D365 F&O Project Manager

Proso Ai Technologies; Uttar Pradesh; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Proso AI Technologies seeks an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead end-to-end D365 F&O implementations, upgrades, and support. The role involves managing cross-functional teams across finance, supply chain, manufacturing, and retail, with a focus on delivering projects on time and within budget.

You will coordinate discovery through go-live and hypercare, maintain strong governance, and mentor junior PMs.

Qualifications

• 8–12+ years of IT project management experience.
• 5+ years managing D365 F&O (or Dynamics AX) projects.
• Proven success delivering 2–3 full-cycle D365 F&O implementations.
• Strong knowledge of Finance, SCM, Manufacturing, or Retail modules.
• Solid grounding in Waterfall, Agile/Scrum, and Microsoft Sure Step.
• Experience with budgets, resources, and vendor/stakeholder management.
• Excellent communication and client-facing skills for C-level stakeholders.
• Experience with Microsoft Project, Azure DevOps, JIRA, Smartsheet.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end lifecycle for D365 F&O implementations, upgrades, and rollouts.
• Own scope, schedule, budget, resourcing, and risk management.
• Serve as liaison between business stakeholders and consultants, ensuring clarity.
• Manage cross-functional teams across Finance, SCM, Manufacturing, and QA.
• Drive requirements gathering, fit-gap analysis, and design workshops.
• Oversee data migration, testing, cutover, and go-live activities.
• Coordinate multiple workstreams across geographies for global rollouts.
• Track budgets and prepare status reports and steering decks.
• Ensure governance and compliance throughout the project.
• Support pre-sales scoping, estimation, and proposals.
• Mentor junior PMs and coordinators within PMO.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Risk management

Client-facing

Analytical thinking

Time zone coordination

Decision making

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Business

Tools

Microsoft Project

Azure DevOps

JIRA

Smartsheet

Job description

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead end-to-end implementation, upgrade, and support projects for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations (D365 F&O). The ideal candidate will have a strong track record of managing complex ERP programs, leading cross-functional teams, and driving projects from discovery through go-live and hypercare, while ensuring alignment with business objectives, budget, and timelines.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end project lifecycle for D365 F&O implementations, upgrades, and rollouts including planning, execution, monitoring, and closure — using Microsoft Sure Step, Agile, or hybrid methodologies.
• Own project scope, schedule, budget, resourcing, and risk/issue management, proactively identifying and mitigating project risks.
• Act as the primary liaison between business stakeholders, functional/technical consultants, and executive sponsors, ensuring clear communication and expectation management throughout the engagement.
• Manage cross-functional teams including functional consultants (Finance, SCM, Manufacturing, Retail), technical developers, solution architects, and QA/testers.
• Drive requirements gathering, fit-gap analysis, and solution design workshops in collaboration with functional leads.
• Oversee data migration, integration, testing (SIT/UAT), cutover planning, and go-live activities.
• Manage multiple concurrent workstreams across geographies for global/multi-entity rollouts.
• Track project financials (budget vs. actuals), prepare status reports, dashboards, and steering committee presentations.
• Ensure adherence to change management, governance, and compliance requirements throughout the project.
• Support pre-sales activities such as scoping, estimation, and proposal development when required.
• Mentor and guide junior project managers and coordinators within the PMO.

Required Skills & Experience

• 8–12+ years of overall IT project management experience, with a minimum of 5 years specifically managing Dynamics 365 F&O (or Dynamics AX) implementation projects.
• Proven experience delivering at least 2–3 full-cycle D365 F&O implementations (greenfield or upgrade).
• Strong understanding of D365 F&O modules (Finance, Supply Chain, Procurement, Manufacturing, or Retail) and Microsoft's Success by Design / Business Process Catalogue framework.
• Solid grounding in project management methodologies (Waterfall, Agile/Scrum, Microsoft Sure Step).
• Experience managing budgets, resource allocation, and vendor/stakeholder relationships.
• Strong risk management, escalation handling, and conflict resolution skills.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and client-facing skills, comfortable engaging with C-level stakeholders.
• Experience with project management tools such as Microsoft Project, Azure DevOps, JIRA, or Smartsheet.

Preferred / Nice-to-Have

• PMP, PRINCE2, or Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Project Manager / Solution Architect certification.
• Experience in Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations Apps Solution Architect Expert path.
• Exposure to Power Platform (Power BI, Power Automate) and Azure DevOps for ALM.
• Industry-specific experience (Manufacturing, Retail, Distribution, or Public Sector).
• Experience managing global/multi-country rollouts with multiple currencies, legal entities, and localization requirements.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or related field (MBA preferred).

Soft Skills

• Strong leadership and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage competing priorities.
• Analytical and problem-solving mindset with attention to detail.
• Adaptability to work across time zones and cultures for global engagements.