Companies you'll love to work for

Position Type :

Type Of Hire :

Education Desired :

Project Manager Senior Lead – 15 to 20 Yrs – Pune Location

About the team:

• We are a team of Project Managers specializing in delivering client engagements and strategic internal initiatives for Capital Markets. Our mission is to make Delivery Excellence part of every PM's DNA.
• We drive projects for clients across APAC, EMEA and Americas for multiple Lines of Business, namely Lending, Treasury & Risk and Trade & Asset Services.
• We drive projects which are “New Product Implementations” or “Product Upgrades” varying in duration from a few months to more than a year.

About the role:.

• Project Manager Senior Lead
  • Manage your projects as a PM
  • Drive strategic initiatives and process improvements within the PMO organization
  • Champion AI adoption to drive productivity and manage projects / programs more efficiently
  • Participate in training and enablement of PMs (Back-to-Basics, etc.)
  • Strong commercial mindset to manage projects within budget
  • Solid senior client stakeholder management experience

What you will be doing:

Delivery

The Project Manager – Senior Lead will be the go-to person for PMs so s/he needs to be able to guide PMs through tricky situations. To be successful in this role, ‘competent’ mastery of all 5 pillars of the PM Competency areas will be required – delivery, commercial/financial management, governance/stakeholder management, leadership/team management, scope management.

Coaching / Leadership

The role will be responsible for guiding PMs, and partnering with the Pod Leads to drive higher productivity among the PMs and ensure that project are delivered within budget, governed strongly and enabled effectively with AI

Portfolio Management

The Project Manager – Senior Lead will be responsible for the delivery quality for all projects managed by him / her. They will need to have ‘competent’ master program management techniques.

What You Bring:

Knowledge / Experience

• Min 15-20 years of technology industry experience and between 8- 10 years of Project Management
• We generally look for Project Managers with PMP Certification and with specialized knowledge
• Strong understanding of creating and managing MS Project Plans
• Managing SOW’s/Change Requests for Upgrades/New Interfaces & Enhancements
• Good experience in managing project budgets, digital forecasts, resource allocations in PlanView
• Coordinate activities among team members, internal departments (technical and nontechnical), and client
• Forecasting revenue, managing timesheets, client invoices, and budgets
• Defining and managing Project plans, Project Risks & issues
• Allocation and monitoring work of project team, providing direction and support
• Creation of Project status reports and participate in client status calls
• Managing client deliveries, providing post-delivery support
• Coaching PMs on Project Management challenges
• Structured Portfolio Management experience for a large portfolio of projects
• Good exposure to AI and effective management of Projects using AI tools

Skills

• Strong analytical skill
• Good communication skill
• Strong experience in Project Management
• Strong skills in Microsoft Project, PlanView, Monday.com
• People Management / Line Management experience

Competencies

• Ability to discuss project risks, issues, concerns with clients, business unit and get it resolved
• Manage and adapt priorities according to client and internal requirements
• Work as individual contributor and as part of a global team

What we offer you:

• Extensive Health Benefits Program along with the Family Protection Plan
• Best-in-class career mobility options across the globe
• Award-winning learning offerings for career development
• Adaptable home - office work model
• Opportunity to work with global teams and clients

Privacy Statement

FIS is committed to protecting the privacy and security of all personal information that we process in order to provide services to our clients. For specific information on how FIS protects personal information online, please see the Online Privacy Notice.

Sourcing Model

Recruitment at FIS works primarily on a direct sourcing model; a relatively small portion of our hiring is through recruitment agencies. FIS does not accept resumes from recruitment agencies which are not on the preferred supplier list and is not responsible for any related fees for resumes submitted to job postings, our employees, or any other part of our company.

#pridepass