Head - PMAG

Adani Natural Resources; Ahmedabad District; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 5,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Adani Natural Resources seeks a senior leader to oversee project governance, cost control and portfolio delivery across mega projects in India. You will coordinate with the CEO office, CPAG and lenders, ensuring timely decisions, approvals and governance across business units.

The role demands strong expertise in budgeting, EAC, STRAP, financial modeling and statutory compliance, with a track record of cross-functional integration and leadership in PMO environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in Engineering; MBA / PMP / PRINCE2 preferred.
• Strong expertise in project governance, capex & cost control.
• Financial modeling, budgeting and lender / stakeholder management.
• Advanced proficiency in planning & scheduling tools, MIS / dashboarding, risk & compliance tracking.
• Statutory approvals (LSAT) and cross‑BU integration.

Responsibilities

• Ensure correct, complete and timely information flows to leadership; highlight critical issues and bottlenecks.
• Coordinate with CPAG / Chairman's office on project matters and carry project issues to resolution.
• Assure internal coordination and project-related governance across the organization.
• Own capex monitoring across the portfolio against sanctioned plans.
• Prepare and monitor AOPs and the STRAP; track delivery against both.
• Review Budget NFAs and track approvals to closure; support business-case preparation and lender's management.
• Establish and hold the project cost baseline; review EAC and run cost-benefit analyses.
• Track client receivables / claims and drive capitalization of the asset post completion.
• Integrate all business-unit project teams into one delivery flow; remove inter-department hindrances.
• Own the interfaces and dependencies that cross functional boundaries.
• Forecast delivery challenges early and ensure management action on decisions.
• Monitor all project-related statutory approvals and compliances; support timely management approvals.
• Run regular reviews with stakeholders; act as the escalation anchor to keep decisions moving.
• Drive knowledge-sharing and learning across all projects.
• Establish dashboards for leadership reviews and roll out PLC process.

Skills

Project governance

Capex & cost control

Financial modeling

Budgeting

Stakeholder management

Planning & scheduling

MIS / dashboarding

Risk & compliance tracking

Cross-BU integration

Education

Bachelor's in Engineering

MBA

PMP

PRINCE2

Tools

Planning & scheduling tools

Financial dashboards

Job description

Responsibilities

• Ensure correct, complete and timely information flows to leadership; highlight critical issues and bottlenecks

CEO Office Interface & Project Governance

and act as expediter for decision-making.

• Coordinate with CPAG / Chairman's office on project matters and carry project issues to resolution.
• Assure internal coordination and project-related governance across the organization.

Portfolio Assurance (business Level)

• Own capex monitoring across the portfolio against sanctioned plans.
• Prepare and monitor AOPs (Annual Operating Plans) and the STRAP (Strategic Plan); track delivery against both.
• Review Budget NFAs (Notes for Approval) and track approvals to closure; support business-case preparation and lender's management.

Cost Assurance

• Establish and hold the project cost baseline.
• Prepare and review the EAC (Estimate at Completion) and run cost-benefit analysis.
• Track client receivables / claims and drive capitalization of the asset post completion.

Internal Integration

• Integrate all business-unit project teams and enabling departments into one delivery flow.
• Remove inter-department hindrances so projects move without internal friction.
• Own the interfaces and dependencies that cross functional boundaries.

Leadership Assurance & Oversight

• Assure pre-construction readiness and monitor planning & scheduling across packages.
• Ensure corrective and preventive actions are taken by the required stakeholders.
• Forecast delivery challenges early and monitor that management decisions are acted upon.

Last (statutory Approvals) Assurance

• Monitor all project-related statutory approvals and compliances across the portfolio.
• Support project teams in obtaining timely decisions and management approvals.
• Ensure execution never runs ahead of statutory clearance.

Escalation Anchor & Knowledge

• Run regular reviews at every level with stakeholders and management; escalations and pending approvals.
• Be the single escalation anchor that keeps decisions and approvals moving.
• Drive knowledge-sharing and learning across all projects.
• Serve as the BU's interface to the Central Project Assurance Group, compiling and presenting the BU pillar evidence and self‑assurance for CPAG review.
• Establish the Parivartan cost and schedule dashboards as the basis for leadership project reviews, roll out the Project Lifecycle (PLC) process, and take up AI-enabled initiatives across engineering, procurement, estimation and execution.
• Ensure every completed project carries a signed‑off closure report and govern projects to completion within the project plan.
• Track Pre-Con 360 overdue tasks across the portfolio and drive their closure.

Decision Authority & Accountability

• Sets project governance, planning, cost‑assurance and reporting standards binding across business units and sites.
• Reviews and tracks Budget NFAs and gate / stage approvals; validates progress and cost (EAC) positions before they reach leadership.
• Anchors escalation —can convene reviews and escalates deviations and stalled approvals directly to the CPO and CEO office.
• Accountable for the accuracy of leadership assurance, capex / cost visibility, statutory compliance posture and integration health across the portfolio.

Internal Interactions

• CPO; CEO office / CPAG / Chairman's office; Business-unit leadership & enabling departments; all Function Heads; Site Heads & Site Planning; CFMC; CAD; Digital

External Interactions

• Lenders / financial institutions; PMC & consultants; Statutory authorities (via project teams); Auditors / assurance partners; PM-tool & analytics vendors

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Engineering; MBA / PMP / PRINCE2 preferred. Strong expertise in project governance, capex & cost control (EAC, AOP, STRAP), business‑case development, financial modeling, budgeting and lender / stakeholder management across large portfolios; advanced proficiency in planning & scheduling tools, MIS / dashboarding, risk & compliance tracking, statutory approvals (LSAT) and cross‑BU integration; sound grasp of business processes and project management standards

Experience

20+ years in project management in large organizations, with a proven track record of leading mega‑projects as Project Manager, Project Director (PD) or PMC; experience adopting and implementing emerging project technologies and tools. Leads a lean PMO team (typically