Senior Project Manager

15 years

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Job Description

Senior PMO Team Lead – 15+ years, Pune/Mumbai


Position Overview

Senior PMO Team Lead


Key Responsibilities

Leadership & Team Management

  • Lead, mentor, and manage a PMO operations team, ensuring consistent, high-quality delivery across all PMO functions.
  • Set team goals, oversee performance, and manage capacity planning and workload allocation.
  • Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and service excellence.

Client Management & Stakeholder Engagement

  • Serve as the primary PMO operations point of contact for client stakeholders.
  • Build strong client relationships, understand business needs, and ensure PMO services align with client expectations.
  • Manage escalations, conduct regular status reviews, and provide proactive updates and insights.
  • Ensure timely issue resolution and maintain high client satisfaction levels.

PMO Governance & Project Controls

  • Oversee project gating, lifecycle governance, and adherence to PMO processes and compliance standards.
  • Ensure quality of project documentation, governance artifacts, and audit readiness.
  • Track and report on portfolio-level compliance, risks, and delivery health.

Tool & Platform Administration

  • Manage

    Clarity PPM

    administration including project setup, structures, allocations, timesheets, and workflows.
  • Oversee

    Jira administration

    , including workflow configuration, permissions, boards, and tool optimization.
  • Maintain data accuracy, enforce standards, and drive best practices across PMO tools.

User Access Management

  • Govern user provisioning, deprovisioning, and periodic access reviews for Clarity, Jira, shared mailboxes, and associated systems.
  • Ensure compliance with internal security standards and audit requirements.

Operational Support & Monitoring

  • Oversee PMO shared mailbox operations ensuring timely triage, responses, and SLA adherence.
  • Act as escalation point for tool incidents, operational issues, and process gaps.

Reporting & Dashboarding

  • Lead creation and enhancement of dashboards, KPIs, metrics, and executive-level reporting.
  • Ensure accuracy, consistency, and automation across reporting workflows.
  • Provide insights and trend analysis to support client leadership in decision-making.

Continuous Improvement

  • Identify operational inefficiencies and drive enhancements to PMO processes, reporting, and tools.
  • Lead initiatives aimed at increasing PMO maturity and operational excellence.


Qualifications & Experience

  • 15+ years of experience

    in PMO operations, governance, and portfolio management.
  • 5–7+ years of team leadership experience

    in PMO or program operations roles.
  • Mandatory hands-on experience

    with

    Clarity PPM

    and

    Jira

    administration.
  • Strong understanding of project lifecycle governance, gating controls, and PMO standards.
  • Advanced skills in reporting and dashboards (Excel, Power BI, Tableau, or equivalent).
  • Experience in user access management processes and compliance frameworks.
  • Proven ability to manage client relationships, lead discussions, and handle escalations effectively.


Mandatory Certifications

  • PMP (Project Management Professional)

    – Required
  • ITIL Foundation

    – Good to have
  • Agile Certification

    (CSM, SAFe Agilist, PMI-ACP, or equivalent) – Good to have

(Additional PMO, Agile, or tool-specific certifications are a plus.)


Soft Skills

  • Strong client management and stakeholder communication skills.
  • Excellent leadership, negotiation, and conflict-resolution abilities.
  • High attention to detail and strong process orientation.
  • Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple priorities concurrently.
  • Analytical mindset with a continuous improvement focus.

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