Pmo Manager

Purpose

• Lead the Project Management Office (PMO) function for IT Application Development and Digital Transformation initiatives across Chola MS.
• Establish and drive project governance, delivery standards, resource planning, portfolio management, budgeting, and executive reporting for technology programs.
• Ensure successful execution of application development, cloud transformation, digital initiatives, regulatory projects, and enterprise technology programs within defined timelines, budgets, and quality standards.
• Act as a strategic partner between business stakeholders, technology leadership, project teams, vendors, and delivery functions to maximize business value realization.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish and manage PMO governance frameworks, methodologies, standards, templates, and reporting mechanisms across IT projects.
• Drive portfolio planning, project prioritization, capacity planning, and resource allocation.
• Monitor project schedules, budgets, scope, risks, dependencies, and deliverables across multiple initiatives.
• Develop and maintain enterprise project dashboards, portfolio status reports, and executive MIS.
• Track project health using KPIs, delivery metrics, milestone adherence, budget utilization, and resource productivity measures.
• Facilitate project governance reviews, steering committee meetings, and executive management reviews.
• Drive risk identification, mitigation planning, issue resolution, and dependency tracking.
• Ensure adherence to SDLC, Agile, DevOps, PMO governance, compliance, audit, and regulatory requirements.
• Manage project financials including budgeting, cost tracking, forecasting, and benefit realization.
• Support vendor governance including contract tracking, SLA management, and performance reviews.
• Provide leadership and guidance to Project Managers, Scrum Masters, Business Analysts, and PMO team members.
• Drive Agile governance, sprint reporting, release planning, and delivery tracking.

Technical Requirements

• Bachelors or Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
• 12-15 years of overall experience with at least 8 years in Project Management, Program Management, PMO, or Technology Delivery leadership roles.
• Strong experience managing enterprise IT development projects and digital transformation initiatives.
• Proven experience in PMO setup, governance, portfolio management, and multi-project delivery management.
• Strong understanding of SDLC, Agile, Scrum, Kanban, DevOps, and Waterfall methodologies.
• Expertise in project planning, estimation, budgeting, forecasting, and resource management.
• Strong experience in risk management, issue management, dependency management, and executive reporting.
• Hands-on experience with Jira, AWS DevOps, Microsoft Project, Power BI, Confluence, SharePoint, and Excel.
• Experience managing vendor engagements and delivery partners.
• Experience in BFSI, Insurance, or highly regulated industries preferred.
• PMP, PRINCE2, PMI-ACP, SAFe, Scrum Master, or equivalent certifications preferred.

Desired Personal Qualities and Behavior

• Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and executive reporting abilities.
• Strong analytical and decision-making capabilities.
• Ability to influence business and technology stakeholders at senior leadership levels.
• Strong planning, organization, and execution skills.
• High level of ownership, accountability, and result orientation.Role & responsibilities

Preferred candidate profile