IT Project Manager (Application Development)

Position: IT Project Manager(Application Development) Location: Albany, NY (Onsite) Job Type: Full Time Job Description: The IT Project Manager has single point responsibility for the 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.

• 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

• 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.

• 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

• 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

• 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 deliverable

• 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.