About Position:
We are seeking a Technical Project Manager with hands-on experience in Java and .NET development to lead and manage complex software development projects. You will collaborate closely with engineering, development, and IT teams to ensure the successful delivery of projects on time and within scope. The ideal candidate should possess a deep understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) processes and be able to translate technical requirements into effective project plans.
Job Title: Technical Project Manager
Location: Bengaluru
Experience: 12+ Years
Job Type: Full Time Employment
What You’ll Do:
The Tech Project Manager is responsible for driving, tracking the software development within the engineering organization.
This role will work across the engineering organization to plan, manage and drive the execution of multiple projects in the BFSI domain.
The manager works closely with Engineering and Product Leads and others to ensure successful, efficient and on time releases.
This role will be the go-to person in the organization that is going to orchestrate and shepherd the flow of software from development to production Manage Portfolio: Across horizontals/verticals.
Maintain project portfolio, track project health ensures any issues are highlighted immediately.
Sustain grow relationship with client’s IT Business leaders.
Customer expectation management and education on key topics like resourcing, offshore-onshore delivery processes, communication, and status reporting requirements, etc.
Oversee project progress, bring attention of Engineering Partner/Principal Engineer Manager’s to issues in project delivery.
Support Sales Delivery teams’ time on relationship management, particularly on issue escalation/resolution.
Liaison with pre-sales, practices and relevant stakeholders to respond to RFPs
Monitor competitor activity, unearth opportunities based on client pain points.
Ensure Persistent activities/goals (e.g. technology/talent pipeline planning) are based on client intelligence.
Should be able to Understand technology landscape and guide the teams.
Promote a culture of bottom-up account growth and proactive proposals Streamline internal and external reporting processes.
Expertise You’ll Bring:
Influence stakeholders across functional boundaries and across multiple organizational levels to drive results Partner closely with counterparts in Development, Test, Product Management and Architecture to ensure the success of their products Develop and communicate strategy, plans, issues, and risks effectively throughout the organization
Take the lead on release management activities and drive release practices and improvements
Make strategic and tactical recommendations to stakeholders to ensure successful delivery of software
Closely tracks delivery of requirements from product teams Creates and delivers presentations, develops communications and communicates to cross functional audiences Identifies, develops and implements tools and metrics to drive project/program and release management success Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
Expanding program offering and enhancing the quality of existing programs
Formulate, organize and monitor inter-connected projects
Decide on suitable strategies and objectives
Coordinate cross-project activities
Lead and evaluate project managers and other staff
Develop and control deadlines, budgets and activities
Apply change, risk and resource management
Assume responsibility for the program’s people and vendors
Assess program performance and aim to maximize ROI
Resolve projects’ higher scope issues
Gathering feedback and presenting insights
Reporting on project performance to management team
Identifying opportunities for continual improvement
Knowledge of Agile methodology and SDLC
Ongoing Delivery of projects and working closely with customers and tracking SLAs and Deliverables
Managing multiple internal and external stakeholder
Presentations and reporting to relevant teams
6+ years in an advanced management role (preference given to those with project management experience) with an overall experience of 11+ years in the IT domain
Exceptional leadership, time management, facilitation and organizational skills
Outstanding working knowledge of change management principles and performance evaluation processes
Working knowledge of Agile
Exposure to programming and the ability to understand basic software architecture concepts
Proven track record of delivering projects and programs from initiation through implementation
Working knowledge on tools like Jira, Confluence and has worked in an Agile environment
You need to be comfortable communicating at all levels of the organization and be able to adapt your communications and presentations according to the audience.
You’ll need good conflict resolution skills to bring them together.
It’s your job to find the common ground that all parties can rally behind
Expect Uncertainty – Programs are inherently uncertain and should be able to work/manage the uncertainty
Working experience in the BFSI domain managing projects in the Java/ReactJS and AWS technology stack would be an added advantage
Benefits:
Competitive salary and benefits package
Culture focused on talent development with quarterly promotion cycles and company-sponsored higher education and certifications
Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies
Employee engagement initiatives such as project parties, flexible work hours, and Long Service awards
Annual health check-ups
Insurance coverage: group term life, personal accident, and Mediclaim hospitalization for self, spouse, two children, and parents
Our company fosters a values-driven and people-centric work environment that enables our employees to:
Accelerate growth, both professionally and personally
Impact the world in powerful, positive ways, using the latest technologies
Enjoy collaborative innovation, with diversity and work-life wellbeing at the core
Unlock global opportunities to work and learn with the industry’s best
Let’s unleash your full potential at Persistent
“Persistent is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind.”