Pine Labs - Program Management Officer

About the job - You are responsible for executing strategic projects in order to enable the organization's development. You must realize long-term capabilities and take steps that are in line with the organization's goals. This position would fit anyone who thrives in a fast-paced environment with an evolving role.

What you will own: Successful implementation of Strategic Projects meeting organizational goals at Pine Labs. Responsibilities include but not limited to:

- Partner with business, Product, Tech owners to realize long-term capabilities, initiatives that need to be implemented in line with the Organizational goals.

- Execute the complex projects end-to-end through collaborations with Project Sponsors, other Professional Program Managers, third-party vendors, and multiple development teams.

- Monitor and review projects on a regular basis to identify, evaluate and mitigate risks, handle change requests, establish the change control board, provide escalation matrix, foresee and make trade-offs that balance business needs against constraints.

- Monitor and review the performance of third-party vendors and take/suggest corrective actions.

- Identify and resolve roadblocks, negotiate a win-win with cross-functional teams/third parties.

- Articulate and Communicate to the Leadership Team & key stakeholders, regular project status including risks, age of the risk, mitigation plan, key matrices, project health score, and leadership help needed.

- Associate with sponsor teams as an evangelist to provide necessary training needs, to groom them with project processes and practices that are helpful for end business requirements.

- Apart from managing and executing technical programs you need to drive the strategy for Roadmap specification & analysis, application specifications requirements of key projects, resource /bandwidth planning, ROI analysis, optimum usage of existing resources.

- Being a dynamic organization, the role will keep evolving based on appetite and performance.

The Expectations

- 5+ years of relevant work experience as a Project Manager with a technical background is a must (Development background preferred). Experience in implementing Salesforce/Oracle/ERP systems will be preferred.

- Experience in setting up processes, project management, and release schedules

- Experience with agile methodology and Project Management tools.

- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment where the goal post may be changing constantly.

- Experience prioritizing competing demands, scoping large efforts and negotiating timelines are necessary skills.

- Ability to think both strategically and tactically. High level of maturity to deal with ambiguity. Should be able to strategize short-term, mid-term, and long-term solutions for complex problems.

- Must have strong technical, analytical, business acumen, and quantitative skillset.

- You must have demonstrated the ability to manage tradeoffs and evaluate opportunistic new ideas with internal and external partners.

- You should be detail-oriented, able to drive product ideation to realization.

- Must be passionate to learn business, products, and technology understanding with an entrepreneurial mindset.

- Excellent communication and negotiation skills.

- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, a related technical discipline.

You can visit our company's website for more details. www.pinelabs.com

The company we acquired last year- https://www.qwikcilver.com/

LinkedIn profile- https://www.linkedin.com/company/pinelabs/

Company overview

About PineLabs:

Established in 1998, Pine Labs is a merchant-focused company that offers technology and financial solutions for merchants to help them sell more, connect better with their customers and, grow.

The company connects financial institutions and consumer brands to empower merchants to deliver value to their retail customers. Pine Labs and its technology platform power offline and online last-mile retail transactions, provide customer intelligence and insights to the merchants for targeted sales. Pine Labs also provides risk-managed financial solutions for merchants' business growth.

In April 2019, the company acquired Qwikcilver, India's leading gift solution company.

Pine Labs powers close to 4,00,000 point-of-sale terminals in over 3,700 towns across India. It has an entrenched network of over 100,000 merchants. The company is backed by marquee investors like Sequoia India, PayPal, Temasek, Actis Capital, Altimeter Capital, Madison India Capital, and Sofina.

Apart from India, Pine Labs also has a presence in the Malaysian market with an exclusive partnership with CIMB Bank.

QuickFacts about Us:

- We are a Fintech company, and we are growing exponentially!!! From core payments to lending to gift cards.

- You would have experienced our technology with the POS machine anywhere from PVR to the local store.

- Today we are in the fastest growing industry in India, and we have the best Product technology platform.

- Great growth potential - 1bn to 5bn in 3 years

- 14 registered offices in India; plus presence in SEA and MEA

We are looking for talent who is excited about our journey and would want to be part of our growth..!!