IT Project Manager

Overview

Lead end-to-end delivery of Finance IT projects for the Local Analytics portfolio while serving as a hands-on Scrum Master, in a SOX-controlled environment.

What you'll do

• Lead end-to-end delivery of Finance IT projects while serving as a hands-on Scrum Master for the Local Analytics portfolio.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives to support continuous improvement and delivery excellence.
• Drive alignment between Product Owners, business stakeholders, and suppliers regarding priorities, implementation plans, dependencies, and release expectations.
• Manage projects throughout their lifecycle, from initiation and planning through deployment, hypercare, and project closure.
• Establish and maintain robust project governance frameworks, including supplier management, contractual compliance, timelines, milestones, deliverables, acceptance criteria, and escalation procedures.
• Ensure all project activities comply with the Hitachi Energy Project Management Framework, governance standards, audit requirements, and internal control processes.
• Partner closely with Business Project Managers and Product Owners to manage scope, timelines, costs, quality, risks, and backlog priorities.
• Coordinate and oversee IT project activities, ensuring delivery against agreed objectives, schedules, and business outcomes.
• Manage project operations including resource planning, budgeting, reporting, forecasting, and stakeholder communication.
• Provide regular project updates and status reporting to Steering Committees, Project Sponsors, and senior leadership teams.
• Foster strong collaboration between business and IT teams, promoting shared accountability and effective decision-making.
• Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate risks, dependencies, and delivery challenges before they impact project success.
• Coordinate operational readiness activities, transition-to-support processes, and hypercare support for incremental releases.
• Drive vendor performance, ensuring third-party providers meet contractual obligations, quality expectations, and delivery commitments.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives by implementing best practices in project management, Agile methodologies, and delivery governance.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, Finance, or a related field.
• Minimum 8+ years of experience managing global IT projects within complex multinational organizations.
• At least 1 year of hands-on Scrum Master experience, including facilitation of Scrum events, backlog refinement, impediment resolution, and Agile team coaching.
• Proven experience delivering Finance IT projects with strong knowledge of financial systems, finance processes, and enterprise applications.
• Experience working within SOX-controlled environments, including knowledge of internal controls, IT General Controls (ITGCs), audit requirements, change management, and governance processes.
• Strong understanding of Agile, Scrum, and traditional project management methodologies, with demonstrated ability to operate in hybrid delivery environments.
• Proven ability to translate business requirements into actionable project plans, roadmaps, and delivery strategies.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and collaborate across business and technology functions.
• Strong communication and presentation skills with fluency in spoken and written English.
• Demonstrated expertise in managing global third-party vendors and strategic supplier relationships.
• Experience managing project budgets, resources, risks, dependencies, and delivery performance metrics.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a proactive, solution-oriented mindset.
• Recognized leadership capabilities with a track record of building collaborative, high-performing teams in global and multicultural environments.
• Ability to effectively bridge business and technical perspectives and drive successful outcomes across diverse stakeholder groups.

Nice to have

• Professional certification in Project Management, Agile, Scrum, ITIL, or related disciplines (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2, CSM, PSM, SAFe, ITIL).

Details

• Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
• Full time.
• Not remote.