Project Manager

NTT DATA, Inc.; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

NTT DATA Inc. seeks an experienced Project Manager to lead Finance Transformation initiatives within Global Shared Services Finance. You will drive integrated plans, manage dependencies, and coordinate across Finance, IT and external partners to ensure timely, high‑quality delivery.

You will oversee governance, RAID, risk mitigation and clear executive updates while shaping scope, budgets and readiness activities for successful go‑live across geographies.

Qualifications

• Full lifecycle project management in a financial environment.
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication to liaise with global stakeholders.
• Experience coordinating multiple projects across geographies and functions.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain integrated project plans, milestones, dependencies and critical paths across initiatives.
• Coordinate dependencies between projects, systems, workstreams and business units; anticipate conflicts.
• Establish governance, prepare status reports, and provide visibility on progress, RAID risks and decisions.
• Ensure scope is defined and controlled; assess impact of changes on timelines, resources and costs.
• Track deliverables and ensure commitments meet quality expectations; coordinate with IT and business partners.
• Coordinate with System Integrators and Business Integrators; monitor delivery and address delays.
• Align IT delivery with Finance requirements and business readiness activities.
• Identify resource constraints and support decisions on allocation and sequencing.
• Identify decisions required, assign owners and track to closure.
• Coordinate with process, data, testing, change, training and deployment teams for go-live.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Governance

Resource coordination

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s in Finance

MBA in Finance with PMP/Prince2

Tools

SAP

ERP systems

Microsoft Project

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Afternoon - 12:00pm to 10:00pm (IST) / European Shift

Salary Range

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Functional Role (Job Description)

This role is under Global Shared Services Finance to support our parent organization NTT DATA Inc., wherein the incumbent will be assigned to manage the delivery of key projects, ensuring that resources across the business stay focused and achieve NTT DATA’s roadmap. Always ensuring that risks and dependencies are effectively managed in order to deliver on time and to an acceptable quality.

In order to be successful in this position the candidate should have a high level of enthusiasm, excellent communication skills, problem-solving capabilities, and the ability to develop and maintain relationships with all levels of the organization.

Education Background

A bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance

MBA in Finance with Project management (PMP, Prince2 etc.)

Work Experience

10 to 12 years in F&A with at least 6-8 years in relevant Project management exp in a Global environment working with teams across Geographies

Should have experience in System / ERP implementation preferably SAP implementation

Key Responsibilities

1. Project Management

Area

Key Responsibilities

Project Planning & Coordination

Define and maintain integrated project plans, milestones, dependencies, and critical paths across multiple initiatives. Ensure activities remain aligned with the overall Finance Transformation roadmap.

Coordinate dependencies between projects, systems, workstreams, and business units. Identify potential conflicts, overlaps, or sequencing issues early.

Stakeholder Management

Act as the central coordination point between Finance, IT Project Managers, Business Process Owners, System Integrators, Business Integrators, and other partners.

Governance & Reporting

Establish consistent project governance, prepare status reporting, organize project reviews/SteerCos, and provide clear visibility on progress, risks, decisions, and required actions.

Maintain risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies (RAID). Drive mitigation plans, escalation, and resolution with the appropriate owners.

Scope & Change Management

Ensure project scope is clearly defined and controlled. Assess the impact of scope changes on timelines, resources, dependencies, costs, and other transformation initiatives.

Delivery Management

Track deliverables against agreed milestones and ensure that Business, IT, and implementation partners meet their commitments and quality expectations.

Partner Coordination

Coordinate System Integrators, Business Integrators, and other external partners; clarify responsibilities, monitor deliverables, and challenge delays or gaps.

IT / Business Alignment

Ensure IT delivery plans remain aligned with Finance requirements, process transformation objectives, and business readiness activities—not only technical implementation timelines.

Resource & Capacity Coordination

Identify resource constraints across projects, highlight competing priorities, and support decisions on resource allocation and sequencing.

Decision Management

Identify decisions required, ensure appropriate information is available, assign decision owners, and track decisions through closure.

Business Readiness

Coordinate with process, data, testing, change, training, and deployment teams to ensure the organization is ready for implementation and go-live.

Where applicable, monitor project budgets, forecasts, partner spend, SOWs, and changes to commercial commitments.

Quality & Standards

Ensure projects follow common Finance Transformation methodologies, templates, governance standards, and quality expectations.

Executive Communication

Translate detailed project information into concise messages for senior management, highlighting what is on track, what requires attention, and where decisions are needed

2. Other day to day tasks:

• Plan and execute other tasks and projects in the context of Group Finance Transformation team
• Create specific analysis, reports or periodic tasks established within the department.

Key Performance Parameters

• As per the role assigned by NTT DATA Inc.

Essential Knowledge and Analytical Skills

Full lifecycle project management in a financial environment.

Utilize excellent verbal, written and inter-personal communication skills to establish and maintain a good rapport with co-workers, supervisors, business stakeholders and providers on a global scale

Results-focused and continuous learner and highly motivated to develop and share knowledge

Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Microsoft Project applications

Logical Thinking & Analytical Capability

Managerial and Soft Skills

• Result Oriented
• Pleasing Personality
• High integrity
• Team Player/ Teamwork/ Ability to manage work under Pressure

Additional Information