Head - PMAG

Adani Group; Gandhinagar; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Adani Group seeks a seasoned Project Director/PMC leader to drive governance, cost control, and delivery across mega-projects. You will lead a lean PMO, ensure statutory compliance, and coordinate with the CEO office for decisive action, while aligning portfolios with business objectives.

The role requires 20+ years of project management experience in large organizations, strong financial modeling, and proficiency in planning tools to manage complex, cross-BU initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in Engineering; MBA / PMP / PRINCE2 preferred.
• 20+ years in project management in large organizations.
• Strong expertise in project governance, capex & cost control.

Responsibilities

• Ensure information flows to leadership; expedite decisions.
• Coordinate with CPAG / Chairman's office on project matters.
• Own capex monitoring across the portfolio and AOP/STRAP tracking.
• Establish project cost baseline; review EAC; analyze cost benefits.
• Lead cross-BU integration and governance; remove inter-department hindrances.
• Monitor statutory approvals and compliance across the portfolio.
• Drive knowledge-sharing; establish dashboards for leadership reviews.

Skills

Project governance

Capex & cost control

Financial modeling

Planning & scheduling

Lender management

Education

Bachelor's in Engineering

MBA / PMP / PRINCE2 preferred

Tools

MS Project

Primavera

MIS / dashboarding

Job description

Responsibilities

CEO Office Interface & Project Governance

• Ensure correct, complete and timely information flows to leadership; highlight critical issues and bottlenecks and act as expediter for decision-making.
• Coordinate with CPAG / Chairmans 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 lenders 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; escalate deviations 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 BUs 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 escalations 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 / Chairmans 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

Qualification Bachelors 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

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