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• The role will require the candidate to plan, execute, and finalize projects according to strict deadlines and within budget.
• This includes acquiring resources and coordinating the efforts of team members and third-party contractors or consultants in order to deliver projects according to plan.
• Direct and manage project development from beginning to end.
• Define project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.
• Develop full-scale project plans and associated communications documents.
• Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion.
• Liaise with project stakeholders on an ongoing basis.
• Estimate the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals.
• Draft and submit budget proposals, and recommend subsequent budget changes where necessary.
• Where required, negotiate with other department managers for the acquisition of required personnel from within the company.
• Determine and assess need for additional staff and/or consultants and make the appropriate recruitments if necessary during project cycle.
• Set and continually manage project expectations with team members and other stakeholders.
• Delegate tasks and responsibilities to appropriate personnel. Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within the project team. Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path.
• Plan and schedule project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools. Track project milestones and deliverables.
• Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation and presentations.
• Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential crises, and devise contingency plans. Define project success criteria and disseminate them to involved parties throughout project life cycle.
• Conduct project post mortems and create a recommendations report in order to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements.
• Develop best practices and tools for project execution and management

• Overall 8+ experience in the industry with a minimum 4 years+ of experience covering delivery management for either a large account or a set of multiple accounts.
• Post Graduate from a reputed Institution with Computer Science specialization and preferably a PMP certification.
• Experience at customer site as onsite delivery implementer or experience as Project Manager for Horizontal or Industry verticals
• Experience of managing multiple customers across geographies
• Well-versed with quality management processes
• Proven people leadership
• Outstanding communication skills, both oral and written, and both technical and non- technical, and the ability

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