Ensure adherence to engineering best practices, architecture guidelines, and quality standards.
Program & Financial Management
Manage technical programs with annual portfolio value of USD 500K or higher.
Own project financials including budgeting, forecasting, revenue tracking, and resource utilization.
Prepare project plans, effort estimates, and staffing strategies.
Ensure projects are delivered within approved scope, budget, and timelines.
Customer & Stakeholder Management
Act as the primary interface between customers, engineering teams, vendors, and leadership stakeholders.
Conduct governance meetings, steering committee reviews, sprint demonstrations, and executive status reporting.
Build strong customer relationships and maintain high customer satisfaction scores.
Proactively manage risks, issues, and dependencies while minimizing escalations.
Agile Delivery & Process Governance
Champion Agile methodologies and ensure disciplined implementation of Scrum practices.
Drive process compliance and governance through effective usage of delivery frameworks.
Establish project dashboards, KPIs, reporting cadence, and operational reviews.
Continuously improve project processes, delivery efficiency, and documentation standards.
Technical Leadership
Possess sufficient technical depth to challenge solutions, review architecture decisions, and guide engineering teams.
Collaborate with architects and technical leads in defining implementation approaches and resolving technical blockers.
Drive adoption of DevOps practices, CI/CD, cloud-native approaches, and automation initiatives.
Enable technical teams to improve engineering productivity and delivery quality.
Tools & Delivery Excellence
Hands-on experience in
JIRA (mandatory)
Confluence (mandatory)
Microsoft Project / Smartsheet
Agile reporting and dashboard tools
AI-enabled productivity tools such as Copilot, Rovo, Planner, ChatGPT, etc.
Ensure proper backlog management, sprint planning, estimation, documentation, and reporting through JIRA and Confluence.
Establish project documentation standards and governance mechanisms.
Team Leadership & Mentorship
Lead cross-functional teams comprising developers, architects, QA engineers, DevOps engineers, business analysts, and external partners.
Mentor project teams on Agile practices, technical delivery excellence, and stakeholder management.
Build a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous learning.
Required Skills & Experience
Experience
10–15 years of IT industry experience with at least 5 years in Technical Project Management.
Proven experience managing medium to large-scale digital transformation projects.
Demonstrated experience handling projects or programs worth USD 500K+.
Experience managing distributed teams and multiple concurrent projects.
Technical Competencies
Strong understanding of
Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Agile/Scrum methodologies
Cloud technologies (AWS/Azure/GCP)
DevOps and CI/CD practices
Microservices and API-based architectures
Application modernization and enterprise integration
Project Management Competencies
Project planning and estimation
Risk, issue, and dependency management
Budget and resource management
Customer governance and executive communication
Vendor management and contract oversight
Metrics-driven delivery management
Behavioral Competencies
Strong ownership mindset and execution focus.
Go-getter attitude with ability to work independently.
Excellent customer-facing and stakeholder management skills.
Strong communication, negotiation, and influencing abilities.
Highly process-oriented with attention to governance and documentation.
Ability to manage ambiguity and work in fast-paced environments.
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) we look for
Project Schedule Adherence
Milestone Completion
Customer Satisfaction (CSAT)
Escalation Rate
Project profitability
Resource Utilization
Documentation Quality Score
Continuous Process Improvement Initiatives
Effective adoption of AI tools for delivery excellence
Preferred Certifications
PMP / PRINCE2
Certified Scrum Master (CSM) / SAFe Agilist
Azure / AWS Certifications
ITIL Foundation
Agile Project Management Certifications
