Project Manager

Our Company

Were Hitachi Vantara, the data foundation trusted by the world’s innovators. Our resilient, high-performance data infrastructure means that customers – from banks to theme parks – can focus on achieving the incredible with data.

If you’ve seen the Las Vegas Sphere, you’ve seen just one example of how we empower businesses to automate, optimize, innovate – and wow their customers. Right now, we’re laying the foundation for our next wave of growth. We’re looking for people who love being part of a diverse, global team – and who get excited about making a real-world impact with data.

What you bring to the team

Role: Project Manager

Work Location: Hyderabad

Working hours: Willingness to work in 24x7 & night shifts as required

Primary Responsibilities:
Establish, agree and own the required plans for each assigned engagement, in line with Hitachi Vantara standards and practices.During the proposal phase, pro-actively review all expressed customer requirements and integrate these into the single project plan, ensuring that the project definition and plan are complete with reference to the deliverables, completion criteria, key dates, milestones, effort and cost.Ensure that a full risk assessment is undertaken, a risk register is created and the risks are actively managed throughout delivery. Develop and manage contingency plans as required.Drive the execution process to achieve the defined scope and deliverables to the dates and milestones set and agreed in the plan and contract. Control out-of-scope requests and initiate corrective action either to bring back into scope or to negotiate contract extension or change control.Operate tight controls to monitor and report on progress, specifically recording all costs and effort expended on the project.Report progress to both the customer and Hitachi Vantara line management, getting broad support and buy-in for initiatives, leveraging relationships with key senior players.Provide team leadership to all engagement participants and ensure that a sense of common purpose is developed, and effective relationships exist between all parties.Overall, ensure that all completion milestones are achieved, obtaining customer sign-off and acceptance certification.Manage or participate in any strategic post project reviews, and feedback lessons learned as part of Hitachi process improvement, leveraging deep customer and market insight experiment, innovate and foster the early adoption of new ideas to deliver client value.Ensure that the Hitachi Vantara brand value is enhanced through maintaining high customer satisfaction throughout the project and, where customer policy allows, that the customer can be referenced for the service delivered.Ensure all engagements are appropriately resourced and that resources are assigned within the project management system for time management purposes. Ensure budgeted and planned hours are maintained accurately and time, expense and invoice approvals are dealt with in a timely manner. Folders need to be retained according to published standards to satisfy audits.Identify opportunities for improving existing processes to aid with the continuous improvement of the Project & Program Management Practice through the on-going development of best practices, tools and templates. Make strategic judgements on what will build profitability and make money for the business.Ensure Hitachi Vantara quality and best practices are met by stretching and tapping into the performance of diverse processes, people and teams with a wide range of capabilities.Continually develop personal skills and experience, sharing own knowledge and experience to help the whole team to develop to their maximum potential.Maintain up to date knowledge of all core Hitachi Vantara products and services.Take advantage of all types of available education material to broaden skills and develop agreed areas of specialization.Develop knowledge of industry best practices for specific solution areas.

Other
Work requires willingness to work a flexible schedule and willingness to travel.MeasuresSuccess of all assigned engagements - ability to plan, manage risk and assess complex situations and deliver engagement on time, within budget and meeting expectations.Compliance with time and expense reporting guidelines.Willingness of the wider Hitachi Vantara teams such as Sales to include the Program Manager in future engagements.Usage and development of published Hitachi Vantara service delivery methodology’s, tools, and systems.Billable and Utilisation percentage as a function of time-reporting.Compliance with skills-development plan and rating of ability on the various skill areas, within The Hitachi University.Education:Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in Information Technology or other related technology fields of study.Industry recognized Project and Program Management certifications - Project Management Institute PMP and Managing Successful Programmed Practitioner preferred. Agile Scrum Master certification also desirable.

About us

We’re a global team of innovators. Together, we harness engineering excellence and passion for insight to co-create meaningful solutions to complex challenges. We turn organizations into datadriven leaders that can a make positive impact on their industries and society. If you believe that innovation can inspire the future, this is the place to fulfil your purpose and achieve your potential