Project Manager

Job Description: Project Manager

Total Years of Experience: 7-10 years

Location: Bangalore

Position Overview:

We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to join our team. As a Project Manager, will be responsible E2E project management across the phases of requirement gathering, design, Development, Testing, deployment, conducting UAT etc. Candidate should have 7-10 years of experience with key focus on stakeholder management, knowledge of JIRA (similar tools), faster issue resolution, problem handling & conflict resolution.

Responsibilities

• Will be playing the role of project manager under IT department (Domain: Telecom)

• Reporting to Demand & Delivery Department Director (Consumer & Enterprise) and provide updates on project delivery status & highlight any associated risks with appropriate mitigation plan

• Will be responsible for delivery of project from Inception till production delivery and managing all associated stages (Requirements, Design, Development, UAT & Production Deployment)

• To be handling Project Management & Release Management activities associates with the project assigned

• Frequent collaboration with Business users to finalise the requirement, prioritisation, Signoff POTs, effective involvement in UAT sessions and aligning with IT teams to deliver desired results

• Responsible for adhering with project management methodologies and governance.

• Taking ownership of multi-dimensional release life cycle for project scoping across environments and respectively deploying them to production

• Establish how projects are managed, match the approach to current best practices, and cascade this throughout the organization.

• Should be working both independently and as part of a team

• Building solid working relationships with all parties involved (BU, Demand, IT teams and Vendors)

• Define/tailored the project management standards that are suited for an organization and guide a team, accordingly

• To facilitate effective communication between Business Unit and IT teams

• Delivering projects as per the timeline, budget and with acceptable quality standards to meet customer expectation

• Understand Commercial & Customer Experience impact due to delay in project timeline and perform necessary preventive and corrective actions

Skills

• Excellent leadership and team management skills.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.

• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.

• Exposure to Telecom Domain (Preferred)

• Proficient in project management tools (JIRA tool / similar) and methodologies.

• Knowledge of software development life cycle (SDLC) and agile practices.

• Strong interpersonal, presentation, and communication skills. This should include the ability to effectively communicate with cross-functional teams, present to senior management, and negotiate with stakeholders

Exposure to Modern development methodologies and techniques ( Agile, DevOps etc)