Lead Project Manager

Overview

Lead large to moderately complex strategic software projects from intake through transition to operational support, reporting to the Director - Program Management.

What you'll do

• Lead and drive the development of the project intake process, including scope, schedule and cost.
• Define project goals and objectives, and each team member's roles and responsibilities for the duration of the project.
• Manage multiple mid to large scale projects to complete on time and within budget, and ensure the solution meets business objectives.
• Manage daily/weekly project team assignments and monitor progress against the work plan to meet time, cost and quality measures.
• Identify and analyze the impact of potential project changes, and facilitate the change control board to approve or disapprove them.
• Meet financial objectives by forecasting requirements, preparing project budgets, scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances and initiating corrective actions.
• Continually identify, qualify and track risks, define mitigation and contingency plans, assign resources, and communicate status.
• Identify resource requirements and communicate them in a timely manner to ensure proper staffing with skilled resources.
• Identify internal and external stakeholders, understand their communication requirements, and fulfil those requirements.
• Ensure smooth transition through each project phase and proper communication between responsible groups, setting clear expectations and holding individuals accountable.
• Serve as the primary interface with stakeholders and the project sponsor to define objectives and customer-focused requirements aligned with company direction.
• Educate team members in project management principles, methods, processes and tools, and keep up to date on project management skills.
• Ensure the project team uses IT-defined tools, standards, processes and procedures.
• Establish and/or assist clients with configuring system parameters and controls based on their business practices; recommend best practices and gain client acceptance.
• Conduct data analysis and mapping for assigned applications where applicable, analyzing source data files and mapping them to the target application.
• Provide on-site or remote support during client conversions where applicable.
• Validate new system input, output and connectivity.
• Identify, research and assist in resolving issues with support from functional or technical resources.
• Update internal documentation as applicable.

What you'll need

• 15+ years' experience in software project management.
• 7+ years' mandatory experience in project management, leading technical and non-technical resources.
• 3+ years' experience implementing banking or payments products.
• Experience assisting project management teams with identifying action items, tasks and activities, and tracking progress.
• Experience defining, implementing and continually improving standards, processes and procedures using industry best practice (PMI, CMMI, etc.).
• Experience developing project budgets based on a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).
• Experience in the Banking, Finance or Payments domain (mandatory).

Nice to have

• Experience with Finastra products (Global Payplus) or similar payments products.

Details

• Location: Pune.
• Hybrid working arrangements are available.