Project Management Professional (PMP)/Scrum Master certification is mandatory.
SAFe certification & Cloud certifications are desirable.
Minimum Experience
14+ years of experience in the Banking/Fintech/IT sector with at-least 4 years of exposure to Mobile & Internet banking projects / programs.
Should have considerable knowledge regarding Project management methodologies (traditional & agile), good acquaintance to Project management tools and Mobile App release mechanisms.
Deep expertise in Scrum, with exposure to one or more scaling frameworks. Certification as a Scrum Master (CSM / PSM / SSM / PMI-ACP) & AWS cloud ( Cloud practinioner/Developer/etc) is preferred.
Strong influencer and a good communicator.
Understanding of software development life cycle.
Knowledge of banking products, digital channels (especially Mobile and Internet Banking) and services
Strong technical background to work with multiple teams across the bank and should be able to understand the application architecture.
Good understnaind of the infra connectivities and third party integrations.
Experience of working in fast paced, challenging environment.
Ensure stakeholder management, clear communication and timely reporting
Good understanding to the technical application security, compliance and audit requirements. Hands-on experience in implementing complex projects/programs.
Experience in coaching and coordinating agile delivery squads to deliver solutions as efficiently as possible
Experience in supporting the product owner in backlog refinement to a level which is acceptable for the team to estimate and deliver
Ability to plan 2 steps ahead of the team and surface hidden risks
Ability to work with business stakeholders to ensure requirements are delivered and to ensure customer satisfaction
Hands on experience as Project Manager - Ability to manage more than one project at a time.
Ability to prepare the Business case, project estimates, cost templates and monitoring throughout the project lifecycle by taking support from relevant stakeholders wherever needed.
Resolve any challenges on projects to enable the teams to deliver on time
Provides report on status of the project under execution, challenges, risk and mitigation plan
Good knowledge regarding monitoring of production release of multiple Mobile/Internet banking features that have dependencies within and outside service lines
Hands on experience in using various Project Management Tools
Experience in Vendor/partner management
Has practical exposure to DevOps (CI/CD) and has worked on cloud and micro-services based projects.