Lead Project Manager

How You'll Help Us Keep Climbing (Overview & Key Responsibilities)

Role Overview

As a Project Manager, you will be involved in building strong relationships with stakeholders, analyse requirements, participate in functional and technical design discussions, and own project quality, timelines and delivery. This role required high creativity and very high propensity to detail to oversee the design, development, implementations and maintenance of the projects.

The candidate must possess excellent leadership skills, and be a proactive solution-oriented individual with strong written and verbal communication skills. Finally, curiosity, outstanding project management best practices, seeing the bigger picture along with attention to detail, and a proven track record of influencing and collaborating across the organization are key qualities required to excel in this role.

Key Responsibilities

• Take full ownership and responsibility for the success of the projects.
• Strong focus on design, planning and execution of the project from concept to production.
• Work seamlessly with engineers, product owners, and strategic partners, ensuring everyone is aligned and informed.
• Building strong relationships within the team and ability to resolve conflicts.
• Efficiently manage people, monitor timelines, and proactively identify and mitigate risks.
• Maintain a relentless focus on execution, ensuring timely and successful delivery while paying meticulous attention to detail.
  
  

What You Need To Succeed (Minimum Qualifications)

• 7+ years of experience in the IT industry with at least 3+ years of project management in an enterprise level.
• Well versed with SDLC processes and have proven experience of delivering enterprise product from concept to production.
• Experience in delivering Agile projects
• Experience in an enterprise technology environment with multiple dependent platforms and shared services.
• Experience in cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure
• Exceptional communications skills is required.
• Strong organizational and facilitation skills, with the ability to take ownership of initiatives, prioritize multiple tasks, and drive projects to meet tight deadlines with minimal supervision.
• Experience working with geographically distributed teams.
• Ability to brainstorm and communicate technology ideas and issues with peers and leadership
• Strong understanding of quality engineering (Manual and automation)
• Exposure and good understanding of CI/CD
• Hand-on experience using Project Management tools such as Microsoft Planner, Microsoft Projects, etc.
  
  

Behavioral Competencies

• Lead initiatives with high accountability, create a collaborative environment with a solution-based approach.
• Serve as a trusted advisor and mentor for the team offering technical advice.
• Ability to communicate with precision, engaging team and stakeholders to build trust and reliable working relationships across cross-functional teams and geographies enabling organizational alignment.
• Ability to set priorities with the team by understanding interdependence, inspiring team members with consistent focus, quality output, and timelines.
• Constantly keep oneself updated on current technology & trends to drive innovative decisions through piloting forward-thinking approaches to complex problems in one's own area of work.
• Inquisitive to understand customer priorities and business challenges while creating value for technical solutions.
  
  

What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)

• Demonstrated ability to understand and articulate the business and technical implications of decisions made.
• Proven leadership with high ownership and a proven track record of building trust and driving results across teams.
• Teamwork: Experience working with geographically distributed teams and navigating the coordination overhead of cross-timezone delivery. Ability to brainstorm and communicate technology ideas and issues with peers and IT management.
• Exposure to AI/ML project delivery strategies are strong pluses.
  
  

About The Company

What started as a humble, little aerial crop-dusting operation called Huff Daland Dusters in 1924 has now grown into the U.S. global airline leader in safety, innovation, reliability, and customer experience. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Delta Air Lines is known for its operational excellence and award-winning customer service.

Poweredby our employees worldwide, Delta has led the airline industry in operational excellence for a decade while maintaining our reputation for award-winning customer service. With our mission of connecting the people and cultures of the globe, Delta strives to foster understanding across a diverse world and serve as a force for social good.

In 2026, Delta Air Lines continued to earn global recognition for its performance, culture and operational excellence. Delta was named to Glassdoor's 2026 Top 100 Best Places to Work list for the ninth time, standing as the only airline recognized. Delta also secured the 11th spot on Fortune's World's Most Admired Companies list, marking its 13th consecutive year earning this distinction. Delta was also recognized by Cirium as the top on-time airline in North America for the fifth consecutive year, underscoring its unwavering commitment to reliability and customer experience.

About The Delta Technology Hub (DTH), Bangalore

The DTH is one of Delta Air Lines investments in world-class business capabilities and technology aimed at transforming how Delta Air Lines operates and provides world-class travel experiences to its customers through innovation and cutting-edge methodologies. By continuously reimagining processes and driving technology-led transformation, the Delta Technology Hub plays a pivotal role in Scripting The Future Of Aviation. The organization is certified by the Great Place to Work Institute (India). The Delta Technology Hub was a finalist for the iVolunteer Awards 2024/2025 in the Leader in Employee Volunteering category. This nomination highlights our remarkable volunteering initiatives and the outstanding practices we implement to encourage and support our employee volunteering program.

For more information, please visit www.deltatechhub.com

Why join

• Technology is a key enabler of the differentiated services that Delta provides. At the DTH, you get the opportunity to work on projects with a significant impact on business outcomes and customer experience.
• Deepen your knowledge by taking part in multifaceted learning and development programs –exposure to extensive internal and partner repositories, institutional affiliations, and industry SIG (Special Interest Groups) partnerships.
• Immerse yourself in an employee-centric culture.
• Develop deep and broad business acumen on airline operations while retaining focus on cutting-edge technology driven solutions.
• Avail a full range of benefits that support you and your family: Medical Insurance, Transportation to and from the DTH office, Complementary Cafeteria Meals, Special Travel opportunities and Travel Privileges, Car Lease Program, Paid time off, Parental Benefits and National Pension Scheme.