Role Summary:

The Project Manager is responsible for end-to-end delivery of business and digital initiatives, while actively contributing to the maturation of NACD’s PMO. This role balances hands-on execution with lightweight governance, ensuring projects deliver measurable outcomes, stay within budget, surface risks early, and provide leadership with clear portfolio visibility. This position involves leading complex projects, aligning them with business goals, and collaborating with cross-functional teams.

The role requires working in a US shift (India-based) to effectively communicate and coordinate with stakeholders and project teams working across India & US timezones.

Key Responsibilities:

· Own end-to-end delivery of assigned projects from initiation through closure, ensuring scope, timeline, budget, and outcomes are met; keep projects outcome-driven, not activity-driven.

· Develop and maintain execution-focused project plans with transparent milestones, owners, dependencies, and success criteria.

· Drive day-to-day execution, follow-ups, and issue resolution to ensure consistent forward progress.

· Estimate, track, and report project budgets; monitor burn vs plan, flag variances early, and recommend corrective actions.

· Provide leadership with clear visibility into project health, spend, risks, and delivery status.

· Proactively identify, assess, and manage risks using a standardized risk framework; maintain risk and issue logs with defined mitigations and owners.

· Escalate material risks and issues with context, options, and recommended paths forward.

· Serve as the primary point of coordination between business, technology, PMO leadership, and vendors.

· Run efficient, decision-oriented meetings,



document clear actions, owners, and next steps.

· Deliver concise, data-backed status updates covering health, risks, budget, timeline, and dependencies.

· Manage stakeholder expectations with transparency, clarity, and timely communication.

· Track vendor delivery against SOW commitments, milestones, and outcomes; identify delivery or cost risks early and escalate as needed.

· Collaborate with stakeholders to assess and manage resource allocation across IT and business initiatives.

· Apply lean project management principles—clear expectations, minimal overhead, and repeatable practices; use and improve standard PMO templates.

· Contribute to continuous improvement of PMO processes based on practical delivery insights.

· Develop and maintain essential project documentation, including plans, risk registers, process maps, and lessons learned.

· Coach stakeholders on defining activities required to achieve outcomes; mentor junior project managers and team members on project management best practices.

Qualifications:

· 10+ years of experience managing complex projects in a dynamic environment.

· Strong knowledge of project management methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, etc.).

· Experience using project management tools (e.g., Monday.com, Jira).

· Proven ability to manage project risks, budgets, and resources effectively.

· Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills (C-level).

· Ability to coach and mentor team members on project management best practices.

· Ability to balance execution rigor with pragmatism

· Certification in project management (PMP, PRINCE2, CSM, or equivalent) is a plus.

Comfortable working in a US time zone (India-based

📌 Project Manager (Coimbatore)
🏢 Nallas
📍 Coimbatore