Marsh & McLennan - Project Manager

Project Manager

The role is a member of the India Delivery team and supports the Business organization by:

- Providing professional project management for one or more projects concurrently.

- Being responsible for the successful delivery of projects as measured against project deliverables, timescale, commercial objectives and risk management.

- Following a standard approach to project governance, including the reporting on the progress of the projects/program.

Main responsibilities & Accountabilities:

The scope of work for which the Project Manager is responsible includes:

- Those 'projects' which are small to sufficiently large to warrant a named Project Manager(s) to be assigned.

The role will have the following accountabilities:

Strategy:

- To be able to clearly articulate the objectives and business needs for the project, understanding the broader strategic fit for the project.

- To work closely with different cross-functional entities of the organization to drive common project objectives.

- To make continuous improvement a priority, holding a solid grasp of project management principles, with experience in successfully advancing those principles.

Execution:

To lead and deliver projects, including:

- Developing plans to create a baseline against which the project will be measured

- Proactively identifying and resolving issues which threaten successful delivery

- Initiating, controlling and closing projects on time

- Delivering projects within agreed time and quality parameters

- Demonstrating clear understanding of the business requirements for each project, making ongoing decisions based on what's best for the organisation, challenging senior stakeholders on critical success factors if needed.

- Managing all aspects of the project including effective change control of requirements, deadlines and effort.

- Resolving issues and initiating corrective action as appropriate.

- Ensuring there is an adequate understanding of the business risks inherent in the projects.

- From time to time, support different business units involved in the project in prepping them up for the change.

Governance & control:

- Establish and coordinate an effective Steering Group (or equivalent) to provide direction and support to resolve issues where necessary

- Monitor and report (progress, risks, budgets, issues) with sufficient clarity and timeliness to enable stakeholders to monitor progress;

- To establish systems and processes for planning, governance, reporting, communication, and budgets to ensure delivery to quality, time and cost requirements.

Stakeholders:

- To build and manage relationships with key stakeholders, particularly the Business and Executive Sponsors, both internal and external.

- To work closely with the Delivery Managers to manage multi-strata relationships with stakeholders.

Experience & Education Requirements:

Essential:

- Experience of successfully completing the entire project lifecycle, from inception to implementation.

- Ability to work with cross functional, distributed team to deliver projects successfully

- Track record of delivering to time, quality and budget.

- Experience in client facing work.

- Strong interpersonal and communication skills. Able to articulate complex messages with clarity and ease to all audiences and flex style as required.

- Prudent risk taker.

- Ability to work to strict deadlines.

- Ability to cope with high demand requirements of stakeholders.

- Logical, innovative, methodical, collaborative and thorough approach to work.

- Expertise in making high level decisions and implement operational plans.

- Collaborative team player who can influence outcomes as well as work independently. Known as being a team player and achieving for the group rather than individual.

Desirable:

- Lean Six Sigma methodologies (Green Belt standard)

- Experience of Agile development methodologies

- Experience in managing complex and large scale Strategic Assignments

Key Competencies:

Technical:

- MS Office products (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio, Project)

- Planning, monitoring and controlling projects, including risk management.

- Operational management, process management and control