Project Manager, VP (Hybrid)

Mployee.me; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Citi in Mumbai, India, is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead and coordinate complex project portfolios. The role requires strong planning, risk management, and cross-functional collaboration to align with business objectives and regulatory standards.

The candidate should have 6–10 years of project management experience and a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent. This full-time position emphasizes deliverables, governance, and stakeholder engagement across functions.

Qualifications

• 6-10 years of Project Management experience.
• Bachelor’s/University degree or equivalent experience, potentially Masters degree.

Responsibilities

• Supports planning, directing and coordination of day-to-day activities of running a project or portfolio of project.
• Applies in-depth understanding of how areas collectively integrate within the subfunction as well as coordinate and contribute to the objectives of the entire function; and, requires basic commercial awareness.
• Assesses creation and signoff of project plan and charter, benefits management plan, stakeholder management plan, acceptance plan, and central program issue log.
• Oversees project plans meet business needs as described in the project initiation documents.
• Ensures all stakeholders are identified and included in scope definition activities and understand the project schedule and key milestones.
• Works with the Project Sponsor to ensure business case cost benefit analysis is in line with business objectives.
• Ensures all areas of the project are appropriately staffed.
• Monitors project commitment from those assigning resources.
• Escalates project risks to the Project Director, or Project Sponsor, when appropriate.
• Creates the project risk management plan.
• Works with procurement team to create, administer, track, and eventually close project contracts.
• Makes recommendations for training and development needs for assigned personnel.
• Evaluates subordinates' performance and makes recommendations for pay increases, promotions, terminations, and other personnel actions.
• Directs area supported through responsibility for delivery of end results and shared responsibility for budget management; accountable for resource planning.
• Ensures essential procedures are followed and contributes to defining standards.
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citi, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Project scheduling

Budgeting

Vendor management

Education

Bachelor’s/University degree or equivalent experience

Job description

The Project Manager role is a strategic professional who stays abreast of developments within own field and contributes to directional strategy by considering their application in own job and the business. Recognized technical authority for an area within the business. Requires basic commercial awareness. There are typically multiple people within the business that provide the same level of subject matter expertise. Developed communication and diplomacy skills are required in order to guide, influence and convince others, in particular colleagues in other areas and occasional external customers. Significant impact on the area through complex deliverables. Provides advice and counsel related to the technology or operations of the business. Work impacts an entire area, which eventually affects the overall performance and effectiveness of the sub-function/job family.

Responsibilities

• Supports planning, directing and coordination of day-to-day activities of running a project or portfolio of project.
• Applies in-depth understanding of how areas collectively integrate within the subfunction as well as coordinate and contribute to the objectives of the entire function; and, requires basic commercial awareness.
• Assesses creation and signoff of project plan and charter, benefits management plan, stakeholder management plan, acceptance plan, and central program issue log.
• Oversees project plans meet business needs as described in the project initiation documents.
• Ensures all stakeholders are identified and included in scope definition activities and understand the project schedule and key milestones.
• Works with the Project Sponsor to ensure business case cost benefit analysis is in line with business objectives.
• Ensures all areas of the project are appropriately staffed.
• Monitors project commitment from those assigning resources.
• Escalates project risks to the Project Director, or Project Sponsor, when appropriate.
• Creates the project risk management plan.
• Works with procurement team to create, administer, track, and eventually close project contracts.
• Makes recommendations for training and development needs for assigned personnel.
• Evaluates subordinates' performance and makes recommendations for pay increases, promotions, terminations, and other personnel actions.
• Directs area supported through responsibility for delivery of end results and shared responsibility for budget management; accountable for resource planning.
• Ensures essential procedures are followed and contributes to defining standards.
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

Recommended Qualifications

• 6-10 years of Project Management experience

Education

• Bachelor’s/University degree or equivalent experience, potentially Masters degree

Job Family Group

Project and Program Management

Job Family

Program Management

Time Type

Full time

Most Relevant Skills

Please see the requirements listed above.

Other Relevant Skills

For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

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