Project Manager Full Time

About the job
Role Purpose

The purpose of the role is to manage delivery of a projectdriving operations and delivery governance, ensuring right talent supplychain to optimize customer satisfaction and cost of delivery

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Delivery Management
Ensure seamless delivery of the projects
Deploy optimum project delivery structure post transition/ migrationphase by evaluating the budget, costs, risks and staffing requirement
Create quarterly project charter with well-defined weekly projecttrajectory as per the project specifications & requirements andensure 100% adherence in terms of schedule, quality, efforts and costs
Ensure 100% compliance to Project SLA’s, information securityprotocols and etc (all customer’s contractual obligations)
Monitor and take appropriate actions on internal and external auditfindings to ensure no major non-compliance/ deviation from the SLA
Liaise between customer and internal technical delivery team todrive project health by adhering to organizational norms of projectmetrics
Drive various project related audits like quality, customer, ISO etcand ensure zero non-compliance
Conduct periodic cadence with the quality team to take proactivemeasures to resolves issues/ possible escalations
Conducts periodic cadence with Workforce Management Group (WMG) toensure 100% fulfillment as per the program/ project requirement
Regularly audit quality (QA) status of delivery and engage QA teamto ensure adherence to Quality Assurance standards and processes
Maintain project structure in Confluence & SAP in line withprevailing business requirements and norms
Ensure expected ramp down (ERD) compliance as committed in MSA
Client Relationship Management
Engage with client to deploy opportunities to deploy multiplesolutions within/ across SLs to create a stronger value proposition forclients
Conduct regular customer connects (meetings/ visits/ video-conference) and participate in Management Review Meetings (MRM) withclient management/engagement managers to understand customer’scurrent and future needs and seek feedback to improve deliverymethodology/ timelines/ resource allocation
Identify and close early warnings on a project to avoid any customerescalations
Plan and conduct Quarterly Business Reviews (QBR) along withDM’s/ ADH with the client management/ leadership team to driveimprovement actions and mine for a new portfolio/ opportunity within theaccount
Design and monitor project performance dashboards/ reports with theclients periodically
Delivery governance across the project
Create weekly/ monthly/ quarterly MIS and reports to monitor andtrack overall project
Conduct periodic reviews with the delivery team on operational,quality and fulfillment parameters and new idea generation & itsimplementation on existing projects
Identify and resolve potential risks or early warning signs onproject delivery to drive for ZERO surprise escalations and eliminateany revenue leakage
Escalate any deviations from the project charter to the deliverymanagers in terms of schedule, effort, cost, infrastructure from theproject charter and minimize process exceptions and such deviations fromthe actual project plan
Review and monitor revenue allocations/ realization to avoid OBrevenue leakage
Provide inputs to delivery leadership team on overall deliveryperformance parameters (project heath, utilization, realization etc) atproject/ program level during reviews highlighting any critical projectescalations and potential risks
Operational Excellence
Automation Focus
Perform pareto analysis as per the no. of incidents received andaccordingly identify automation opportunities and drive value addsacross the project
Deploy next generation hyper automation and crowdsourcinginitiatives in coordination with Holmes RO team to enhance productivity,quality and speed of delivery
Interact and engage with tools team to bring in new tools in theproject to automate certain pointers/ elimination of any noise in theproject
Innovation Focus
Brainstorm with the team to identify improvement opportunities andinitiatives to further improve quality, delivery speed and productivityparameters
Drive value adds and BVMs; ensure management showcases them tocustomer in MRM & QBR to drive growth
Plan and conduct periodic idea campaigns to generate new solutionsto the problems/ define better ways of working
Drive and deploy Knowledge Management and sharing
Contribute in internal knowledge sharing initiatives at Wipro bydriving internal training sessions, best practices, learnings, valueadds and BVMs and deploys best practices in various projects within ownaccount
Deploy the Wipro’s knowledge management portal across theaccount and monitor & track trainings
Capability Development and Talent Pipeline Creation
Demand forecasting in line with business requirements
Anticipate attrition and ensure right talent supply chain to deliverthe project
Spearhead quarterly demand forecasting and resource planning alignedto project requirements
Create and deploy a workplan to fulfil the required demand from allthe talent channels including external (lateral, contractors etc) hiringin coordination with WMG/ CWMG and Talent Acquisition team
Anticipate new skills/ upcoming technologies required to deliver theproject and ensure the team is trained or right talent is inducted intothe project as per the skill requirements
Drive 100% compliance on trainings and upskilling requirements
Prioritize and identify essential and upcoming technical skillsrequired across programs/ projects to facilitate and drive right supplychain
Drive towards 100% mandatory training compliance for the targetpopulation within an account
Plan and drive rotations for seed positions and ensure replacementplan to be arrived ahead of rotations
Quarterly connect with critical talent to understand their careeraspirations and create their learning maps along with project managersand HRBP
Fresher engagement program
Ensure a stable arrangement and assimilation of rookie withinaccounts in coordination with competency group team (classroomtrainings/ e-learning, certifications, on the job training etc)
Team Management
Resourcing
Forecast talent requirements as per the current and future businessneeds
Hire adequate and right resources for the team
Talent Management
Ensure adequate onboarding and training for the team members toenhance capability & effectiveness
Build an internal talent pool and ensure their career progressionwithin the organization
Manage team attrition
Drive diversity in leadership positions
Performance Management
Set goals for the team, conduct timely performance reviews andprovide constructive feedback to own direct reports
Ensure that the Performance Nxt is followed for the entire team
Employee Satisfaction and Engagement
Lead and drive engagement initiatives for the team
Track team satisfaction scores and identify initiatives to buildengagement within the team
Facilitate rewards and recognition to acknowledge the highperformers in the team