31 Jul
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Accenture
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Kochi
Job Title – Project Management Specialist - Specialist - ACS Song Management Level: Level 9 - Specialist
Location: Kochi
Must have skills: Agile Project Management
Good to have skills: Project Budget Detailing and Resourcing Experience
Experience: 5-7 years of hands-on experience in project management
Educational Qualification: Graduation (Accurate educational details should capture) Job Summary
We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Project Manager for delivering IT projects on time, within scope, and within budget. In this role, you will have a strong ownership in ensuring project efficiency by engaging in stakeholder communication, preparing and maintain project plans, identifying and mitigating risks, planning tasks and managing schedules, maintaining documentation, and facilitating communication across teams. You will work closely with cross-functional teams including software developers, QA testers, and business stakeholders to help drive project success in a fast-paced tech environment.
Roles and Responsibilities
Define project scope, objectives, milestones, deliverables, and success criteria in collaboration with business and technical stakeholders
Develop and maintain integrated project plans covering schedule, resources, dependencies, risks, and budget
Lead execution across all project phases including initiation, planning, delivery, UAT, deployment, and closure
Track project progress using appropriate tools (e.g., Jira, MS Project, Confluence) and ensure timely delivery
Own project tracking - timelines, effort, budget, and burn rates
Identify variances early and implement corrective actions to minimize delivery risk
Ensure deliverables meet agreed quality standards through defined acceptance criteria and governance checks
Support forecasting, invoicing, and financial reporting as required
Act as the primary point of contact for project stakeholders, ensuring transparency and alignment
Provide regular status reports, dashboards, and executive summaries to leadership and clients
Proactively manage expectations, escalations, and decision‑making forums
Facilitate effective communication across distributed and cross‑functional teams
Identify, document, and monitor project risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies (RAID)
Define and track mitigation and contingency plans
Manage scope changes through a controlled change management process, assessing impact on cost, schedule, and quality
Ensure all changes are formally reviewed, approved, and communicated
Coordinate internal and external resources, ensuring clarity of roles, responsibilities, and priorities
Facilitate Agile ceremonies (where applicable) such as sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives, and daily standups
Drive accountability within the team to meet commitments
Ensure adherence to organizational delivery standards, processes, and compliance requirements
Capture lessons learned and identify opportunities for improving delivery effectiveness
Contribute to PMO or practice‑level initiatives such as process improvements, templates, and best practices
Support mentoring or guidance of junior project coordinators or Scrum Masters where required
Professional and Technical Skills
Hands‑on experience managing IT or digital projects
Proven experience delivering projects in Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery models
Strong understanding of SDLC, system integration, and enterprise IT environments
Experience managing budgets, schedules, and cross‑functional teams
Ability to put creative and analytical thinking abilities into practice.
Good communication and collaboration skills with written language skills.
Exposure in working with global clients is an added advantage.
Additional Information
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About Accenture
Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships.
We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.
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📌 Project Management Specialist (Kochi)
🏢 Accenture
📍 Kochi