IT Project Manager

01 Dec 2024

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Position: IT Project Manager

Duration: Fulltime

Location: New York, NY

Mode of interview: Video interview then in-person

Key point to check from candidate Must have experience for Application Development project PM: Must have led at least 2 Application Development projects Must have worked on Fixed Bid project for at least 9 months duration Must have worked in a global delivery model with team members in different geographies Should have led a team of minimum 10-15 team members Must have done consulting for a client as an outside vendor (not in house projects) Must have good communication skills

Preferred: PubSec Experience

Job Description: The IT Project Manager has single point responsibility for successful planning, execution, monitoring, control, and delivery of the project. The Project Manager plays a key role in increasing project success with dedicated and accountable leadership for individual projects.

Required Skills – Project Management, Cost Management, Risk Management, Account Growth, and more

The major responsibilities of a Project Manager are:

Project Management
  • Manage various critical aspects of a project: scope, time, cost, quality, human resources, risks & communication.
  • Manage timely, high-quality, & cost-effective service delivery to the client
  • Identify business needs of the client, act as an interface between the technical team and the client
  • Create project plan to track progress, plan timelines and share with client
  • Work with the Architect and Technical Lead to prioritize and track new functionality and ongoing releases.
  • Provide support during Validation and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) phases with the client team to ensure all business requirements are met
  • Provide regular status updates to stakeholders on project progress.
  • Manage project dependencies and critical path, track project timelines and milestones.
  • Work with QA and Documentation teams to ensure success of the total project.

Resource Management
  • Optimize resource allocation, ramp-up and ramp-downs
  • Ensure smooth induction of resources in project
  • Manage team – allocate task, manage schedule, and monitor progress regularly
  • Reward and recognize performance
  • Provide motivation and direction to the team for successful completion of tasks
  • Delegate responsibility appropriately and empower team members to deliver results
  • Foster a team environment that attracts and retains world-class talent
  • Ensure that each team member has adequate skills and knowledge on technology, project management and software engineering processes

Communication & Collaboration
  • Be the single point of contact (SPOC) for various support groups
  • Map out communication protocol and the points of communication between Nagarro and the client and partners
  • Facilitate regular communication and coordination involving client team with the rest of the development team and answer questions related to project progress, performance, and decisions
  • Provide regular status updates to the client via emails, scheduled status meetings, ad-hoc discussions etc.

Risk Management
  • Manage and mitigate project risks – conduct a risk assessment for the project using the governance guidelines and report an assessment of project health and impending risks
  • Identify and implement risk mitigation actions
  • Monitor risks, develop and execute risk mitigation plan at completion of every major milestone including project closure

Change Management
  • Follow the change management process to review and accept changes affecting scope, timing, cost, and/or quality, as required and get them signed off from the client

Quality Management
  • Ensure the quality of the deliverable and client satisfaction
  • Understand the expectations of various stakeholders and seeks to satisfy them: client, users, governance group, senior management, team, support groups
  • Maintain overall schedule, timeliness of the team’s deliverable

Experience and Qualification:

Minimum of:
  • 12 years of IT experience
  • 5 years of prior project management experience
  • 2 years of experience working in the US
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills in English language
  • Prior experience with public sector clients preferred
Candidate should be willing to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment and deal with ambiguity

  • ID: #23687787
  • State: New York New york city 10007 New york city USA
  • City: New york city
  • Salary: $100,000 - $120,000
  • Job type: Permanent
  • Showed: 2021-12-01
  • Deadline: 2022-01-28
  • Category: Et cetera