R&D Senior Project Manager

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's or higher engineering degree in Computer Science, or related technical field, or equivalent additional professional experience.
• Should have 15-18 years of overall experience with 5+ years on experience in program or product management with large, geographically distributed teams.
• Extensive experience with Agile and/or SAFe practices with fervor to transform the processes. Good hands-on experience in Java & J2EE with exposure to digital transformation and digital technologies
• Very strong business communication, negotiation and conflict management skills.
• Hands on delivery leadership experience on complex/ high risk projects.
• Strong outcomes focused leadership skills with strong people focus.
• Demonstrated ability to drive change and continuous improvement journeys across delivery Excellence

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience of moving delivery engagements to higher levels of maturity (process/ software engineering and engagement models)
• Consultative and solutions oriented; prior experience of structuring or defining solutions oriented delivery engagements and troubleshooting critical delivery issues.
• Strong communicator with ability to collaborate cross-functionally, build relationships, and achieve broader organizational goals.
• Self-starter, who can take initiatives and get things done.
• Experience of analysis and development with Data Processing platform using Spark.

What you will do

• Responsible for providing product delivery management and leadership for one or more software product delivery engagements.
• Responsible for the realizing delivery outcomes like quality, schedule, cost for product(s)
• Responsible for managing commercials (specifically gross margins).
• Responsible for overall people engagement with direct reporting of PMs/ Leads and next level reporting of delivery team; owns and succession planning for the product.
• Owns and drives delivery and business initiatives for the product.
• Establishes and implements effective program management and delivery governance framework for the product.
• Manages senior stakeholder expectations with clear and timely communication and reporting.
• Ensures delivery health through periodic reviews and by extending proactive support and intervention to reporting project managers/ leads.
• Change agent who drives continuous improvement journeys for delivery excellence, new capability development, efficient operations at the product and (or) the organization level.
• Provides thought leadership in one or more areas across delivery, methodology, technology or business domain.
• Act as a mentor to team and reinforce organizational values and culture

Total Experience Expected: 15-18 years

Graduation