- Holds team & stakeholders accountable
- Challenges conventional thought
- Is committed to project success
- Drives organizational change
- Strong Business acumen and ability to gauge the implications on Business before any project decisions.
Communicates Effectively
- Excellent communication / Interpersonal skills with ability to communicate complex topics in simple language to broader audiences.
- Explicit project report out and single point of contact for overall project status
- Influences all levels, including senior leaders
- Accurate status and health reporting
- Active listening skills
- Understands audience & makes compelling pitch
- Prepares Status Reports to ensure the project’s overall direction and integrity.
Energizes Others
- The ability to command respect and to create a sense of community amongst the members of the project teams
- Effectively engages business partners & SMEs
- Engages and inspires project team
- Navigates through individual and cultural differences
- Leverage the Project Management gold standards across project teams.
Executes
- Develops,
manages & executes as per PM governance framework in accordance with the best standards (methods, templates, procedures, metrics, etc.)
- Work with Leadership & Project teams to develop detailed Project plans.
- Makes recommendations & drives decisions
- Applies Sound business knowledge
- Ensures quality, on time delivery & cost management.
- Ensure maximum efficiency in the allocation of resources and skills
Manages Scope
- Responsible for the accurate and timely production of: Statement of Work, Project Plan, Risk Management Plan, success criteria and aligned with steering/stakeholders.
- Works at detail level w/o losing "big picture “
- Applies consistent change control process
- Strong Change Leader with ability to drive stakeholders through the change making a compelling case.
- Mitigates Risks & Resolves Issues
- Actively Identifies, assigns and tracks issues & risks, ensuring mitigation and mitigation ownership is in place.
- Initiating activities and management interventions when gaps in the Project are identified or issues arise
- Demonstrates resilience and optimism