PM_PMO_Sr

EXL; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 1,400,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

EXL is seeking an experienced PMO/Program Delivery professional to lead PMO activities for Insurance clients in a complex, cross-functional environment. The role focuses on governance, portfolio delivery, and continuous improvement across multiple workstreams.

You will drive alignment with risk/compliance, manage dependencies, and deliver executive-ready updates, while coaching teams in Agile portfolio practices and effective decision-making.

Qualifications

• Bachelor-level degree in CS/BA or related field.
• 8–12 years of progressive PMO/Program Delivery experience.
• Ability to translate complex topics into executive narratives.

Responsibilities

• Act as PMO lead/Secretariat for SteerCo, DAT and governance forums.
• Own and govern the New Demand Pathway with stakeholders.
• Provide embedded PMO and delivery management support across workstreams.
• Drive continuous improvement and value creation in delivery.
• Champion Agile portfolio management practices and train teams.
• Interface between delivery teams and central PMO/APO services.
• Enable data governance and regulatory compliance alignment.
• Manage integration, dependencies, and cross-functional alignment.
• Facilitate backlog prioritization and portfolio governance.
• Support Agile program execution including quarterly planning and sprints.
• Lead stakeholder communication and governance updates.
• Own RAID management and escalation protocols.
• Support financial analysis and prioritization trade-offs.
• Enable cross-geography collaboration through structured planning.

Skills

PMO leadership

SteerCo facilitation

Stakeholder mgmt

Agile portfolio

Delivery governance

Data governance

Compliance alignment

Cross-functional

Executive communications

Decision logs

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, or related field

Master's degree preferred

Job description

Job Description:

PM-PMO support to Insurance clients

Responsibilities

• Act as PMO lead/Secretariat for SteerCo, Delivery Action Team (DAT), and strategic governance forums, ensuring structured agenda management, executive-ready decision logs, action tracking, and follow-through on leadership commitments
• Own and govern the New Demand Pathway, working with business, technology, risk, and compliance stakeholders to improve intake discipline, delivery efficiency, prioritization quality, and portfolio throughput
• Provide embedded PMO and delivery management support across multiple workstreams, enabling portfolio capacity, delivery discipline, proactive dependency management, and consistent execution governance
• Drive continuous improvement and value creation by identifying delivery bottlenecks, standardizing PMO routines, improving governance cadence, and strengthening outcome-focused execution
• Champion Agile portfolio management practices and provide training on portfolio frameworks
• Serve as the primary interface between delivery teams and central PMO/APO services, ensuring governance standards, reporting expectations, delivery controls, and escalation protocols are consistently applied
• Enable data governance and regulatory compliance through alignment with risk and compliance teams
• Manage integration, dependencies, and cross-functional alignment across business, technology, operations, risk, and compliance teams to ensure predictable delivery and timely decision-making
• Facilitate backlog prioritization and portfolio governance, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives, funding guardrails, delivery capacity, benefits realization, and senior stakeholder expectations
• Support Agile program execution including quarterly planning and sprint alignment across multiple squads
• Lead stakeholder communication, executive reporting, and governance updates, including SteerCo packs, dashboards, status narratives, risks, decisions, and cross-geography delivery updates
• Own RAID management, including proactive risk identification, mitigation planning, dependency tracking, issue resolution, escalation management, and closure governance
• Support financial analysis and decision-making, including cost-benefit, cost of delay, and prioritization trade-offs
• Enable cross-geography collaboration through structured planning and effective communication

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, or related field; Masters degree preferred.
• 8–12 years of progressive experience in Project Management, PMO, or Program Delivery roles, with a strong track record of independently managing complex, cross-functional initiatives aligned to strategic business priorities.
• Ability to translate complex delivery, technology, risk, and compliance topics into clear executive narratives, impact assessments, decision points, and implementation roadmaps for varied stakeholder groups.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders, manage competing priorities, build consensus across functions, and drive accountability without direct authority.
• Comfortable making timely, data-informed decisions in ambiguous delivery environments, balancing delivery timelines, risks, dependencies, and stakeholder expectations.
• Strong problem solver with experience leading project teams, resolving delivery blockers, facilitating trade-off discussions, and maintaining momentum across complex workstreams.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, with the ability to prioritize competing demands effectively.
• Exceptional communication, negotiation, andstakeholder management skills, with the ability to influenceleadership,collaborate acrossteams, and manage expectations across business and technology groups.
• Strong executive presentation, facilitation, leadership, and governance management skills, with experience preparing senior-level status updates and decision materials.
• Working knowledge of Agile, hybrid, and traditional delivery models, with practical experience supporting quarterly planning, sprint alignment, backlog governance, and multi-squad coordination.
• Strong ownership mindset with mature planning, coordination, documentation, follow-up, and team leadership skills required to manage initiatives end-to-end with minimal supervision.