As an, you will provide technical and consultative guidance for solutions opportunities on a range of complex engagements and deliver technical architectural design, strategies and solutions for engagements.
Relying on extensive knowledge and advanced leadership skills, the Program Manager has the following responsibilities:
- Set standards for project management, methodologies, success measurement, and tools for delivering consulting projects in hybrid model (onshore/offshore).
- Drive the adoption of tools and best practices for efficient, rapid, and predictable program execution using contemporary tools and practices such as PMI, Agile, SCRUM , SAFE
- Execute change management, vendor management and resource allocation program across the consulting unit
- Develop and Implement standards for training of project managers, manage and improve project management systems and reporting to measure and report on project status including: progress, business benefit, expense, overall status and success factors against plan
- Manage the risk, issue, and change resolution process and work with other groups/geos/project teams to take corrective action as necessary, oversee project team members for the delivery of projects/programs on time, within scope and on budget
Essential Requirements:
- 15+ years’ work experience in Transformation/program management and managing large/mid-sized information technology projects through Agile and/or Waterfall
- Strong experience in managing Consulting project thorough Agile delivery experience as practitioner/coach, exposure to New Areas viz Gen AI,Telco/Edge, Cybersecurity
- Exceptional project management skills within matrix environment and a solid foundation in business process management, tool based project management and optimization – excellent understanding of the core competencies: scope, estimate, time, budget, risk, quality, integration, resource management, and communications
- Able to manage cross geo, multifunctional teams to deliver desired outcomes, experience managing key customer stakeholders to ensure project and delivery alignment.
- Strong industry knowledge of project management principles, but with a demonstrated ability to adapt approaches
- Experience writing RFPs for large projects, experience in PM Tools such as JIRA, MS project, Rally.
Desirable Requirements:
- Good understanding of latest technology trends and ecosystems such as Cloud Native, Big Data, DevOps etc.
- Project management certifications (PMI, Agile, SCRUM, SAFE)
20th July 2024