Manager, Transition

Ascensus; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 2,400,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Savings Account with employer

401(k) and college savings match

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

Volunteer programs

Business casual dress code

Job summary

Ascensus seeks a seasoned transition/project manager to lead multiple financial-domain transitions. The role emphasizes analytical insight from transition data, proactive stakeholder communication, and tight tollgate adherence, with a requirement for extensive cross-functional experience and strong MS Office skills. The candidate should excel in reporting, planning, and governance across complex programs.

Qualifications

• Twelve to fifteen years of experience across multiple vertical market segments such as banking, healthcare, wealth management, etc.
• Exposure to IT, service delivery, and application development.
• Minimum of three years of end-to-end project life cycle management.
• Proven expertise in project and program management, transition documentation, tools, and templates.
• Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to work with all levels of management and cross-functional teams.
• PMI PMP certification is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage multiple transition projects and programs within the financial domain.
• Report status on workstreams at defined frequencies to align goals and activities across initiatives.
• Develop materials for planning discussions and maintain reporting tools and templates.
• Coordinate meetings, agendas, minutes, dashboards, and executive reports for go-live readiness.
• Collaborate with departments to ensure completion of transition documentation, checklists, training, and go-live management.
• Ensure compliance with the global transition framework and tollgate adherence.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder communication

Risk assessment

Attention to detail

MS Office proficiency

Education

PMP certification (preferred)

Tools

MS Visio

MS Office Suite

Job description

Role and Responsibilities

Looking for a seasoned transition/project manager with strong knowledge of transition methodology and deep expertise in managing, leading, and reporting multiple transitions for financial domain/business lines. The role transforms transition data into analytical insight resulting in impactful actions and outcomes, identifies delays, fixes accountabilities, and proactively communicates with all stakeholders to drive the execution plan.

• Deep dive where needed, perform detailed analysis, out-of-the-box thinking, and solution orientation.
• Report status on assigned program/project workstream as per defined frequency to ensure alignment of goals and activities across work streams and initiatives.
• Research, create, and compile materials needed for effective discussion and planning; support and maintain tools and templates used in the reporting function.
• Manage logistics of initiative (e.g., meeting and schedule coordination, documentation including agendas, minutes, dashboards and executive reporting maintenance).
• Collaborate with departments to ensure completion of all required transition documentation, checklists, training, reporting and go-live management.
• Ensure the global transition framework is followed with strict tollgate adherence.

Qualifications

• Minimum of twelve to fifteen years total work experience within different vertical market segments such as banking, healthcare, wealth management, etc.
• Work experience to include exposure to IT, Service Delivery, and application development.
• Minimum of three years successfully managing the complete project life cycle involving multiple functions and teams.
• Expertise in project and program management, as well as transition documentation, tools, and templates.
• Highly proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, etc.).
• Attention to detail and ability to maintain data confidentiality.
• Strong written and oral communication and presentation skills, ability to assess risk and create mitigation plans using project management and MS Office tools.
• Certification in PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) preferred.
• Ability to work and communicate with all levels of management, internal and external vendors/partners, functional leaders, and team members.
• Flexible working in any shift.

Benefits

• Collaborative, idea-sharing environment.
• Professional development with in‑house training and tuition reimbursement.
• Generous reward programs.
• Paid time off.
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• Health Savings Account with employer contribution up to $1,100.
• 401(k) and 529 college savings match programs.
• Volunteer and charitable‑giving programs.
• Business casual dress code.