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The Senior Project Manager is responsible for leading the successful delivery of strategic and operational technology initiatives across the organisation. This role drives the planning, execution, governance, and implementation of technology projects that support business growth, operational excellence, digital transformation, and enhanced customer and employee experiences.
Working closely with business and technology stakeholders, the incumbent will ensure projects deliver measurable business value while aligning to organisational strategy and operational objectives. Experience delivering enterprise-wide technology transformations, system implementations, integrations, and digital initiatives is essential. Exposure to HR, People & Culture technology projects would be advantageous.
Key Responsibilities
Project Delivery & Execution
- Lead the end-to-end delivery of strategic and operational IT projects.
- Develop and manage project plans, timelines, budgets, resources, risks, and dependencies.
- Ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to agreed quality standards.
- Drive technology-enabled transformation initiatives and continuous improvement opportunities.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams to achieve project objectives.
- Oversees a programme portfolio, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
- Tracks, monitors and reports on project and programme progress to ensure successful execution.
- Identify and manages project and programme interdependencies, risks, issues, decisions and change requests.
Stakeholder & Vendor Management
- Build strong relationships with business leaders, executive stakeholders, technology teams, cross collaboration with other portfolio teams and external partners.
- Facilitate weekly project status meetings, governance forums, workshops, and steering committee meetings.
- Provide regular project reporting, including progress, risks, and outcomes.
- Manage third-party vendors and implementation partners to ensure successful delivery.
Governance, Risk & Change Management
- Establish and maintain effective project governance and controls.
- Identify, manage, and mitigate project risks and issues.
- Ensure compliance with project methodologies, policies, and regulatory requirements.
- Support organisational change management, business readiness, and user adoption activities.
- Monitor post-implementation outcomes and benefits realisation.
- Conform in PMO quality assurance, to ensure project deliverables are being met.
- Adhere to project and programme management compliance (collaborating with commercials and legal).
Academic Qualification & Certifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business Management, or a related field.
- Project Management certification (PMP, PRINCE2, SAP Activate, Agile, Scrum Master, or equivalent) preferred.
Experience Required
- 10+ years' experience managing medium to large-scale IT projects.
- Proven experience delivering complex enterprise, and digitized transformation initiatives in the IT technology stack.
- Experience managing vendors, implementation partners, and cross-functional teams.
- Exposure to digital transformations, such as ERP, CRM, HRIS, ServiceNow and/or enterprise systems projects.
- Experience within large corporate or enterprise technology environments advantageous.
Technical Knowledge
- Project lifecycle management and governance (SLDC or ITIL).
- SAP Activate, Agile, Waterfall, and/or Hybrid delivery methodologies.
- Enterprise systems and technology implementations.
- Risk, compliance, quality assurance and change management.
- Business process improvement and transformation initiatives.
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About NTT DATA
NTT DATA is a $30+ billion business and technology services leader, serving 75% of the Fortune
Global 100. We are committed to accelerating client success and positively impacting society through
responsible innovation. We are one of the world’s leading AI and digital infrastructure providers, with
unmatched capabilities in enterprise-scale AI, cloud, security, connectivity, data centers and
application services. Our consulting and industry solutions help organizations and society move
confidently and sustainably into the digital future. As a Global Top Employer, we have experts in more
than 70 countries. We also offer clients access to a robust ecosystem of innovation centers as well as
established and start-up partners. NTT DATA is part of NTT Group, which invests over $3 billion each
year in R&D.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business Management, or a related field
- 10+ years of experience managing medium- to large-scale IT projects
- Experience delivering complex enterprise and digital transformation initiatives
- Experience managing vendors, implementation partners, and cross-functional teams
- Exposure to ERP, CRM, HRIS, ServiceNow, and/or other enterprise systems projects
- Experience in large corporate or enterprise technology environments
- Project management certification such as PMP, PRINCE2, SAP Activate, Agile, Scrum Master, or equivalent
- Knowledge of project lifecycle management and governance, including SDLC or ITIL
- Knowledge of SAP Activate, Agile, Waterfall, and/or Hybrid delivery methodologies
- Knowledge of enterprise systems and technology implementations, risk, compliance, quality assurance, change management, and business process improvement
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What We Do
NTT DATA, Inc. is a trusted global innovator of business and technology services. We're committed to helping clients innovate, optimize and transform for long-term success. Our R&D investments help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future. As a Global Top Employer, we have diverse experts in more than 50 countries and a robust partner ecosystem of established and start-up companies. Our services include business and technology consulting, data and artificial intelligence, industry solutions, as well as the development, implementation and management of applications, infrastructure, and connectivity
