Project Manager
Job Description
The person would be able to lead, manage and mentor a team of technical and function consultants working on implementation projects and maintenance/support engagements. The role emphasises delivery responsibilities which includes planning/tracking/review and customer engagement to ensure projects are delivered meeting the cost, quality and schedule parameters as well as technical leadership to grow the technology team by providing solution/design leadership and mentoring team mates.
Experience: At least 6 years overall IT experience – with minimum 3 years hands-on experience in the role of a tech lead / tech manager/ project lead/project manager in the delivery of multiple product releases or a set of medium sized projects.
Required capabilities:
- Ability to work with implementation/project leads to deliver solutions to customers meeting the cost, quality and schedule commitments.
- Ability to plan for new engagements – understand scope, prepare estimates and schedules and staff the project.
- Ability to mentor the team on design, development, testing and engineering practices.
Other desired capabilities:
- Ability to interact, negotiate with customer on delivery/scope/schedule issues.
- Having an understanding of functionalities of ERP and similar business products.
- Ability to engage and motivate individuals and teams to set challenging goals and achieve them.
Key responsibilities:
- Play the role of delivery manager – initiating and providing oversight to projects being executed by the team to ensure high degree of cost, schedule and quality commitment compliance.
- Execute some projects directly (where appropriate) as the implementation/project lead planning and tracking them as well as engaging with the customer.
- Mentoring team members, identifying and closing skill gaps, bringing in innovation and engineering best practices and supporting team members in their personal growth.
- Engage with customers to ensure alignment of project teams with customer priorities and also address any customer concerns.
- Assist in pre-sales by engaging with prospects, defining/reviewing scope, preparing/reviewing estimates and preparing/reviewing proposals.
- Over a period of time the resource would take financial responsibilities for the performance of the team (P&L and margin performance).