Description

Key Responsibilities:

Project Planning & Delivery:

• Lead end-to-end delivery of IT projects using Agile, Waterfall, or Hybrid methodologies.
• Define project scope, objectives, timelines, milestones, and success criteria.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, and resource allocations.
• Monitor project progress and drive timely resolution of issues and blockers.
• Ensure successful deployment, transition, and project closure.

Stakeholder Management:

• Collaborate with business leaders, customers, vendors, and technical teams.
• Facilitate steering committee meetings and governance reviews.
• Manage stakeholder expectations and communicate project status effectively.

Risk & Issue Management:

• Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks and dependencies.
• Manage project issues, escalations, assumptions, and change requests.
• Ensure adherence to organizational governance and compliance standards.

Financial Management:

• Track project budgets, forecasts, and actual expenditures.
• Monitor revenue, margins, and cost performance against plans.
• Ensure efficient utilization of project resources.

Team Leadership:

• Lead cross-functional teams across multiple locations.
• Foster collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Coach team members and support high-performance delivery practices.

Quality & Process Management:

• Ensure adherence to project management methodologies and standards.
• Establish project controls, reporting mechanisms, and quality checkpoints.
• Drive lessons learned and continuous process improvements.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business Administration, or related field.
• 8+ years of IT experience with 3+ years in project management.
• Proven experience managing medium to large-scale IT projects.
• Strong knowledge of Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, and Hybrid delivery models.
• Experience with project management tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, MS Project, or ServiceNow.

Preferred Certifications:

• PMP (Project Management Professional)
• PRINCE2 Practitioner
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
• PMI-ACP
• SAFe Agilist

Required Skills:

• Project Planning & Scheduling
• Budget & Financial Management
• Risk & Issue Management
• Stakeholder Management
• Vendor & Contract Management
• Agile & Scrum Delivery
• Change Management
• Executive Communication
• Negotiation & Influencing Skills
• Leadership & Team Management

Key Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree