It Delivery Manager

Job Description:

Role: IT Delivery Lead

Location: Chennai/ Hyderabad/ Bangalore

Job Description:

Currently seeking an Agile and Waterfall IT Delivery Lead/Project Manager within the Informatics department. This Delivery Lead/Project Manager will work independently within guidelines, be responsible for initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing application and system implementation projects using a formal project management process.  Work will consist of a mix of complex and medium-sized projects.

Essential Company Duties and Responsibilities:

Create and maintain detailed work plan and schedule for agile and / or waterfall projects Coordinate with resource managers to ensure the teams have provided the appropriate resources with available capacity to perform the work expected for the project 

Track all project financials (budget, actuals, forecast, earned value)

Track,  manage and escalate all risks, actions/changes, issues and decisions in appropriate project logs

Facilitate all project change requests and coordinate approvals

Coordinate and participate in all projects related meetings

Prepare and communicate weekly detailed project status 

Adhere to project governance policies, procedures, and methodologies

Responsible for ensuring all project artifacts/deliverables/approvals are obtained and stored in the project documentation repository within defined project deadlines

Top Three Required skills /Experience:

Strong  Agile Project Management skills.  Excellent analytical, logical reasoning, organizational, verbal and written communication skills and attention to details a must.   

Must be able to exhibit in relation to data integration and management experience with, Data Integration and Management solutions

Excellent consultative skills and must demonstrate ability to understand business needs, identify solutions based on those needs and build relationship with business partners and IT team.  Self-starter and independent.  Willing to do what it takes.

Required Skills/Experience: 

Proven experience managing projects at various levels of complexity using different project management methodologies 

Excellent analytical, logical reasoning, organizational, verbal and written communication skills and attention to details a must.  Must be able to exhibit in relation to data integration and management

Must demonstrate ability to understand business needs, identify solutions based on those needs and build relationship with business partners and IT team

Experience leading a matrix project team to define, establish, and ensure completion of all program milestones while adhering to timelines and budgets

Prior experience with data movement and integration or BI solutions

Experience in creating and managing detailed project plans for small to high complexity projects 

Creates and executes project work plans and revises as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements

Preferred Skills/Experience: 

Prior experience in healthcare or payer industry is preferred 

Distributed application development experience

System Analysis experience preferred MS Project or similar project management tools, MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint and MS Visio Jira

Education/Certifications

Bachelor's Degree in related field preferred

Experience in a delivery and consulting role leading data movement and integration related initiatives (system integration, data warehouse build, data mart build, or similar) is required PMP certification preferred