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Job Title: Technical Project Manager
Job Roles / Responsibilities:
Program Manager
Qualification:
Bachelors in science , engineering or equivalentResponsibility:
Account Mining:

• Understand Pricing models (FB/T&M).

• Identify & provide Inputs to Program Manager on new opportunities.

Account Operations:

• 1 Responsible for the operational parameters ie continuously monitor and review operational metrics which impact the bottomline eg pyramid size, utilization etc for the project to ensure margins are met.

• 2 Raise invoices in coordination with the account managers, as and when due.

• 3 Submit monthly budget plans and seek approvals required in case of any deviations.

• 4 Raise Service Order &validate Resource requirement in internal system.

• 5 Share project level forecasts as accurately as possible.

Opportunity Identification and Pursuit:

• Identify areas of valueadd in the current Project which can be taken up for account mining.

• Support opportunity pursuit when requested (eg differentiators, estimates, underlying risks, scope etc).

• Submit draft proposal for review to the Program Delivery Manager.

Contracting:

• Build an understanding of the MSA structure.

• Prepare or validate the SOW / work orders inclusive of scope and milestones, acceptance criteria for the Project.

• Negotiate on resources, time, scope, milestones within the scope of the Project.

Program Setup:

• 1 Project Planning: Create Project plan including aspects such as Cost, Schedule, Scope, Requirements, Risk, Quality, Communication & Stakeholder management, Effort Estimation, Resource Planning.

• Seek review comments from Program / Portfolio Manager and customer (as required).

• 2 Risk Management: Identify, raise flags and device mitigation plans during project onset and during the course of the project.

• Seek approvals for action plans as required.

3 Review and Communication Governance:
Establish Project Review and Communication Governance

• 4 Estimation and Resource Planning: Leverage scientific models to arrive at effort estimation and subsequently resource loading and scheduling.

• Work with support teams eg Admin, HR to ensure resources are available.

• Understand project boundaries against SOW (scope of work / out of scope, and assumptions).

• Monitor internal and customer project environment including Knowledge repository, C20, Project administration tools/applications, helpdesk/ticketing system, customer network connectivity.

• Coordinate for setup team work environment desktops/software/workspace etc.

• 5 Requirements Gathering: Define requirements gathering and execution process.

• Identify key acceptance criteria items, key dependencies and complexity to be managed.

Program delivery:

• 1 Requirements Understanding: Understand high level requirements.

• Understand and manage inter component/ module dependencies and do continuous replanning and reprioritization as required.

• Validate that the requirements given are READY and FULL to be taken up by the Technical Lead and the team.

• Identify gaps in requirements vs the envisaged high level scope and milestone [Including NFRs.

• Usability.

• user adoption and other implicit requirements].

2 Status Reporting:
Prepare status reports and conduct management reviews with applicable stakeholders

• 3 Signoff: Review design and architecture artifacts through the design, development and implementation phases.

• Oversee timely reviews and sign off by the customer (if applicable).

4 Re-Planning:
Undertake continuous re-planning and reprioritization as required to complete the project on time

• 5 Scope Management: In case of changes in the project, conduct an impact analysis on the cost and other organizational parameters and report the impact analysis of such change to the customer.

• Perform project estimation reviews and get approval from customer.

6 Escalation Management:
Responsible for informing the relevant client stakeholders in case of exceptions

• 7 Metrics Management: Responsible for generating and reviewing project metrics and identify deviations.

• Identify corrective actions.

• Resolve any escalated issues.

• When required, escalate the same.

• 8 Support associate onboarding and release process.

Change Management:

• Set up the Change Control procedures, which include a Change Register, Change Impact Analysis and a Change Approval Process for the project.

• Responsible for making relevant SoW Changes.

Relationship Management:

• Act as the point of contact on the project delivery, for Project related updates with the client and for regular communication of project updates.

• Understand issues from the client perspective and provide a solution.

• Liaise with relevant stakeholders (onsite project team, horizontal teams, Client team, Delivery manager, Program manager, Account managers, Client partners etc).

• Support Program Managers / vertical teams during client visits.

• Interact with vertical teams and account teams on a regular basis and support projects, account mining and establish relationship.

Knowledge Management:

• Identify reusable assets.

• Review any best practices / innovations as circulated within the group.

• Identify Project level tools or other items to be built for this project.

• Monitor creation of project level documentation (leanings, benefits, case studies etc) and monitor updating of the same on the shared drive/ knowledge repository.

People Management:

• Allocate work among team members.

• Resolve team conflict & support team building activities.

• Provide administrative support as and when required.

• Provide inputs on goal setting and performance appraisals of team.

• Identify skill gaps and training needs of team members and provide necessary support to address the same.

• Provide inputs into the learning and career plans for team members.

• Nominate team for awards.

• Conduct training through academy and induction of new team members.

• Establish backup plan for critical roles (for contingency).

Must Have Skills

• AIA-Project Management

• Portfolio & Project mgmt (PPM)

Good To Have Skills

• GCP Admin

• InStore Prod&Workfrc Mgmt.

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