Job Description
Team Leadership & Collaboration:
- Lead cross-functional teams, ensuring clear roles, responsibilities, and communication throughout the project lifecycle.
- Foster a collaborative environment to facilitate team cooperation, knowledge sharing, and problem-solving.
- Provide guidance and support to team members to ensure that project goals are met and tasks are completed effectively.
Budget & Resource Management:
- Develop and manage project budgets, ensuring that resources are allocated efficiently and effectively.
- Monitor project expenses, track variances, and take corrective actions when necessary to keep the project within budget.
- Manage resource allocation, ensuring the availability of necessary resources (e.g., personnel, equipment, technology) throughout the project.
Risk & Issue Management:
- Identify potential risks and obstacles that may impact project success and develop mitigation strategies to address them.
- Proactively address issues as they arise, working with stakeholders to resolve them quickly and effectively.
- Continuously monitor project progress, track potential risks, and adjust plans as necessary to stay on track.
Stakeholder Communication & Reporting:
- Act as the primary point of contact for all project-related communication with stakeholders, including senior management, clients, and vendors.
- Provide regular updates on project status, including progress against milestones, risks, and budget performance.
- Facilitate meetings, prepare reports, and ensure all relevant stakeholders are kept informed of project developments.
Quality Control & Monitoring:
- Ensure that project deliverables meet the defined quality standards, specifications, and expectations of stakeholders.
- Oversee the review, testing, and validation of deliverables to ensure quality control processes are followed.
- Address any quality issues that arise during project execution and take corrective actions to maintain project integrity.
Change Management:
- Manage changes to the project scope, schedule, and resources, ensuring that any modifications are aligned with the project’s goals.
- Implement effective change control processes to ensure that changes are properly evaluated, approved, and documented.
Documentation & Compliance:
- Maintain accurate documentation of all project activities, including project plans, risk assessments, status reports, and meeting notes.
- Ensure that the project complies with any regulatory, legal, or contractual requirements and company policies.
- Conduct post-project evaluations to capture lessons learned and identify opportunities for improvement in future projects.
Skills Required:
- Strong leadership and team management skills, with the ability to motivate and guide teams towards successful project outcomes.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate project goals, risks, and status to stakeholders at all levels.
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills, with the ability to navigate challenges and maintain project momentum.
- Exceptional organizational and time management skills, with the ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously.
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to evaluate data and make informed decisions.
- Knowledge of project management methodologies (e.g., Agile, Waterfall, Scrum) and best practices.
- Ability to manage complex, high-priority projects under tight deadlines.
Qualification:
- B.E./ B. Tech in any specialization or MCA.
- An MBA is preferable but not mandatory.
- 10 or more years of experience in large and complex IT system implementation projects.
- Experience in at least two projects involving the implementation of IT systems for a user base of 1,000 at the national/sub-national level or in a Public Sector Unit (PSU), both in India or abroad. This experience should be in the capacity of Project Management in the public finance and/or related domains.
- Additionally, familiarity with projects compliant with ISO/CMMI standards and processes is desirable.
- Experience in financial domain IT project of GOI/ State Govt/ PSU/ BFSI
- Fluency in English and Hindi (Speaking, reading & writing).
- Fluency in Assamese preferable.