Project Manager

Responsibilities

• Evolve program and project management capabilities, improve delivery of solutions to business clients, and leverage project management knowledge across the Advisory IT organization
• Establish positive and collaborative relationships with customers and demonstrate a clear understanding of both internal and external customer requirements and measurement criteria
• Consult with internal customers on project initiation statements, project definition reports, business cases and benefits realization estimates
• Define project scope; identify, manage & control changes to scope and ensure alignment with product roadmap
• Develop and manage project operating costs, request budget allocation and reallocations and ensure project & program is within budget; develop and maintain project artifacts (stakeholder analysis and status reporting)
• Develop work plans and work programs, including estimates and resource requirements; develop and execute behavioral change management plan to ensure user adoption of new systems and processes
• Develop and maintain project communication plan
• Incorporate industry best practices, conduct internal and external benchmarking, and establish standards, key measures, and metrics
• Schedule daily stand ups, scrums, and other relevant meetings
• Communicate project status and be the project advocate; take responsibility for risk and issue management; integrate and align with other processes and solutions; participate in and facilitate retrospectives/phase reviews to cultivate a learning organization
• Develop and build relationships with business partners, peers, and managers across external teams (Ex. Governance, Risk and Security) to aid in moving projects and programs forward as needed.
• Ability to understand the strategic initiatives of the business partner and act as an advocate for their technology initiatives as it relates to the long-term prospects for the firm as a whole

Qualifications

An Engineering Degree - B.E/B.Tech plus MBA

• 8+ years of Technical Program Management experience in a related industry.
• Strong project management skills with experience in planning, and executing multiple medium-scale projects from definition through implementation, involving internal personnel and consultants with the ability to manage one to three medium risk projects concurrently, including multi-phase, multi-track projects
• Project management/Agile experience that includes application development, package implementation, infrastructure and IT transformation projects
• Comfortable working within an existing IT project governance framework
• Well versed in Microsoft Office suite of applications and experience with using project planning tools, ex. MS Project, Planview, Jira, Confluence, etc.
• Knowledge of full SDLC project management/Agile, software development, and infrastructure deployment methodologies and industry best practices
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and best practices
• Experience building collaborative environments, teaming cultures, and customer service mindset among project teams
• Strong verbal/written communication, with ability to effectively interact with individuals at all levels of responsibility and authority; able to prioritize, delegate and foster the development of high-performance teams to lead/support an environment driven by customer service and team work; strong trouble-shooting and organizational skills and ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously; ability to participate in resource planning processes based on defined organizational plans
• Understanding of Cloud Technologies, preferably Azure, and DevOps a plus
• Reporting and/or dashboarding experience such as Power BI, Tableau, etc. a plus
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification desired