We are seeking an experienced Project Manager with 10+ years of experience delivering complex business and technology initiatives. The ideal candidate should have a proven track record of managing cross-functional teams, multiple stakeholders, and external vendors while driving successful project outcomes.
Responsibilities
Timeline Management, Project Planning, Monitoring and Coordination
- Develop and maintain project timelines, milestones, and delivery schedules.
- Track project progress against planned dates and identify potential delays early.
- Manage dependencies and coordinate activities to ensure timely completion of deliverables.
- Reassess timelines and implement recovery plans when delivery risks arise.
- Provide regular updates on milestone achievement and schedule performance.
- Facilitate governance meetings, project reviews and stakeholder discussions.
- Track action items, dependencies and decisions to ensure smooth project execution.
- Escalate critical risks and blockers promptly and drive resolution.
Stakeholder Management
- Build and maintain strong relationships with project stakeholders.
- Engage stakeholders throughout project lifecycle to ensure alignment on objectives, scope, priorities and expected outcomes.
- Manage stakeholder expectations through proactive communication and transparent reporting.
- Communicate project progress, risks, issues, dependencies and key decisions in a timely manner.
- Influence stakeholders to secure support, resources, and commitment needed for successful delivery.
- Escalate critical matters appropriately and facilitate timely resolution of challenges.
- Ensure stakeholder feedback is incorporated into project planning and delivery activities.
Risk Management
- Identify potential project risks and issues, developing proactive mitigation strategies.
- Monitor risk factors and take corrective action when necessary to keep the project on track.
Budget and Resource Management
- Monitor project expenditure, forecasts and budget utilization throughout the project lifecycle.
- Ensure project spending aligns with approved scope, business priorities and expected outcomes.
- Plan and coordinate resource allocation to ensure the right skills and capacity are available throughout the project lifecycle.
- Monitor resource utilization and proactively address capacity constraints, competing priorities and resource gaps.
The candidate should have
- Strong experience in managing large-scale, complex projects from initiation through implementation.
- Proven ability to lead and coordinate cross-functional teams across business and technology functions.
- Experience in vendor management, including delivery oversight, performance monitoring and stakeholder coordination.
- Good understanding and practical application of Agile frameworks, including Scrum, Kanban or Hybrid delivery models.
- Strong project governance, risk management, planning, and execution capabilities.
- A proactive, results-oriented and transformation-focused mindset with the ability to drive change and continuous improvement.
- Flexibility to adapt to changing priorities, business needs, and delivery environments.
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to navigate ambiguity and manage competing priorities.
- Excellent communication, presentation, stakeholder management, and influencing skills.
- Ability to build strong relationships and work effectively with senior leaders, business partners and delivery teams.
PersonalAttributes
- Dynamic and adaptable
- Self-motivated and proactive
- Strong leadership and collaboration skills
- Outcome and customer-focused
- Resilient under pressure
- Continuous improvement mindset