Description
Position Title : Project Manager
Location : Delhi-NCR/Hyderabad
Years of Experience : 5-8 years
Mandatory Skills
- Having 3 to 5 years of strong hands-on experience in Project Management in the IT software industry and should have overall experience upto 5 to 8 years.
- Possess recognized project management certifications (such as PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent).
- In-depth knowledge of Software Development methodologies and industry best practices of Agile (Scrum & Kanban) and Waterfall
- Experienced in standardizing, establishing, auditing and tracking engineering metrices and KPIs across product teams.
- Strong analytical skills to translate data from engineering metrices and charts (burn down, sprint report etc.) into actionable insights for process, productivity and efficiency enhancements.
- Proven organizational skills of owning and proactively managing impediments, issues, risk, challenges, escalations, dependencies, change management and root-cause based problem resolution by aligning corrective & preventive action.
- Experienced in implementing a strategically quality-conscious approach for the continuous improvement of engineering processes and practices through a gap-analysis, supported by data-driven conclusions.
- Proficient in Agile tools like JIRA, Confluence and other industry-standard tools like SharedPoint, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Publish various project management and status reports to businesses per established frequency
- Ability to optimize and automate various structured data storage formats to remove data redundancy
- Excellent ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with team, cross-teams, internal & external stakeholders.
- Proficient in English with strong verbal and written communication skills
Good To Have
- Prior background of Dev/QA/BA role would be preferred.
- Exposure to track multiple teams and organizational initiatives.
- Experience in automating existing reports using Power BI reporting will be an added advantage.
- Experience of onshore/offshore based team collaboration, execution & tracking of engineering deliverables.
- Experience of interfacing and handling of international clients situated in the US and Europe region.
- Experience of awareness and usage of standard AI Tolls like Co-Pilot would be an added :
- End-to-End project workflow visibility : Understand project lifecycle, business attribute workflow and its phases for sourcing and recording data points in standard structured format to visualize trends.
- Artifact Standardization & Metrics Tracking : Develop and maintain project documentation (charters, roadmaps, sprint backlogs) while tracking KPIs (e.g., velocity, cycle time, defect rates) to measure team performance and project health.
- Quality & Process Improvement : Champion a quality-centric approach by analyzing engineering metrics, identifying bottlenecks, and implementing corrective/preventive actions to optimize processes.
- Proactive Risk & Issue Management : Proactively manage risks, escalations, and impediments through structured risk registers, root-cause analysis, and mitigation strategies.
- Tool Proficiency : Utilize Agile tools (JIRA, Confluence) and collaboration platforms (SharePoint) streamline workflows, automate reporting, and eliminate data redundancy.
- Manage Stakeholder Communication : Publish clear, concise project status reports, dashboards, and presentations for stakeholders, ensuring transparency and alignment.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration : Actively collaborate with engineering teams to discuss key areas of improvements, risk and improvements by supporting trends and impacts.
- Lead and manage a PMO team to reciprocate continuous improvement through effective gap analysis while adhering to standard practices.
- Work with stakeholders to adopt changes at team level for effective adherence by serving as a Change agent
Education
B.E. / B. Tech, M. Tech / MCA full time from a recognized University.
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