Project Manager

Job Description

Hiring Position: Project Manager                                                                                                     

Experience: 12 to 15+ years

Skills

• Proven working experience in project management
• Should have minimum 3/4 years of project management experience
• Integration project executions is an added advantage
• Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Strong customer, team & stakeholder management
• Strong in team mentorship and guidance and performance evaluation
• Project Management Professional (PMP) / PRINCE II certification is a plus
• Bachelor's Degree in appropriate field of study or equivalent work experience
• Working experience on Java/J2EE technology or any Integration technology experience
• Working experience on integration technology like MuleSoft, Dell Boomi etc is plus
• Should have experience in Agile/Scrum implementation
• Multi domain expertise and working knowledge on other integration tools is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for project success
• Detailed Project Planning
• End to end project initiation, execution, monitoring and controlling and closure
• Applying project management standards, guidelines and tools
• Project deliverable on time with quality and within the planned cost
• SPOC for customer and internal management team and project stakeholders
• Generating dashboard reports, project status reports and MIS reports
• Controlling variances (time, quality, cost and process)
• Effective communication with internal and external stakeholders
• Defining process, process review and process implementation for same
• Ensure best practices are defined and followed in the project
• Define processes for various built activities
• Constantly review the processes and enhance
• Define KPIs for project success aligned to customers expectations
• Measure KPIs and report to stakeholders
• Manage and Control attrition
• Guiding and Mentoring project team
• Arranging necessary effective training to the project team members
• Resource planning, periodic review and performance appraisal
• Adhering to internal and external audit, compliance, policies and guidelines
• Ensure team’s adherence to compliances
• Support pre-sales with estimation, planning and proposal making

Business Skills

• Excellent oral and written communication skills, the ability to clearly and concisely communicate with others.
• Experience with Microsoft Office suite including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio.
• Understanding of business processes for focus areas or multiple modules.
• Ability to do research and perform detailed tasks.
• Strong analytical skills.

Consulting Skills

• Aptitude for working in a team environment; problem-solving skills, creative thinking, communicating clearly and empathetically, strong time management, and ability to collaborate with all levels of staff.  
• Ability to explain ideas and concepts to other project team members and to client personnel.
• Has a solid foundation for consulting “soft” skills necessary for client engagements and may act as a coach for others related to these soft skills.
• Ability to identify upsell opportunities and assist in the management of scope.
• Creates professional relationships with client
• Develop new professional peer relationships for additional business or possible new consultants
• Helps develop overall marketing messages
• Communicates project resource requirements to staffing coordinator/clients
• Ensures quality implementation (works with QA program)
• May participate in Pre-Sales as part of the client pursuit team

Leadership Skills

• Seeks ways to increase the project team effectiveness
• Acts as a mentor to Consultants and Sr. Consultants
• Works well as a member of a team
• Seeks ways to increase their level of contribution and therefore team effectiveness

Personnel Development

• Development of consultants to meet your project’s requirements
• Maintains knowledge of focus area at an expert level (known as the consultant’s consultant)
• Give effective feedback (Immediate and Evaluations)

General Skills/Tasks

• Evaluates and design application and/or technical architectures
• Leads team effort in developing solutions for projects
• Completes assignments within budget, meets project deadlines, makes and keeps sensible commitments to client and team
• Meets billing efficiency targets, and complies with all administrative responsibilities in a timely and effective manner
• Keeps project management appraised of project direction and client concerns
• Understands the client’s business and technical environments
• Regularly prepares status reports
• Effectively manage a single engagement on a detailed level
• Define project scope
• Direct team efforts in developing solutions for mission-critical client needs
• Manage the team responsible for the daily activities of assigned projects
• Ensure project quality, satisfaction, and profitability
• Perform personnel performance evaluations
• Provide personnel performance, development, and education plans
• Refer to the Performance Plan and Job Description documents for additional responsibilities of this position