Job Description
Key Responsibilities:
- Leading and directly managing team(s) in the delivery of project-based activities.
- Providing estimates, document/review SOWs, and project documentation in support of on-going client needs and new opportunities.
- Maintaining direct control over project planning. Must be able to set up measures to build the proper foundation that will be a stepping-stone to project success.
- Playing a key role in the client relationship management and handle a wide range of communication and escalations that demand a high degree of diplomacy, discretion, insight and judgment.
- Identifying, assessing, and liaising with business partners to unearth needs and requirements
- Analyse requirements for feasibility with regards to implementation and work closely with the solution architect/technical architect on the framework, technology stack
- Developing project scopes and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders
- Develop a detailed project plan, identify risks & dependencies
- Track the project progress, to deliver on-time, within scope and within budget
- Manage the work allocation to the teams
- Play the role of an Engagement lead where needed
- Mentor team members in project teams and conduct 1:1, seek feedback and address concerns
- Aware of Scrum methodology and various other associated ceremonies like sprint planning, review, retrospective etc.
Qualifications:
- BE degree with 15+ years of experience in the IT sector
- At least 10+ years’ experience in leading teams and managing projects
- Strong communication, problem-solving and decision-making skills with ability to effectively communicate
- Demonstrated experience in building project plans, project management aspects – risk, schedule, budget, scope, effort.
- Strong technical understanding and foundation is a must
- Ability to take complete ownership of the project(s).
- Experience in stakeholder management.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Proven ability to manage a team of technical and business resources, responsible for gathering requirements, design, configuration, development, QA, UAT and go-live.
- Strong experience in using project management methodologies.
- Experience working in Agile model preferred
- Prior experience of working with ed-tech applications will be an added advantage.