Project Portfolio Manager

Mahindra And Mahindra Limited; Chennai; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Mahindra And Mahindra Limited in Chennai is seeking a capable project management professional to drive program delivery across multiple functions, ensuring timely milestones, cost alignment and risk mitigation.

You will coordinate inputs with Finance to ensure business case readiness, monitor timelines and platform health, and prepare dashboards for leadership visibility. This role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration and proactive risk management throughout stage gates.

Responsibilities

• PPM Target setting
• Time – Define & Monitor Milestones by aligning all delivery heads – Resource Mapping with Ramp up / Ramp down based on work content Execution
• Coordinate and Finalize inputs with Finance for ensuring Business Case readiness in terms of model-mix variants, Project & target Cost, nonfinancial assumptions and risks
• Monitor & Control Business Case during product development
• Monitor overall project timelines (incl. component/system level) and escal… in case of potential foreseen risks
• Integrate delivery of all functions by – Ensuring Milestone adherence – Completion of deliverables for straight pass Gateway Clearance – Risk identification and escalation to CPH. Propose mitigation plan in consultation with necessary stakeholders – Project communication plans – Daily, Weekly, Monthly etc.
• Monitor and control project scope (TCP, Quality parameters)
• Monitor platform health (Time, Cost, Performance perspective). Status and risk visibility to Leadership team using dashboards / MIS
• Enable Platform team with scenario planning on Change Requests that arise through scope, engineering, Concern Resolution etc
• Preempt and mitigate any potential risks that might arise, to ensure Closure of the stage-gates with desired quality (less/no deviations)
• Coordinate platform level change management reviews

Job description

• PPM Target setting
• Time – Define & Monitor Milestones by aligning all delivery heads – Resource Mapping with Ramp up / Ramp down based on work content Execution
• Coordinate and Finalize inputs with Finance for ensuring Business Case readiness in terms of model-mix variants, Project & target Cost, nonfinancial assumptions and risks
• Monitor & Control Business Case during product development
• Monitor overall project timelines (incl. component/system level) and escal… in case of potential foreseen risks
• Integrate delivery of all functions by – Ensuring Milestone adherence – Completion of deliverables for straight pass Gateway Clearance – Risk identification and escalation to CPH. Propose mitigation plan in consultation with necessary stakeholders – Project communication plans – Daily, Weekly, Monthly etc.
• Monitor and control project scope (TCP, Quality parameters)
• Monitor platform health (Time, Cost, Performance perspective). Status and risk visibility to Leadership team using dashboards / MIS
• Enable Platform team with scenario planning on Change Requests that arise through scope, engineering, Concern Resolution etc
• Preempt and mitigate any potential risks that might arise, to ensure Closure of the stage-gates with desired quality (less/no deviations)
• Coordinate platform level change management reviews