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Project Manager II-Lead Cutover Manager

Project Manager II-Lead Cutover Manager

UST Global

12 - 15 years

6 - 7 Lacs

thiruvananthapuram

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Skills Required

management portfolio model communication empathy risk strategy governance metrics software mentoring engagement engineering schedule stability effectiveness analysis prioritization drive design traceability planning estimation service development analyze constraints strategies estimate report escalation test support integration testing triage configuration audits tooling compliance research technology upgrading pricing licensing content contracts automation assessment reporting agile data deployment sap jira collaboration confluence powerpoint sharepoint excel gitlab jenkins azure devops power agility

Work Mode

On-site

Job Type

Part Time

Job Description

12 - 15 Years

1 Opening

Trivandrum

Role description

Role Proficiency:

Perform end-to-end management of a single or portfolio of projects with TCV 500K - $1Mn in deliverables based or outcome-based model by delivering the agreed scope within the agreed timelines and cost. Fully ensuring the success and acceptance criteria of the project are met and customer satisfaction is enhanced.

Outcomes:

Identify key stakeholders to ensure establishing and maintaining positive business relationships among stakeholders (internal or external)

Maintain regular communication with customer / partner / supplier; addressing needs through empathy with their environment

Define activities responsibilities critical milestones resources skills needs interfaces and budget. Optimize costs and time utilization minimise waste and deliver projects on time and 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; developing contingency plans.

Define and implement the governance model as per the project needs

Plan and implement metrics driven management model and quantitatively assess the project health

Orchestrate projects to develop or implement new internal or externally defined processes to meet identified business needs.

Effective implementation of software delivery methodologies and instil customer’s confidence

Build manage and nurture high performing teams providing individual and team mentoring ensuring high levels of team engagement and developing capabilities within team ensuring seamless communication and resolving conflicts

Adopt and build software engineering best practices which can be leveraged by other teams

Measures of Outcomes:

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

Outputs Expected:

Scope Management :

Conduct requirements analysis
requirements elicitation scope control and scope prioritization based on customer needs and scope change management

Drive the creation of common standards such as design documents
traceability matrix bridge documents analysis methodologies and solution artefacts

Partner with the customer to define their requirements / elicit requirements from solution envisioning workshop

Manage customers expectations by pre- planning deliverables like wireframes
prototypes demos MVPs etc

Conduct impact analysis of any scope changes across phases and negotiate with the customer for scope prioritization

Estimation and Resource Planning:

Consolidate estimates at a solution level
evaluate risks and validate estimates from a technical standpoint assumptions and defining scope and boundaries

Review
validate and negotiate estimates across service lines

Conduct resource planning (pyramid
people development) at a project level based on project requirements

Conduct impact analysis for changes and analyze corresponding impact to overall estimates and resource loading

Identify the different roles and skills for each role
considering the constraints pre-requisites and other project specific KPIs

Project/ Schedule Management:

Identify and plan the end-end activities required to meet the project acceptance criteria

Plan and manage multiple small/ medium size projects/ modules as defined within UST

Identify risks and mitigation strategies and implement the same to manage simple
small or medium size projects/ modules

Anticipate items that cause schedule delays
schedule dependencies and manage them following the proper risk management plan

Identify options to fast track the schedule and plans to implement the same

Estimate the work
plan and track the activities closely and report the progress on a regular basis

Risk/Issue management:

Proactively identify any dependencies that might impact the project KPIs
facilitate agreement with dependency owners and closely track them on the plan

Identify and closely track the risks in the project and follow escalation path

Document the risks and issues in the project
communicate them to all relevant stakeholders and closely track the impact

Stakeholder Management:

Identify the internal and external stakeholders on the project

Define the RACIA chart and communicate the roles/responsibilities to the stakeholders

Define the communication plan and implement the same

Ensures that stakeholder needs
concerns or complaints are understood and addressed

Test and Defect Management :

Ensure the test approach is defined and agreed for the project

Support system integration testing (functional / technical)

Review/mentor team during test execution

Support defining the test strategy and scenarios

Understand the business impact of defects

Prioritize the defects based on their criticality and severity

Participate in defect triage meetings

Identify and analyse root cause of defects

Interpret the results

Configuration Management:

Ensure and drive the process within the scope of the project

Provide information / articulate / demonstrate work during configuration audits and implement corrective action

Software Development Process Tools & Techniques:

Define/adopt the right tooling strategy for the project

Independently guide the team to develop efficient and high-quality work products

Meet project goals
ensure process compliance and mentor the team

Governance:

Create continuous quality improvement plan

Define QA processes / plan

Tailor organization's quality guidelines and benchmarks to meet specific project quality requirements and processes

Identify root causes and implement necessary preventive/corrective actions to proactively address challenges that might impact project KPIs

Domain / Industry Knowledge:

Guide team members to conduct research to keep abreast of the key business environment and competitive landscape

Understand how the proposed solution meets client requirements

Identify the key industry parameters to achieve market sensing

Technology Concepts:

Understand customer's technology landscape

Map business requirements to technology requirements

Set expectations with the customer

Leverage that knowledge in day-to-day work or upgrading skills of the team

Provide inputs on potential areas of opportunity for UST

Profitability Management:

Analyse profitability for project

Create profitability sheet based on resource plan

Modify parameters in the profitability sheet and identify impact on margins

Carry out basic deal pricing

Apply project principles for improving the project profitability

Pricing & Licensing Models:

Define the pricing models for medium complex projects

Conduct estimation for complex projects viz. FP / value-based pricing
etc.

Understand pricing strategies and business models of relevant products
solutions or associated services

Review simple proposals

Knowledge Management (KM):

Establish a KM plan and platform that can be leveraged by new joiners to the project

Establish a platform to enable knowledge sharing among the project team members

Ensure that the learnings from the project are contributed to the KM repository

Ensure that the organization level KM Platforms (platform and content) is enabled for consumption by the project

Account Management Processes and Tools:

Comply with account management activities and drive towards the account management KPIs relevant for the project

Ability to write contracts in a language mitigating potential risks.

Collaborate with other projects and enabling functions to deliver value to UST and to the customer in terms of ideas
automation etc

Solution Structuring:

Present the proposed solution to the customer highlighting the solution benefits and road map to achieve

Understand the end in mind and define Win Themes. Carve out simple solution / POC to build confidence in the solution

Review the proposal for completeness

Self-Development and Organizational initiatives:

Review other project artefacts with health assessment

Actively participate in forums like PM forums and share best practices and learnings from own projects

Adopt learnings and reusable methodologies/tools from other projects to improve productivity and quality

Constantly enhance knowledge and implement the same to leverage the best software engineering methodologies
concepts automation etc

Team Development:

Implement a framework to assess the skill level of the team and work with the team to define a skill enhancement plan

Nurture the innovation potential within the team and harness it to positively impact the project outcomes

Provide feedback and enable the team to perform independently and grow

Identify the career aspirations of the team members and guide/coach them to define a development plan to achieve the same

Skill Examples:

Impact and Influence

Relationship building

Project strategy planning

Identify project risks and define action plans to manage

Define a project plan by breaking it down into individual project tasks

Communicate project progress to all relevant parties reporting on topics such as cost control schedule achievements quality control risk avoidance and changes to project specifications

Delegate tasks and manage team member contributions appropriately

Manage external contracted resources to achieve project objectives

Optimize project portfolio timelines and delivery objectives by achieving consensus on stakeholder priorities

Assess the project heath using quantitative measures and change the course of action as needed

Conflict management within the team and with external stakeholders

Collaborate with different techno-functional teams within own and customer organization to ensure the right standards and practices are implemented

Knowledge Examples:

A project methodology including approaches to define project steps and tools to set up action plans
- Technologies to be implemented within the project
- Company business strategy and business processes
- Development and compliance with financial plans and budgets
- IPR principles and regulation
- Structured project management methodologies (e.g. agile techniques)
- Estimation techniques
- Metrics analysis and quantitative management
- Root cause analysis
- People management including goal setting growth aspects and coaching
- Understanding of the quality and governance models of UST and the customer; aligning the deliverables to meet those standards
Additional Comments:

Lead Cutover Manager Activities: • Create & maintain project/programme cutover plan frameworks, processes and governance • Own relationships and coordinate work between different teams at different locations • Manager cutover resource plans, resource allocations and forward planning of resource requirements • Plan detailed execution (resources, environments, integration, data etc) • Execute in real time cutover plan in all test environments and production in line with release schedule • Execute exceptions as agreed by Enterprise Release Lead • Lead Release Readiness reviews, Milestone reviews, Business Go/No-go reviews and CAB meetings • Lead and coordinate the Go-Live activities including the execution of the deployment Plans and checklists. Skills needed: • Proven test environment, testing and cutover management experience • Proven experience of working with extensive technical architectures (inc SAP) across complex environments. • Proven ability to deliver changes on time and to budget • Knowledge of waterfall and agile software development lifecycles and methodologies • Experienced People Leader who can develop and support individuals within the team, to help them towards achieving their aspirations. Tech Skills • Planning – Jira • Collaboration – MS Teams, MS Office, Confluence, Miro, Powerpoint, Sharepoint • Service Now • Analysis – Excel • Gitlab, Jenkins, Azure DevOps • Portfolio Management • Reporting – Power BI

Skills

Release Management,Release Planning,Release Strategy,Release Train

About UST

UST is a global digital transformation solutions provider. For more than 20 years, UST has worked side by side with the world’s best companies to make a real impact through transformation. Powered by technology, inspired by people and led by purpose, UST partners with their clients from design to operation. With deep domain expertise and a future-proof philosophy, UST embeds innovation and agility into their clients’ organizations. With over 30,000 employees in 30 countries, UST builds for boundless impact—touching billions of lives in the process.

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