Assistant Vice President - Project Management Office ( PMO)

Genpact (NYSE: G) is a global professional services and solutions firm delivering outcomes that shape the future. Our 125,000+ people across 30+ countries are driven by our innate curiosity, entrepreneurial agility, and desire to create lasting value for clients. Powered by our purpose – the relentless pursuit of a world that works better for people – we serve and transform leading enterprises, including the Fortune Global 500, with our deep business and industry knowledge, digital operations services, and expertise in data, technology, and AI.

Assistant Vice President- Advisory PMO Director

In this role, you will be part of a team supporting our Advisory Partners to lead and execute strategic projects, ensuring the successful delivery of programs within appropriate governance frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead the PMO team to provide the portfolio with best-in-class services.
• Support programs in set up for success with constructs to aid delivery of program objectives.
• Support programs to have quality business cases including robust costs, benefits, schedules / milestones, scope, business impacts and risk assessment.
• Support programs to have tracking to business cases with ongoing cost and benefit forecasts with tracking in place.
• Embed appropriate project governance processes within each program and ensure programs are adhering to the Transformation Delivery Standard and Policy (TDS) and all other governance standards.
• Recommend and drive actions regarding governance events.
• Identify and escalate key risks and issues for assigned programs, including emerging and delivered risks.
• Ensure cross program dependencies and resource contention issues are being effectively identified, managed and escalated as required.
• Provide insights on quality and delivery issues identified through the reviews and engagements with programs.
• Lead / facilitate working groups and support Steering Committees.
• Review and contribute to all program reporting including coordination of timelines.
• Set up programs in PM Tool and ensure the completion of PM Tool.
• Ensure there is timely, appropriate, and relevant communications sent from the PMO to key stakeholders.
• Implement the necessary program registers to track key decisions, achievements and action items, along with requisition and invoice approvals.
• Play a driving role in the PMO community, driving ongoing uplift.

Qualifications we seek in you!

Minimum Qualifications / Skills

• Bachelor’s degree or Masters/MBA in the either of the following disciplines: business, finance, supply chain, accounting, analytics, engineering, or data management.
• Required relevant years of experience as PMO practitioner and leader.
• Demonstrable expertise in relevant industry and applicable domains.
• Thorough understanding of digital and analytical trends within industry.
• Project management experience and exposure to Agile/Scrum methodologies is an advantage.
• Experience with collaboration and facilitation techniques.
• Knowledge and experience on project planning techniques; financial management, defining PMO operating model, governance structures and frameworks within a project, program or portfolio; resource management and costs, scheduling and quality management.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office – Excel, PowerPoint, Word.
• Excellent problem solver, hyper logical and goal-oriented thinker.
• Excellent communication & interpersonal skills – verbal and written.
• Excellent presentation skills – in person & virtually.
• Ability to work effectively in team environments.
• Able to create & maintain relationship easily.
• Ability to thrive in ambiguity.

Preferred Qualifications/ Skills

• Accountability - Taking action to ensure obligations are met, holding self and others accountable for behaviours and outcomes.
• Works in collaboration with others to achieve shared goals.
• Analysis & Problem Solving.
• Stakeholder Management, becoming a trusted advisor.
• Structured and organised approach.
• Positively influences and negotiates with others.
• Communicates Effectively - Clearly present ideas and information to others, both written and orally, team player and strong interpersonal skills.
• Enthusiastic to play a key driving role in Transformation. Understands performance outcomes and measures for key Program goals.
• Ability to work at pace and with accuracy

Genpact is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, age, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, military/veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws.