IN_Manager_Program / Project Manager (IT Function Transformation)_GCC_Advisory_Bangalore

*Why PWC

At PwC, you will be part of a vibrant community of solvers that leads with trust and creates distinctive outcomes for our clients and communities. This purpose-led and values-driven work, powered by technology in an environment that drives innovation, will enable you to make a tangible impact in the real world. We reward your contributions, support your wellbeing, and offer inclusive benefits, flexibility programmes and mentorship that will help you thrive in work and life. Together, we grow, learn, care, collaborate, and create a future of infinite experiences for each other. Learn more about us .

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Job Description & Summary

A career within Consulting Services will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients leverage transformation to enhance their customer experiences.

Responsibilities:

Responsible for overall project schedule & planning which includes developing and coordinating realistic project plan, including key milestones, success metrics, and drive progress to achieve project plan within time and budget constraints from concept to launch for US based customers

Manage end to end implementation project for any of the Marketing Cloud solution

Ability to lead a team of large pool of Technical Architects and Business/ Technical Consultants.

Professional demeanor, ability to interact with and lead diverse teams throughout & communicate with client partner, customer success managers, CXOs and Industry lead

Proactively research customer needs and exercise appropriate creativity in recommending new solutions, based on the Digital Marketing platform to fulfill those needs.

* Mandatory skill sets

Experience in Digital Marketing cloud solutions

Experience in Technical Program Management, should be able to drive 15-20 projects in parallel

Experience working with North American client is mandate and should be able to provide support till 12PM IST (To cater EST and PST customers)

Experience in Project Management methodologies (PMBOK, PRINCE2) and Scrum methodologies

Experience working with IT application development projects will be an advantage

Proven successful project management experience, preferably delivering large enterprise-based applications and solutions.

Innovative thinker, high attention to detail, and thoroughness

Excellent problem-solving skills, with a demonstrated ability to identify issues, solve them quickly and well, and know when to rely on internal resources to assist

Strong conflict resolution skills

Superb organizational skills to be able to coordinate complicated projects.

Exceptional team building and team management skills, with proven experience managing virtual (including near- and off-shore) teams in a international environment

Proven technical ability to understand the impact of technical changes, and to articulate high-level technical solutions to address business problems

Agile/SCRUM and/or PMI Certification and demonstrated rigor in project management best practices

*Preferred skill sets

Understand and assess scope, critical paths and dependencies for delivering and shipping digital products and facilitate discussions across all functions & stakeholders

Anticipate bottlenecks, identify, assess, track and mitigate issues, risks and work with team members and management to mitigate and escalate as deemed suitable

Support project estimation process with key contributors to help define scope and prepare statements of work, including tasks, deliverables, milestones, resources, and estimated costs

Manage all day-to-day administrative activities of a given project from inception to closure such as reviewing timesheets, analyze plan versus actual figures, managing monthly/quarterly financial closing and invoicing

Maintain regular communication with both the customer and internal teams, and constantly manage customer expectations (also in critical situations or throughout escalations)

Achieve customer satisfaction through successful deployments of digital solutions

Compile customer requests and deployment issues, to provide a feedback channel into our core products.

Work with third-party subcontractors and technology partners as required

Act as the central point of contact throughout the life of the project, capture and communicate experiences in formal post-mortem, feeding lessons learned, best practices and resources back into the consulting practice

Manage weekly resource planning and financial forecast updates

Contribute to operational best practices by formalizing and/or improving processes and standards

*Years of experience required

Minimum Experience :

Minimum 8 years of experience plus MBA is required for the role. Overall experience can vary between (8-16) Years

Education Qualification:

Work experience in IT & ITeS/Software product companies preferred

B.E/B.Tech + MBA

Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)

Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)