Job Title: Technical Project Manager- Consultant
Location: Pune (On Site)
Must have skills: Project Management, Strong level of experience of IT software development, Expert in Microsoft Project Server and Microsoft Project, Strong analytical and problem-solving skill, Leadership skills
Experience Range: 7+ Years
About the Organization:
ETHOSH is an innovation-focused company creating high-impact Digital Experiences for our clients who are global industry leaders and major brands in the Lifesciences, Healthcare, and Engineering domains. We create differentiating digital content and solutions focused on marketing, customer service, training, and R&D enablement.
Responsibilities for Technical Project Manager-
- Establish and implement training processes and strategies for all technical personnel
- Analyse, plan and develop requirements and standards in reference to scheduled projects
- Assign and oversee the daily tasks of technical personnel while ensuring all subordinates are actively working toward established milestones
- You will map baselined requirements to their respective project objectives, gain stakeholder agreement and align tasks into a manageable work breakdown structure and lead a team to deliver those projects so that they meet and/or exceed customer expectations
- Hold regular technical team meetings to determine progress and address any questions or challenges regarding projects
- Determine and define clear deliverables, roles and responsibilities for staff members required for specific projects or initiatives
- Research and evaluate hardware and software technology options and weigh the cost/benefit analysis when making large purchases on behalf of the company
- Recruit and train exceptional employees to fulfil posted positions within the technical department
- Update and maintain all production technologies ensuring proper maintenance and installation
- create value-added project deliverables based on review and agreement with stakeholders, FIDS Leadership and Ethosh Project Management Office
- Successfully executing projects to agreed time, scope, budget and quality including developing objectives and plans to deliver on the business case benefits, budget and timescales
- You will be responsible for engaging with internal clients to advise and shape projects to meet their needs by properly defining the stakeholder’s project objectives and mapping requirements appropriately
- Perform requirements gathering and analysis to include: analytical techniques, interview techniques, data gathering techniques, current system documentation, business modelling methods, business process, rules and logic, data gathering to solve complex issues, development of implementation plans, development of requirements, JAD sessions and key analytical troubleshooting.
- Closing the project and formalizing acceptance of the project results ensuring that the benefits realization have been achieved or a formal plan is in place to manage these
- Provide accurate and consistent weekly status reporting for key IT initiatives, deliverables, risk, issues and program financials
- Manage external contracts and suppliers related to a given project
- Monitor and manage project baseline to ensure activities are occurring as planned - scope, budget and schedule and managing variances
- Proactively identify risks and issues on projects - leading team to develop risk management and issue management plans
- Demonstrate strong analytical and problem-solving skills in leading the project team in issue resolution
- Working directly with the build teams to be the go-to technical person for application build decisions and direction
- Working directly with the Development Leads to provide direction and ensure alignment across development areas
- To maintain an in-depth technical understanding of Engineering and supporting applications / products, being recognised as the ‘go to’ contact for technical queries, Project Support.
Qualifications for Technical Project Manager
- Master's degree in Project Management or related technical field required
- Preferably Managers specializing in IT/Computer – Hardware/Cloud solutions or equivalent
- At least 3 years of Business Analysis experience for IT projects with a focus on hardware and 3rd party vendor implementations in a large, cross-organizational corporate structure
- Proven working experience in global/regional IT environment/consultancy is required
- Technical hands-on experience of at least 5 years and Knowledge about solutioning & technologies like Angular, HTML, Java, Database, SQL
- Professional Project Management Certification from accredited intuition preferred
- Demonstrated understanding of Project Management processes, strategies and methods
- Experience mentoring, coaching and developing rising talent in the technology department
- Excellent time management and organizational skills and experience establishing guidelines in these areas for others
- Strong sense of personal accountability regarding decision-making and supervising department teams
- Experience working in a high-level collaborative environment and promoting a teamwork mentality
- Managerial experience applying analytical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Ability to predict challenges and seek to proactively head-off obstacles