Project Manager

Tata Consultancy Services; Parsippany-Troy Hills (NJ); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual incentive

Medical coverage

Parental leaves

Auto & home insurance

Training reimbursement

Vacation & holidays

Job summary

Tata Consultancy Services in Parsippany, NJ is seeking a Senior Project Manager with 15+ years in IT delivery to lead large, cross-functional programs. You will govern hybrid delivery, manage budgets, and drive vendor relationships across multiple workstreams such as architecture, data, and QA.

Candidates must hold an active PMI certification (PMP or PgMP) and demonstrate strong leadership in project governance and change management. This is a fully onsite role requiring in-person leadership.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in IT delivery with a minimum of 10+ years in a dedicated Project Manager role; led at least two large cross-functional projects to completion across various types.
• Strong command of Agile and Waterfall delivery; able to apply right framework to context and manage hybrid projects.
• Expertise in project governance: RAID log, steering committee, change control board, escalation matrix, and status cadence.
• Proficiency in planning and tracking tools: Jira, MS Project, Confluence, Smartsheet; advanced reporting with Excel/Power BI.
• Experience owning project budgets, forecasting, and presenting financial status to leadership.
• Proven vendor delivery management; defining SOWs and governance reviews with vendor leadership.
• Ability to coordinate multiple parallel workstreams across architecture, data, QA, security, and readiness.
• Leadership on organizational change management and stakeholder communication plans.

Responsibilities

• Own accountability for project delivery across scope, schedule, budget, quality, and risk from initiation to stabilization.
• Define roadmaps and integrated delivery plans; break work into phases and map dependencies.
• Establish and operate project governance from day one; ensure governance is active before delivery begins.
• Manage vendor and partner delivery organizations; own SOWs and contract obligations; enforce SLA commitments.
• Drive cross-functional alignment; chair dependency sessions and maintain an integrated dependency log.
• Oversee project financials; track actuals/forecast weekly and assess budget impact of changes.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies where applicable; PI Planning, System Demos, Inspect & Adapt.
• Lead change management activities; develop stakeholder plans and track business readiness.

Skills

Project management

Agile & Waterfall

Governance

Stakeholder management

Financial management

Vendor management

Risk management

Cross-functional leadership

Change management

On-site leadership

Education

PMP or PgMP certification

Tools

Jira

MS Project

Confluence

Smartsheet

Excel

Power BI

Job description

Job Description

• 15+ years in IT delivery with a minimum of 10+ years in a dedicated Project Manager role — must have successfully led at least two large-scale, cross-functional projects to completion across different project types such as system migrations, digital transformations, platform implementations, or new product launches
• Strong command of both Agile and Waterfall delivery methodologies — ability to apply the right framework to the right context, and to manage hybrid projects where different workstreams operate under different delivery models simultaneously
• Expertise in project governance — ability to set up and run a full governance structure from scratch: RAID log, steering committee, change control board, escalation matrix, and status reporting cadence tailored to the project's complexity and stakeholder expectations
• Proficiency in project planning and tracking tools — Jira, MS Project, Confluence, Smartsheet, or equivalent — and advanced reporting using Excel or Power BI to build executive-level dashboards and project health views
• Financial management skills — experience owning a project budget, tracking actuals vs. forecast on a T&M or fixed-price basis, managing scope change requests with impact assessments, and presenting financial status to senior leadership
• Proven experience managing large vendor delivery partnerships — defining SOWs, tracking against contractual deliverables, running governance reviews with vendor leadership, and holding delivery teams accountable without creating adversarial dynamics
• Ability to manage and coordinate multiple parallel workstreams — architecture, engineering, data, QA, security, infrastructure, and business readiness — ensuring dependencies are mapped, sequenced, and tracked across the full project lifecycle
• Experience with organizational change management — identifying business impact of project changes, developing stakeholder communication plans, managing resistance, and ensuring teams and end users are ready before go-live
• Strong experience with risk management — identifying project-level risks early, building credible mitigation plans, quantifying risk exposure, and escalating only what genuinely requires SLT intervention with recommended options attached
• PMP or PgMP certification is mandatory — not preferred, not in progress; candidate must hold an active, valid certification from PMI at time of joining; demonstrates proven command of project lifecycle, governance, risk, and financial controls across structured delivery frameworks
• Must demonstrate mastery of the triple constraint — cost, schedule, and scope — and be able to independently build a detailed financial plan, Gantt chart, integrated project schedule, and milestone tracker from day one; these are non-negotiable delivery tools, not optional outputs
• Budget management depth is required — candidate must be able to track weekly actuals, manage committed spend (POs, signed contracts), maintain a rolling forecast, calculate Estimate at Completion (EAC), explain variance, and present a complete financial picture to leadership with root cause and corrective action
• Full working knowledge of SOW types and contract models — Fixed Fee SOW (vendor carries risk, scope must be fully defined), Time & Materials SOW (client pays actuals, requires tight burn rate governance), and Cost Plus SOW (actuals + agreed margin); must know when each applies, how to govern it, and how to protect the program from overrun under each model
• Leadership bar — this role is expected to raise the standard for everyone around them; the right candidate will push engineers, vendors, and business stakeholders to deliver at a higher level, hold people accountable without micromanaging, and create a culture where the team does not need to be chased for updates
• Fully onsite 5 days a week in Parsippany, NJ — this is a non-negotiable requirement; the program requires in-person leadership presence, real-time stakeholder engagement, and direct team visibility; remote or hybrid arrangements will not be considered for this role
• Own full accountability for project delivery across scope, schedule, budget, quality, and risk — from project initiation through delivery, go-live, and stabilization; the project's success or failure is this role's responsibility
• Define the project roadmap and integrated delivery plan at the outset — break the project into logical phases or waves, identify the critical path, map all workstream dependencies, and establish milestones that stakeholders can hold the team to
• Establish and operate project governance from day one — steering committee cadence, RAID log, change control board, decision log, and status reporting framework; governance must be operational before delivery teams begin work, not retrofitted after problems appear
• Manage vendor and partner delivery organizations — own the SOW and contractual obligations, run regular governance reviews, enforce SLA commitments, elevate vendor performance issues through the right channels, and document all delivery decisions
• Drive cross-functional workstream alignment — chair dependency resolution sessions, maintain the integrated dependency log, assign ownership to every cross-team dependency, and track resolution to closure before it becomes a blocker
• Own project financial management — track T&M actuals and forecast weekly, manage change requests through formal scope change process with full impact assessment on budget, schedule, and risk, and present financial health to SLT with transparency
• Facilitate and own Agile project ceremonies where applicable — PI Planning, System Demos, Inspect and Adapt workshops — ensuring all teams have clear objectives, dependencies mapped, and capacity planned for each increment
• Proactively manage the RAID log — identify risks before they become issues, assign owners, review mitigation progress weekly, and elevate items that exceed the project's risk tolerance with clear options and a recommended course of action
• Lead change management activities — assess the organizational impact of the project, build a stakeholder communication plan, ensure business readiness activities (training, process change, cutover preparation) are tracked as project deliverables not afterthoughts
• Be the single accountable point of contact for project health — provide weekly written status reports and participate in steering committee meetings with an honest, metric-backed view of progress, risks, and decisions needed; never present a rosier picture than reality supports

Roles & Responsibilities

• Own full accountability for project delivery across scope, schedule, budget, quality, and risk — from project initiation through delivery, go-live, and stabilization; the project's success or failure is this role's responsibility
• Define the project roadmap and integrated delivery plan at the outset — break the project into logical phases or waves, identify the critical path, map all workstream dependencies, and establish milestones that stakeholders can hold the team to
• Establish and operate project governance from day one — steering committee cadence, RAID log, change control board, decision log, and status reporting framework; governance must be operational before delivery teams begin work, not retrofitted after problems appear
• Manage vendor and partner delivery organizations — own the SOW and contractual obligations, run regular governance reviews, enforce SLA commitments, elevate vendor performance issues through the right channels, and document all delivery decisions
• Drive cross-functional workstream alignment — chair dependency resolution sessions, maintain the integrated dependency log, assign ownership to every cross-team dependency, and track resolution to closure before it becomes a blocker
• Own project financial management — track T&M actuals and forecast weekly, manage change requests through formal scope change process with full impact assessment on budget, schedule, and risk, and present financial health to SLT with transparency
• Facilitate and own Agile project ceremonies where applicable — PI Planning, System Demos, Inspect and Adapt workshops — ensuring all teams have clear objectives, dependencies mapped, and capacity planned for each increment
• Proactively manage the RAID log — identify risks before they become issues, assign owners, review mitigation progress weekly, and elevate items that exceed the project's risk tolerance with clear options and a recommended course of action
• Lead change management activities — assess the organizational impact of the project, build a stakeholder communication plan, ensure business readiness activities (training, process change, cutover preparation) are tracked as project deliverables not afterthoughts
• Be the single accountable point of contact for project health — provide weekly written status reports and participate in steering committee meetings with an honest, metric-backed view of progress, risks, and decisions needed; never present a rosier picture than reality supports

Salary Range

$100,000-$140,000 a year

TCS Employee Benefits Summary

• Discretionary Annual Incentive.
• Comprehensive Medical Coverage: Medical & Health, Dental & Vision, Disability Planning & Insurance, Pet Insurance Plans.
• Family Support: Maternal & Parental Leaves.
• Insurance Options: Auto & Home Insurance, Identity Theft Protection .
• Convenience & Professional Growth: Commuter Benefits & Certification & Training Reimbursement.
• Time Off: Vacation, Time Off, Sick Leave & Holidays.
• Legal & Financial Assistance: Legal Assistance, 401K Plan, Performance Bonus, College Fund, Student Loan Refinancing.