Project Manager- AGM

Role title: Project Manager

Function: VIBS/ Products, Solutions & Partnerships

Band: M2

Vertical: Connectivity

Reports to: Principal Product Development Manager

Location: Corporate | Mumbai

Role purpose:

• This Project Manager role is vitally important to deliver Enterprise New Products, Capabilities and Compliances till market launch.
• This role requires focused and dedicated efforts to plan, manage and co-ordinate the implementations & execution across multiple functions for Network, Infra, OSS, BSS and products development functional requirements. The goal is to ensure that all programs deliver the desirable outcome to business.

Key accountabilities and decision ownership

[max 5]:

• Formulate, organize and monitor multiple projects to deliver Product or Capabilities within timeline, cost and as per business requirement and share periodic reports
• Using strong business knowledge, technical skills and good judgment to effectively assess risk, develop contingencies, problem solving and determine when to elevate issues.
• Leading cross-functional project teams (which may include NW, IT, CS, Ops, Product Managers, Marketing, Process Designers, Commercials, Regulatory, Finance RA, legal, Partner and Operations), from project onset through product launch & managing expectations.
• Developing an in-depth understanding of assigned portfolio, associated technologies and business processes to ensure sound decision making from project chartering, through design, development and implementation, resulting in market successful products which are reliable & cost-effective.
• Maintaining budget and tracking expenditures/transactions, & work with Commercials for procurement to GRN and Partner contracting.
• Ensure all products being rolled out are compliant to existing regulations, privacy, security policies & organizational Processes (Gating, Destination and TL9000).

Core competencies, knowledge and experience [max 5]:

• Proven experience in managing product/project delivery in a Telco enterprise or at a technology vendor.
• Experience in managing CFT of different disciplines to produce results in a timely manner
• Work in an independent fashion, solve problems, make decisions, and communicate effectively in difficult situations
• Excellent Written and verbal communication skills
• Experience in delivering projects in dynamic, high growth, high-uncertainty, environments

Must have technical / professional qualifications:

• BE/BTech or equivalent
• MBA/Project management Certifications
• Good to have product knowledge of aligned portfolio.

Experience: 8+ Years

Budget owned: NA

Key performance indicators [max 3]:

• Products to be operationally live within 20% variance of the project plan agreed at the time of Gate 2 clearance (Business case, Budgets and relevant vendor contracts in place).
• No. of critical issues on product functionality during Business Simulation to be less than 10% of the total number of test cases agreed with the stakeholders.
• As an outcome of UAT, 85% UAT success with major/ minor defects being excluded.

Direct reports: None

Dotted reports: None