Pmo Manager

Talent Tribe Nexus; Chennai District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Talent Tribe Nexus is seeking a seasoned PMO leader in Chennai to steer IT application development and digital transformation across the organization. You will establish governance, drive portfolio planning, and oversee budgeting and executive reporting for technology programs.

The role requires 12-15 years total experience with 8+ years in PMO or delivery leadership, strong SDLC/Agile/DevOps expertise, and hands-on tool proficiency (Jira, MS Project, Power BI, Confluence, SharePoint, Excel).

Qualifications

• 12–15 years overall experience with at least 8 years in PMO or technology delivery leadership.
• Proven ability to set up PMO governance, portfolio mgmt, and multi-project delivery.
• Strong SDLC, Agile, DevOps, and regulatory compliance knowledge.
• Experience in BFSI/regulated industries preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the PMO function for IT application development and digital transformation.
• Establish governance, delivery standards, budgeting, and executive reporting.
• Drive portfolio planning, capacity planning, and resource allocation.
• Monitor schedules, budgets, scope, risks, and dependencies across programs.
• Develop dashboards and MIS for portfolio status and governance reviews.
• Ensure SDLC compliance and vendor governance with contract SLAs.
• Provide leadership to PMs, Scrum Masters, BAs, and PMO staff.
• Drive agile governance, sprint reporting, and delivery tracking.

Skills

PMO leadership

Project management

Portfolio management

Governance

SDLC

Agile/Scrum/Kanban/DevOps

Stakeholder management

Executive reporting

Budgeting/Forecasting

Jira

AWS DevOps

MS Project

Power BI

Confluence

SharePoint

Excel

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS/IT/BA

Master's degree in Engineering/CS/IT/Business Administration

Tools

Jira

AWS DevOps

Microsoft Project

Power BI

Confluence

SharePoint

Excel

Job description

Purpose

• Lead the Project Management Office (PMO) function for IT Application Development and Digital Transformation initiatives across Chola MS.
• Establish and drive project governance, delivery standards, resource planning, portfolio management, budgeting, and executive reporting for technology programs.
• Ensure successful execution of application development, cloud transformation, digital initiatives, regulatory projects, and enterprise technology programs within defined timelines, budgets, and quality standards.
• Act as a strategic partner between business stakeholders, technology leadership, project teams, vendors, and delivery functions to maximize business value realization.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish and manage PMO governance frameworks, methodologies, standards, templates, and reporting mechanisms across IT projects.
• Drive portfolio planning, project prioritization, capacity planning, and resource allocation.
• Monitor project schedules, budgets, scope, risks, dependencies, and deliverables across multiple initiatives.
• Develop and maintain enterprise project dashboards, portfolio status reports, and executive MIS.
• Track project health using KPIs, delivery metrics, milestone adherence, budget utilization, and resource productivity measures.
• Facilitate project governance reviews, steering committee meetings, and executive management reviews.
• Drive risk identification, mitigation planning, issue resolution, and dependency tracking.
• Ensure adherence to SDLC, Agile, DevOps, PMO governance, compliance, audit, and regulatory requirements.
• Manage project financials including budgeting, cost tracking, forecasting, and benefit realization.
• Support vendor governance including contract tracking, SLA management, and performance reviews.
• Provide leadership and guidance to Project Managers, Scrum Masters, Business Analysts, and PMO team members.
• Drive Agile governance, sprint reporting, release planning, and delivery tracking.

Technical Requirements

• Bachelors or Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
• 12-15 years of overall experience with at least 8 years in Project Management, Program Management, PMO, or Technology Delivery leadership roles.
• Strong experience managing enterprise IT development projects and digital transformation initiatives.
• Proven experience in PMO setup, governance, portfolio management, and multi-project delivery management.
• Strong understanding of SDLC, Agile, Scrum, Kanban, DevOps, and Waterfall methodologies.
• Expertise in project planning, estimation, budgeting, forecasting, and resource management.
• Strong experience in risk management, issue management, dependency management, and executive reporting.
• Hands-on experience with Jira, AWS DevOps, Microsoft Project, Power BI, Confluence, SharePoint, and Excel.
• Experience managing vendor engagements and delivery partners.
• Experience in BFSI, Insurance, or highly regulated industries preferred.
• PMP, PRINCE2, PMI-ACP, SAFe, Scrum Master, or equivalent certifications preferred.

Desired Personal Qualities and Behavior

• Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and executive reporting abilities.
• Strong analytical and decision-making capabilities.
• Ability to influence business and technology stakeholders at senior leadership levels.
• Strong planning, organization, and execution skills.
• High level of ownership, accountability, and result orientation.Role & responsibilities

Preferred candidate profile