Project Manager

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE: 

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Information Technology

Significant experience in Risk & Compliance projects

10+ Years of overall IT experience with minimum of 5 years in Banking sector.

Good understanding of internationally accepted Project Management Principles, Methodologies (Waterfall, Hybrid or Agile) and Practices (PMI Certification or equivalent is an advantage).

Candidate should be Techno Functional and ability to engage with cross functional teams, problem solving and good negotiation skills

Hands on experience in handling Microsoft Project (MPP knowledge is a must).

Must have strong verbal and written communication with proven ability to manage stakeholders at various levels (Including business heads, functional heads and other senior managers).

Creates and executes project work plan along with the team and closely monitoring the deliverables. 

Manages day to day operation aspects of a project. Resolve any challenges of projects to enable the teams to deliver on time. 

Effectively collaborates and communicates with the stakeholders and ensures customer satisfaction. 

Ensures project documents are complete and stored appropriately. 

Ensure close monitoring of the project along with providing periodic updates to the Sr management

Provides report on status of the project under execution, challenges, risk and mitigation plan.

Ensure that projects are delivered on-time and within budget

Familiarity with project performance monitoring principles and metrics.

In depth knowledge of banking & technology is essential and experience of working with cross functional team 

Good stakeholder management capability and worked with senior management

Experienced in managing the team size of more than 5-10 people

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Candidate who also have background on Risk applications like Transaction Fraud prevention system, Onboarding Fraud System, data delivery for model implementation, Model life cycle management will be preferred.
• Project manager is responsible for successful delivery of projects and aligning various teams across IT, business, operations and vendors to ensure timely delivery of project with high quality.
• Candidate should be Techno Functional and ability to engage with cross functional teams, problem solving and good negotiation skills
• Must have experience in Scope, Time and Budget management
• Hands on experience as Project Manager - handling various phases of the project – Initiation, Planning, Execution, Monitoring & Control and Closure. Able to handle at least 3 projects at a time.
• Must have strong verbal and written communication with proven ability to manage stakeholders at various levels. Diligent in Project tracking and reporting. Should be able to identify issues, challenges upfront and ensure mitigation by timely escalation.
• Known for delivery high quality deliverables that meet or exceed timeline and budgetary targets.
• Creates and executes project work plan along with the team and closely monitoring the deliverables.
• Responsibility for appropriately revising the plan to meet changing needs or requirements.
• Manages day to day operation aspects of a project. Resolve any challenges of projects to enable the teams to deliver on time.
• Reviews deliverables prepared by the team.
• Effectively collaborates and communicates with the stakeholders and ensures customer satisfaction.
• Ensures project documents are complete, current and stored appropriately.
• Provides report on status of the project under execution, challenges, risk and mitigation plan.