Program/Project Management Lead

8114 ASOL - Pune 3 SEZ Company; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Program/Project Management Lead in Pune to oversee delivery of complex programs ensuring alignment with business outcomes. You will define project scope, monitor deliverables, and communicate across stakeholders to manage expectations and issues, maintaining quality and timeliness.

The role involves coordination across teams, adapting plans to evolving needs, and ensuring successful outcomes with strong stakeholder engagement.

Qualifications

• Must have at least 7.5 years of experience in Scrum and agile project management.
• Strong ability to coordinate cross-functional teams and manage stakeholders.
• Experience delivering programs/projects aligned with business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Be SME, guide the team and drive decision making.
• Own team decisions and oversee delivery milestones.
• Engage with multiple teams for key project decisions.
• Provide solutions to issues for own and other teams.
• Lead planning and execution to meet milestones.
• Facilitate clear stakeholder communication and alignment.
• Monitor risks and implement mitigation strategies.
• Coach juniors and support professional growth.

Skills

Scrum

Education

15 years full time education

Job description

Project Role

Program/Project Management Lead

Project Role Description

Manage overall delivery of a program or project to achieve business outcomes. Define project scope and monitor execution of deliverables. Communicate across multiple stakeholders to manage expectations, issues and outcomes.

Must have skills

Scrum

Good to have skills

NA

Minimum experience

7.5 year(s) of experience is required

Educational Qualification

15 years full time education

Summary

As a Program or Project Management Lead, a typical day involves overseeing the comprehensive delivery of programs or projects to ensure alignment with business objectives. This role requires defining the scope of projects clearly and continuously monitoring the progress of deliverables to maintain quality and timeliness. The position demands active communication with various stakeholders to align expectations, address challenges, and ensure successful outcomes. The role is dynamic, involving coordination across different teams and adapting plans as necessary to meet evolving business needs and priorities.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Expected to be an SME, collaborate and manage the team to perform.
• Responsible for team decisions.
• Engage with multiple teams and contribute on key decisions.
• Provide solutions to problems for their immediate team and across multiple teams.
• Lead the planning and execution phases of projects to ensure milestones are met effectively.
• Facilitate clear communication channels among stakeholders to promote transparency and alignment.
• Monitor project risks and implement mitigation strategies to minimize impact on delivery.
• Support junior team members by providing guidance and fostering professional growth.

Professional & Technical Skills

• Must To Have Skills: Proficiency in Scrum.
• Strong knowledge of agile project management principles and frameworks.
• Experience in coordinating cross-functional teams to deliver complex projects.
• Ability to manage project timelines, resources, and budgets efficiently.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Capability to identify and resolve project impediments proactively.

Additional Information

• The candidate should have minimum 7.5 years of experience in Scrum.
• This position is based at our Pune office.
• A 15 years full time education is required.
• 15 years full time education

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com

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