A Project Manager is responsible for planning, executing, and overseeing projects to ensure they are completed on time, within scope, and within budget. They coordinate teams, manage resources, risks, and communicate with stakeholders to achieve project goals and deliver successful outcomes.
- Manage medium to Ultra large systems implementation Program for the Bank from the business side.
- Establish and maintain Portfolio/ Program / Project level governance and reporting to ensure effective decision-making. Identifying, Implementing & Support corresponding controls to manage the needs of the portfolio. This includes (not limited to) budget, ongoing financial management, resource management, change control, portfolio development / management, Compliance and Project Risk Management.
- Facilitate & managing internal and external stakeholders to meet agreed targets, delivering cost effective solutions across relevant portfolios
- Engage with Program and Delivery Leads along with other key business stakeholders to establish and manage key program management activities, such as prioritize Change the Bank Book of Work, internal and external resource tracking / coordination
- Proactively develop and deliver analysis, management information and reporting to support and drive decision making at all levels of governance
- Preparation of lessons learned & project / program closure reports
- Experience in Agile Methodology and Agile Project / Program Implementation along with implementing a Hybrid methodology for systems / applications which would not follow the Agile approach.
- Previous experience in a similar Project Manager / PMO role within financial services (Technology & Business)
Reporting & MIS
- Support automatization of reports & budget management
- Preparation of project reports including status reports and project dashboards.
- Tracking and analysis of budgetary information across the complete project portfolio.
- Monitoring and reporting on progress of the project to key stakeholders
Financial Management
- Project budget management by tracking actual spend, reviewing variance on monthly basis. Preparations of budget / plan vs. forecast, run rate and exit rate
- Cost allocation process - allocations of costs to relevant cost centers
- Analysis of benefit case, KPI data and ensuring these are of a good quality
- Cost capitalization & depreciation management as per bank's standards
Governance & Standards
- Support the implementation of governance standards across the program, including tracking, monitoring and updating the status of project deliverables as per the PMO guidelines.
- Participate in the automation of PMO processes
- Change Control Governance (Scope, Costs, Schedule & Benefits
- Develop strong relationships with all project / program stakeholders
- Identify and manage problems occurs during project lifecycle
- Support the implementation of governance standards across the program, including tracking, monitoring and updating the project Risks and Issues log as per the PMO guidelines
- Investigate and understand the cause of defects raised.
- Demonstrable experience in governing projects of complex transformation programs with standardized methodologies or frameworks set up by the PMO.
- Experience in a leadership / management role, with excellent stakeholder influencing skills
- Experience in managing complex vendor relationships and associated contract negotiations
- Ability to drive operational efficiencies across projects & programs within the Retail Technology vertical.
- A strategic thinker, capable of forecasting & balancing short-term needs with long-term gains
- Experience working as part of a globally distributed team
- Financial experience and understanding of project accounting
- Flexibility, ability to plan and organize, responsiveness, creativity and self-starter
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
- Ability to integrate well into a team and build relationships with senior stakeholders
- Ability to demonstrate strong written, verbal communication and presentation skills to all levels of management and disciplines within the organization
- Capable of handling multiple important tasks simultaneously, with ability to challenge & prioritize
- Skilled in forecasting, demand management (manpower and non-manpower), accruals, capitalization and ability to troubleshoot financial issues
- Good knowledge of the MS Office Suite, in particular strong knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint
- Experience of using MPP and project management tools (example: MS Project)
