Project Manager - Banking

We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Project Manager

Location: The role could be based at Hyderabad/Bangalore/Gurgaon

Responsibilities:

- Plans effectively around delivery constraints and optimizes the plan to maximize benefits and minimize risk. Develops the plan within constraints, considering the delivery approach, key milestones and dependencies within the plan, requirements and scope, effort and resources, budgets and quality.

- Ensures the baselined scope, requirements, benefits, schedule and budget are managed as outlined in Business Transformation Frameworks. Identifies and intervenes where there is slippage and variance from plan.

- Proactively monitors project execution to effectively identify risks/issues/dependencies as they arise throughout the project lifecycle. Takes ownership of critical issues and ensures resolution within agreed timescales and implements mitigating plans against identified risks and issues. Escalates when needed to the Programme Manager (remaining calm, knowing when to escalate, and escalates with possible solutions).

- Collaborates and builds positive stakeholder relationships providing regular updates to resolve high priority issues affecting the project

- Obtains buy-in from the project sponsor, Steering Committee and other stakeholders for all key project plans, commitments, and changes including requirements, quality assurance plans, budget, schedule, and scope changes

- Analyses management reports, and derives insights from it to drive the right business decisions

- Sets the pace and operating rhythm, driving a culture of achievement and ensures pace by identifying and removing barriers to project success.

- Promotes pace and energy within the team and leads by example

- Keeps focus on the medium- and long-term goals and the

- Group's values particularly when under short term pressure

- Manages change and implementation to ensure the change lands well and sticks, contributing to benefits realization

- Manages project closure and handover to the business and/or function

Qualifications:

- Graduate/Postgraduate with minimum 8-10 years of banking experience

- Relevant experience of 7+ years as a Project Manager

- Proven successful track record as a Project Manager in the Risk area

- Excellent understanding of the project lifecycle, managing end to end project

- Excellent understanding of Business Transformation Frameworks, Agile methodologies, and best practice techniques

- In depth experience of working in regulatory and change management projects

- Should have worked on Data and Reporting related projects like data warehousing etc should be aware of Tableau, QlikView etc

- Stakeholder management experience

- Strong inter-personal skills: ability to handle conflict and manage expectations

Qualifications and Accreditations

- PMP certification or training

- Prince2