Manager - Resilience

Cognizant; Chennai District; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 3,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant in Chennai is hiring a Manager Design Project Management to support planning, design, execution governance and delivery of workplace fit-out and capital projects across the portfolio. The role ensures projects are delivered on time within budget and in accordance with organisational standards while effectively managing stakeholders, vendors, risks and project controls.

Responsibilities include end-to-end planning, budgets, schedules, coordination with architects and contractors,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management or related discipline.
• Professional certification in PMP or PRINCE2 or equivalent project management methodology.

Responsibilities

• Support end-to-end project planning, scheduling, monitoring and execution of workplace and real estate projects.
• Develop and maintain project plans, budgets, milestones, resource requirements and delivery schedules.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders, business teams, architects, consultants, contractors and service partners to ensure seamless project delivery.
• Drive project governance through regular reviews, compliance tracking, documentation management and adherence to established project management frameworks.
• Monitor project progress, identify potential risks and issues and implement mitigation plans to minimise impact on delivery timelines.
• Manage project change requests, dependencies, escalations and corrective action plans.
• Prepare leadership dashboards, project status reports, budget trackers and executive presentations for governance reviews.
• Support procurement activities, contract administration, vendor management and commercial evaluations related to project delivery.
• Ensure compliance with design standards, quality requirements, statutory regulations, safety guidelines and workplace standards.
• Coordinate multiple concurrent projects and ensure alignment with business requirements and portfolio objectives.
• Track project financials, budget utilisation, cost variances and forecasting to support informed decision making.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives, standardisation efforts and best practices across project management processes.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management or related discipline

Job description

Job summary

The Manager Design Project Management is responsible for supporting

the planning design execution governance and delivery of workplace

fitout renovation and capital projects across the portfolio The role

ensures projects are delivered on time within budget and in accordance

with organisational standards while effectively managing stakeholders

vendors risks and project controls

Responsibilities

Support endtoend project planning scheduling monitoring and

execution of workplace and real estate projects

Develop and maintain project plans budgets milestones resource

requirements and delivery schedules

Coordinate with internal stakeholders business teams architects

consultants contractors and service partners to ensure seamless

project delivery

Drive project governance through regular reviews compliance

tracking documentation management and adherence to established

project management frameworks

Monitor project progress identify potential risks and issues and

implement mitigation plans to minimise impact on delivery timelines

Manage project change requests dependencies escalations and

corrective action plans

Prepare leadership dashboards project status reports budget

trackers and executive presentations for governance reviews

Support procurement activities contract administration vendor

management and commercial evaluations related to project delivery

Ensure compliance with design standards quality requirements

statutory regulations safety guidelines and workplace standards

Coordinate multiple concurrent projects and ensure alignment with

business requirements and portfolio objectives

Track project financials budget utilisation cost variances and

forecasting to support informed decisionmaking

Drive continuous improvement initiatives standardisation efforts

and best practices across project management processes

Certifications Required

Bachelors degree in Engineering Architecture Construction

Management Project Management or a related discipline

Professional certification in PMP PRINCE2 or equivalent project

management methodology