Job Description
Key responsibilities encompass, but are not limited to:
1. Project Planning & Initiation:
- Define project scope, goals, deliverables, timelines, and success criteria.
- Create detailed project plans, schedules, and resource allocation.
- Identify and apply the right PM methodology depending on the type of the project (software integration, transition, process optimization etc.)
2. Execution & Monitoring:
- Lead cross-functional project teams to deliver on milestones.
- Monitor project performance using appropriate tools and techniques.
- Ensure quality standards and compliance with project governance.
3. Stakeholders Management:
- Serve as the main point of contact for stakeholders.
- Communicate project updates, risks, and issues to key stakeholders and executives.
- Facilitate regular status meetings and reports.
4. Risk & Issue Management:
- Identify, track, and mitigate project risks and issues.
- Develop contingency plans and escalate when needed.
5. Budget & Resource Management:
- Manage project budgets and track expenditures.
- Ensure resources are effectively allocated and optimized.
6. Documentation & Reporting:
- Maintain comprehensive project documentation (e.g., charters, plans, logs).
- Provide reports and post-project evaluations to inform future projects.
7. Change Management Support: Partner with change and L&D teams to ensure stakeholder readiness and adoption in the region
9. Tool & System Stewardship: Ensure correct usage of project management tools (e.g. MS Project, Kanbanize, Service Now)
- 10. Capability Building: designing, adjusting and deploying PM standard and driving PMO maturity growth leveraging internal and external resources
Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor’s degree (required); MBA or Master's degree (preferred)
- Certifications: PMP / Prince2 / Agile preferred
- Experience: 5+ years in project or program management roles and proven track of delivering projects on time and within budget
- Industries: Experience in multinational corporations (MNCs) or large matrixed organizations ($5B+ revenue)
- Systems: Expertise with ERP (SAP, Oracle), BPM tools, PM tools (MS Project Management, Service Now, Jira, Kanbanize and other)
- Strong understanding of project management (PMI, Prince2, Agile, Waterfall)
- Regional business and cultural awareness
- Ability to handle multiple projects of different types
- Excellent communication and influencing skills, including negotiation and conflict resolution
- Ability to manage ambiguity and navigate complex stakeholder landscapes
- Proficiency in project management and reporting tools
- Interoperability skills
- Ability to solve problems ad manage risks in transparent and organized manner
- Ability to facilitate
