Overview
Support enterprise project governance, portfolio management, business performance tracking and strategic decision-making as an Assistant Manager in the PMO, acting as a bridge between project teams, business stakeholders, finance partners and leadership.
What you'll do
- Support planning, execution, monitoring and closure of multiple projects across business functions.
- Ensure adherence to project management methodologies, governance standards and organizational policies.
- Monitor project milestones, dependencies, risks, issues and action items to ensure timely delivery.
- Establish project review cadence and facilitate governance meetings with stakeholders.
- Maintain portfolio dashboards and provide consolidated project health status updates.
- Assist project managers in developing project plans, RAID logs, communication plans and status reports.
- Act as a central coordination point between business leaders, project teams, technology partners, operations, finance and executive leadership.
- Manage project governance forums, steering committee meetings and leadership reviews.
- Coordinate cross-functional initiatives and ensure timely resolution of dependencies and roadblocks.
- Own PMO reporting processes and ensure accuracy, completeness and integrity of project data.
- Perform detailed validation of project metrics, resource forecasts, budget data, timelines and performance reports before leadership reviews.
- Develop automated reporting mechanisms and dashboard solutions using Power BI, Excel, Power Query, Power Automate and related tools.
- Create executive dashboards highlighting project performance, resource utilization, financial health, risks and benefits realization.
- Analyze project portfolio data to generate business insights and recommendations for senior leadership.
- Develop executive-level presentations highlighting project performance, delivery trends, risks, opportunities and strategic priorities.
- Support project budget planning, forecasting, tracking and variance analysis.
- Perform cost-benefit analysis, ROI assessments, productivity tracking and business case evaluations.
- Track project benefits realization and quantify business value achieved.
- Support resource demand forecasting, workforce planning and capacity models across project portfolios.
- Maintain portfolio-level risk and issue management processes.
- Monitor compliance with PMO standards, organizational policies, regulatory requirements and audit expectations.
- Drive PMO process standardization and operational excellence initiatives.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in business administration, Project Management, or related field.
- Understanding of Enterprise Program Management (EPM) / Project & Portfolio Management (PPM) tools.
- Understanding of project management frameworks such as Agile / SCRUM.
- 10+ years of experience in PMO, Project Management, Business Operations, Business Analytics or Strategy roles.
- Experience with Power BI, Excel automation and project management tools (JIRA, MS Project, SmartSheet, Clarity, Planview, ServiceNow, etc.).
- Experience in executive reporting, portfolio management, financial analysis and governance.
- Knowledge of data proficiency related to handling and analyzing data sets, multiple systems and databases.
Nice to have
- Master's degree in business administration, Operations or a related field, plus certification in Project Management (e.g., PMP, CAPM).
- PMP, CAPM, PRINCE2, Agile, Scrum or Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification.
Details
- Location: Bangalore, Manyata Embassy Business Park, India.
- Full-time employment.
- Individual contributor role.
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