Project Director - IT

Job Position: Project Director

Job Location: Pune

Key Responsibilities:

- Leading and directly managing team(s) in the delivery of project-based activities.

- Providing estimates, document/review SOWs, and project documentation in support of on-going client needs and new opportunities.

- Maintaining direct control over project planning. Must be able to set up measures to build the proper foundation that will be a stepping-stone to project success.

- Playing a key role in the client relationship management and handle a wide range of communication and escalations that demand a high degree of diplomacy, discretion, insight and judgment.

- Identifying, assessing, and liaising with business partners to unearth needs and requirements.

- Analyse requirements for feasibility with regards to implementation and work closely with the solution architect/technical architect on the framework, technology stack.

- Developing project scopes and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders

- Develop a detailed project plan, identify risks & dependencies.

- Track the project progress, to deliver on-time, within scope and within budget.

- Manage the work allocation to the teams.

- Play the role of an Engagement lead where needed.

- Mentor team members in project teams and conduct 1:1, seek feedback and address concerns.

- Aware of Scrum methodology and various other associated ceremonies like sprint planning, review, retrospective etc.

Qualifications:

- BE degree with 15+ years of experience in the IT sector.

- At least 10+ years' experience in leading teams and managing projects.

- Strong communication, problem-solving and decision-making skills with ability to effectively communicate.

- Demonstrated experience in building project plans, project management aspects - risk, schedule, budget, scope, effort.

- Strong technical understanding and foundation is a must.

- Ability to take complete ownership of the project(s).

- Experience in stakeholder management.

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills

- Proven ability to manage a team of technical and business resources, responsible for gathering requirements, design, configuration, development, QA, UAT and go-live.

- Strong experience in using project management methodologies.

- Experience working in Agile model preferred.

- Prior experience of working with ed-tech applications will be an added advantage.