Primary Responsibilities

• Manage and lead IT projects utilizing industry standards, and best practices and following processes outlined by the Project Management Office (PMO)

• Serve as a liaison between the business, technology, and delivery organization

• Foster seamless communication and collaboration between technical and non-technical and business teams.

• Host and communicate weekly status meeting with project stakeholders.

• Ensure project plan, status, timelines are maintained and managed through appropriate PMO tool.

• Collaborating with Technology and Operations teams to establish project goals, scope, roadmap, milestones, and deliverables.

• Develop, analyze, and meticulously manage project plans, schedules, status reporting, and resource forecasts.

• Follow a standard set of practices that ensure the integrity and quality of project artifacts.

• Identify and mitigate risks and issues that may impact program success

• Risk Management: Collaborating, identifying, and tracking all dependencies and risks (technical and non-technical) and exploring mitigation strategies aligned with the delivery plan. Escalating where necessary, providing all information required for senior management to make prioritization decisions. Responsible for end-to-end process.

• Infrastructure / Environment: Ensuring necessary infrastructure and environments are sourced, set up and made available to support various iterations of testing.

• Ensuring project documentation is complete, current, and stored appropriately as per the process.

What you need to have:

• A Self-starter, high-energy and pro-active personality who likes to take accountability and independently runs projects

• 3-5 years of proven project management experience managing large and complex technical projects, including application development and infrastructure implementations.

• Extensive knowledge of project management standards, processes, procedures, and guidelines

• Functional knowledge and experience in implementing large and complex solutions either related to software, data, or Infrastructure programs and projects is required

• Must have experience and knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle and various delivery methodologies like Waterfall and Agile as well as SCRUM framework is a MUST

• Excellent communication, presentation, change management, stakeholder management, and influencer skills

• Excellent analysis, problem-solving, team, conflict management, and time management skills

• Must be able to manage multiple and concurrent cross-functional project(s) from conception through completion.

• Must have high proficiency with the Microsoft Office Suite applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project, etc.).

• Must have strong analytical, verbal, and written communication skills.

• Must have strong interpersonal skills.

• Must have excellent time management skills to handle multiple assignments and competing priorities.

• Must be able to work independently.

• Must have the ability to explain complex concepts/issues in simple terms.

• Proven analytical, problem-solving, decision-making, and prioritization skills

• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) preferred.

• Familiarity with Project management tools such as Azure DevOps, Clarity®