Project Manager

MassMutual Global Business Services India LLP; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

MassMutual Global Business Services India LLP in Hyderabad seeks an experienced Project Manager to lead medium to large technology programs, coordinating with product owners, stakeholders, and vendors to deliver on schedule and within budget.

You will own the project roadmap, manage risks, apply Agile practices, and drive continuous improvement, aligning with strategic goals and governance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and/or 5+ years of experience combined with experience in Project Management including Financial Management and in delivering complex technical projects
• Three+ years of experience in Agile team environments (Scrum/Kanban), with demonstrated Kanban facilitation experience
• Clear track record of success leading/driving technology programs
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and ability to multi-task and work as part of a collaborative team
• Exceptional oral and written communication and facilitation skills
• Comfort at interacting with and presenting out to all levels of stakeholders and leadership
• Demonstrated ability to be a self-starter, comfortable working autonomously and with ambiguity
• Proven ability to work in a fast-paced environment with multiple teams and third-party vendors
• Demonstrated experience developing roadmaps for large scale technology Programs
• Demonstrated ability to balance understanding of broad program scope
• Working knowledge of JIRA, Confluence and Clarity PPM
• Working experience within Financial Services (e.g., insurance, retail annuities), with a focus on technology, cyber security, or information risk initiatives

Responsibilities

• Accountable to Project Owners, Stakeholders and other parties for planning, day-to-day execution, management, implementation and reporting of medium to large projects and/or small to medium programs often of varying scope, high complexity and non-contained risk that support basic to moderately complex business unit or corporate goals
• Drives the development of Stakeholder’s Project roadmap(s), ensuring alignment to the overall strategic direction of ETX and ensures the successful performance of your Projects
• Builds and maintain relationships across EIS, ETX and business stakeholders to maximize opportunities for success
• Leverages demonstrated ability to lead through influence by guiding Product Owners, team members, and other key stakeholders across the organization
• Forecasts and maintains both people and financial resource requirements for Projects, escalating any variances, as appropriate
• Holds self and project team accountable for desired outcomes
• Removes barriers to enable project team members to complete objectives, or escalates as appropriate
• Effectively negotiates priorities and solutions with sponsors and stakeholders
• Collaborates on the development and reporting of critical Program Metrics, including Objective and Key Results (OKRs) and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Ensures accurate, timely and coordinated status reporting for your Projects
• Partners with Product Owners and Business Analysts to review and validate documented requirements (functional & non-functional) and user stories for assigned Projects, ensuring they are understood by stakeholders
• Serves as an Agile Champion to assigned Project(s), facilitating the evolution of the EIS Agile Journey.
• Facilitates brainstorming sessions and research/resolve issues creatively to meet program objectives and long-term strategy
• Ensures the production and retention of applicable project artifacts per SDLC / Audit requirements
• When requested, leads or participates in process improvement efforts driven by the PMO, with the desired outcomes of increasing consistency, generating efficiencies, and delivering other defined benefits to EIS as a whole
• Works with a high degree of autonomy and applies industry and project management knowledge and skills

Skills

Project management

Agile (Scrum/Kanban)

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Clarity PPM

Job description

Responsibilities:

• Accountable to Project Owners, Stakeholders and other parties for planning, day-to-day execution, management, implementation and reporting of medium to large projects and/or small to medium programs often of varying scope, high complexity and non-contained risk that support basic to moderately complex business unit or corporate goals


• Drives the development of Stakeholder’s Project roadmap(s), ensuring alignment to the overall strategic direction of ETX and ensures the successful performance of your Projects


• Builds and maintain relationships across EIS, ETX and business stakeholders to maximize opportunities for success


• Leverages demonstrated ability to lead through influence by guiding Product Owners, team members, and other key stakeholders across the organization


• Forecasts and maintains both people and financial resource requirements for Projects, escalating any variances, as appropriate


• Holds self and project team accountable for desired outcomes


• Removes barriers to enable project team members to complete objectives, or escalates as appropriate


• Effectively negotiates priorities and solutions with sponsors and stakeholders


• Collaborates on the development and reporting of critical Program Metrics, including Objective and Key Results (OKRs) and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)


• Ensures accurate, timely and coordinated status reporting for your Projects


• Partners with Product Owners and Business Analysts to review and validate documented requirements (functional & non-functional) and user stories for assigned Projects, ensuring they are understood by stakeholders


• Serves as an Agile Champion to assigned Project(s), facilitating the evolution of the EIS Agile Journey.


• Facilitates brainstorming sessions and research/resolve issues creatively to meet program objectives and long-term strategy


• Ensures the production and retention of applicable project artifacts per SDLC / Audit requirements


• When requested, leads or participates in process improvement efforts driven by the PMO, with the desired outcomes of increasing consistency, generating efficiencies, and delivering other defined benefits to EIS as a whole


• Works with a high degree of autonomy and applies industry and project management knowledge and skills

Skills, Knowledge & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree and/or 5+ years of experience combined with experience in Project Management including Financial Management and in delivering complex technical projects


• Three+ years of experience in Agile team environments (Scrum/Kanban), with demonstrated Kanban facilitation experience


• Clear track record of success leading/driving technology programs


• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and ability to multi-task and work as part of a collaborative team


• Exceptional oral and written communication and facilitation skills


• Comfort at interacting with and presenting out to all levels of stakeholders and leadership


• Demonstrated ability to be a self-starter, comfortable working autonomously and with ambiguity


• Proven ability to work in a fast-paced environment with multiple teams and third-party vendors


• Demonstrated experience developing roadmaps for large scale technology Programs


• Demonstrated ability to balance understanding of broad program scope


• Working knowledge of JIRA, Confluence and Clarity PPM


• Working experience within Financial Services (e.g., insurance, retail annuities), with a focus on technology, cyber security, or information risk initiatives

Preferred Qualifications:

• PMI PMP Certification


• Agile Certification (CSM, AgilePM, etc.)


• Change Management Experience


• Three years’ experience in either an IT infrastructure, Cloud or cyber security environment