the successful delivery of programs aligned with organizational objectives.

Experience & Qualifications:

• Experience Landscape: 2-3 years of experience in Program Management.
• Education/ Pedigree: B.Tech