We are looking for an experienced Project Manager to lead enterprise software delivery engagements within an IT services environment. The ideal candidate should have successfully managed fixed-cost software projects, possess strong technical understanding, and have significant experience working with banking and financial services clients. This role requires excellent customer management, delivery governance, and team leadership skills.
- Manage end-to-end delivery of multiple software development projects.
- Own project scope, schedule, budget, quality, and customer satisfaction.
- Lead fixed-cost/fixed-bid project execution while ensuring profitability and delivery commitments.
- Prepare project plans, resource plans, risk registers, and mitigation strategies.
- Work closely with Technical Leads and Solution Architects to ensure technical alignment and successful execution.
- Monitor project health through regular governance, status reporting, and milestone tracking.
- Manage customer communication, steering committee meetings, and executive reporting.
- Handle scope management, change requests, and commercial discussions.
- Identify delivery risks proactively and implement mitigation plans.
- Ensure adherence to SDLC, Agile/Scrum, and organizational quality processes.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams including Development, QA, DevOps, Business Analysis, and Support.
- Drive continuous process improvement and delivery excellence.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
- PMP, PRINCE2, Scrum Master,
or Agile certifications are desirable.
- Strong understanding of software architecture and contemporary application development.
- Excellent project planning, estimation, budgeting, and resource management skills.
- Expertise in Agile, Scrum, and traditional project management methodologies.
- Strong stakeholder and client management capabilities.
- Experience with project management tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, Microsoft Project, or similar platforms.
- Excellent risk management and escalation handling skills.
- Strong commercial awareness with focus on project profitability.
- Strong leadership and people management skills.
- Excellent communication and negotiation abilities.
- Strategic thinking with execution excellence.
- High ownership and accountability.
- Strong decision-making and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and customer expectations.
- Delivery-focused mindset with commitment to quality and customer success.
- 12–15 years of experience in software project management.
- Mandatory experience working in IT Services companies.
- Strong track record of delivering fixed-cost/fixed-price enterprise projects.
- Experience managing distributed and cross-functional teams.
- Extensive customer-facing experience with enterprise clients.
- Banking and Financial Services domain experience is highly preferred.
- Experience managing projects involving Java, Python, cloud technologies, APIs, and enterprise integration.
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