Job Description
Job Description – Senior Project Manager – Banking (IBM Integration Projects)
Experience: 15+ Years
Location: Chennai (Onsite)
Duration: Minimum 1 year (extendable)
Domain: Banking
Role Overview
We are looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager with 15+ years of experience in delivering complex projects within the Banking domain. The ideal candidate must have strong experience managing IBM Integration projects, with hands-on exposure to IBM App Connect, while leading multiple projects, driving project governance, coordinating cross-functional teams and vendors, and delivering executive-level reporting.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and manage multiple banking projects simultaneously, ensuring successful delivery within scope, timeline, budget, and quality.
- Manage end-to-end IBM Integration projects, ensuring seamless integration across enterprise applications and banking systems.
- Work closely with technical teams on IBM App Connect implementation, integration planning, deployment, and issue resolution.
- Define project plans, schedules, milestones, and resource allocation to ensure effective project execution.
- Establish and drive project governance, including project reviews, risk management, issue tracking, and executive reporting.
- Coordinate with business stakeholders, technical teams, vendors, and third-party partners to ensure successful project delivery.
- Monitor project milestones, dependencies, risks, and escalations, taking proactive actions to ensure timely delivery.
- Prepare and present project dashboards, MIS reports, executive summaries, and Steering Committee presentations.
- Ensure effective communication with senior leadership through accurate and timely project reporting.
- Ensure adherence to project management methodologies, organizational standards, and quality processes.
- Maintain comprehensive project documentation throughout the project lifecycle and drive continuous process improvements.
Required Skills
- 15+ years of Project Management experience, with significant experience in the Banking domain.
- Mandatory experience managing IBM Integration projects.
- Mandatory hands-on experience working with IBM App Connect (IBM App Connect Enterprise/ACE).
- Proven experience managing multiple large-scale projects simultaneously.
- Strong expertise in project governance, stakeholder management, and executive reporting.
- Experience in milestone planning, project scheduling, vendor management, and dependency tracking.
- Excellent leadership, communication, negotiation, and presentation skills.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint for dashboards, reporting, and executive presentations.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities.
Preferred Skills
- Knowledge of IBM Integration Bus (IIB), IBM MQ, API integrations, or enterprise integration platforms is an added advantage.
- PMP, PRINCE2, Agile, Scrum Master, or equivalent Project Management certification.
Key Competencies
- Project & Program Management
- Banking Domain Expertise
- IBM Integration Project Delivery
- IBM App Connect (ACE)
- Project Governance & Executive Reporting
- Stakeholder & Vendor Management
- Risk & Issue Management
- Milestone Planning & Tracking
- Cross-functional Team Leadership
- Advanced Microsoft Excel & PowerPoint
Skills: ibm app connect enterprise,ace,project management,pmp,ibm integration,api,ibm,iib,powerpoint,price2,banking,ibm mq,milestone,microsoft excel,integration
