Information Technology Project Manager – Assistant Vice President

Citi; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Citi is seeking an IT Project Manager in an office setting. The role provides leadership and direction to teams, ensuring project scope, quality, and timeliness while managing budgets and resources. You will apply deep IT know-how to deliver value and mentor team members.

The ideal candidate has 5-8 years in IT project leadership, excellent communication, and the ability to collaborate with senior stakeholders across the organization.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years experience in an IT project leadership role with commensurate people management experience.
• Strong communication and diplomacy skills are required.
• Ability to manage teams and work with senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manages technical components of moderately complex IT projects.
• Coordinates activities of the project team, identifies resources and develops schedules to meet deadlines.
• Evaluates subordinates’ performance and makes decisions on pay increases, promotions, terminations, and other personnel actions.
• Verifies team adherence to control and risk implementations as well as standards and process changes.
• Identifies scope and impact of project risks and issues; raises and resolves issues.

Skills

IT leadership

People management

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s/University degree

Job description

The IT Project Manager provides full leadership and supervisory responsibility. Provides operational/service leadership and direction to team(s). Applies in-depth disciplinary knowledge through provision of value-added perspectives or advisory services. May contribute to the development of new techniques, models and plans within area of expertise. Strong communication and diplomacy skills are required. Generally has responsibility for volume, quality, timeliness of end results and shared responsibility for planning and budgets. Work affects an entire area, which eventually affects the overall performance and effectiveness of the sub-function/job family. Full supervisory responsibility, ensuring motivation and development of team through professional leadership to include duties such as performance evaluation, compensation, hiring, disciplinary and terminations as well as direction of daily tasks and responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Manages technical components of moderately complex IT projects.
• Coordinates activities of the project team, identifies necessary resources and develops schedules to meet completion deadlines.
• Evaluates subordinates’ performance and makes decisions on pay increases, promotions, terminations, and other personnel actions.
• Verifies team adherence to control and risk implementations as well as standards and process changes.
• Identifies scope and impact of project risks and issues; raises and resolves issues.
• Applies good understanding of concepts and procedures within own IT project leadership area to resolve issues.
• Demonstrates a comprehensive understanding of how areas of IT project leadership collectively integrate to contribute to achieving business goals.
• Provides evaluative judgment based on analysis of factual information in complicated and unique situations.
• Directly impacts the IT project leadership area through shared responsibility for delivery of end results and contribution to planning, budget management and formulation of procedures; influences resource planning.
• Persuades and influences others through communication and diplomacy skills; may negotiate with external parties.
• Has the ability to operate with a limited level of direct supervision.
• Can exercise independence of judgement and autonomy.
• Acts as SME to senior stakeholders and /or other team members.
• Ability to manage teams.
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm’s reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency, as well as effectively supervise the activity of others and create accountability with those who fail to maintain these standards.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years experience in an IT project leadership role with commensurate people management experience.

Education

• Bachelor’s/University degree or equivalent experience

Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

Working Environment

• Working Environment: office setting, minimal travelling and working hours in the office may be required during projects.
• Effort: minimal physical effort required. High levels of prolonged and intense concentration may be required in front of computer.

Job Family Group: Technology

Job Family: Technology Project Management

Time Type: Full time

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