Overall 10+ years experience in the industry. 4+ years of working experience as a technical project/programme manager in the information technology sector.
- Strong Data engineering Background.
- Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills.
- In-depth organizational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking skills.
- Ability to work under pressure and tight deadlines with efficient prioritization of tasks / activities, etc.
- Proficiency using JIRA as project management tool.
- Experience in operating with a standard PMO framework is a PLUS.
- CSM Certification.
- Good to have PMP certification.
Responsibilities
- Identify key stakeholders ensuring establishment and maintaining positive business relationships among stakeholders (internal or external)
- Maintain regular communication with customer; addressing needs through empathy with their environment
- Define activities responsibilities critical milestones resources skills needs interfaces and budget. Optimize costs and time utilization minimize waste and deliver projects on time on budget as per the contract and agreed scope with a high-quality result.
- Anticipate all possible risks and manage them by applying the suitable risk management strategy; while developing contingency plans.
- Implement the governance model defined for similar projects
- Track and report project KPIs and analyze project health
- Effective implementation of software delivery methodologies to improve project KPIs
- Provide individual and team mentoring; ensuring high levels of team engagement and developing capabilities within team
- Adopt and build software engineering best practices which can be leveraged by other teams.
- Track metrics/KPIs with efficiency and clarity - e.g. Sprint velocity/team productivity, Planned schedule vs actual, planned effort vs actual, planned cost vs actual, Retention, Requirement stability and effectiveness of scope change management, Product quality (rework effort defect density defect leakage in various phases and number of rejected defects), Risk management index, Adoption of reusable components and artefacts, Customer satisfaction, Team satisfaction
- Ensure planning, monitoring, control and constantly measuring the plan and compare those metrics against the plan.
- Change management Adjust resources to accommodate change
- Develop and implement project management standards (Using JIRA). Ensure that all the project members understand and follow existing standards and processes.
- Create profitability sheet based on resource plan
- Modify parameters within profitability sheet and identify impact on margins
- Define the pricing models for medium complex projects
- Conduct estimation for medium complex projects.
- Monitor, Measure and ensure mitigation of risks involving relevant stakeholders throughout the execution of the project
- Assist in the documentation of user's requirements, development of user stories, estimates and work plans.
- Prepare reports, manuals and other documentation on the status, operation and maintenance of applications.
- Continuously improve project management methodologies (JIRA, Confluence). Provide expertise and consulting to project members especially in team dynamics, team building, group motivation, etc.