Kovaion Consulting - Project Manager

Company Description:

- Kovaion Consulting is an Agile, Intelligent, and Personalized Solution & Services Provider based in Bengaluru.

- Specializing in PeopleSoft, Oracle HCM/ERP Cloud, Taleo, Application Development, and Low Code Platform, Kovaion has a strong track record of successful solution delivery for global Fortune 500 customers.

- As the 1st APAC region implementation Oracle Fusion Application Integration vendor and a key partner in Oracle's Cloud Excellence Implementer program, Kovaion offers a rich experience in HR product implementation and support projects.

Job description:

Roles and Responsibilities:

- Create project organization structure, including identification of key project team members and their roles and develop and communicate the project plan to align project members and stakeholders.

- Conduct a kickoff meeting with all key stakeholders to announce the start of a project and review the overall project plan and gain consensus.

- Measure project performance using appropriate tools and techniques to monitor the progress of the project, identify and quantify any variances, perform any required corrective actions and communicate to all stakeholders.

- Demonstrate business skills with the ability to effectively negotiate priorities across multiple groups and teams.

- Manage changes to the project scope, project schedule and project costs to keep the project plan accurate and updated and reflective of authorized project changes, as defined in the change management plan, to facilitate customer acceptance.

- Identify high-level risks, assumptions and constraints, then implement approved actions and workarounds to minimize the impact of risks to the project.

- Communicate any development or resourcing roadblocks to leadership and facilitate resolution.

- Improve team performance by building team cohesiveness and leading, mentoring, training and motivating to facilitate cooperation among the teams.

- Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation.

To qualify for the role, you must have:.

- A bachelors degree preferably in the fields of computer science or engineering for project managers.

- Seven to ten years consulting or industry experience in complex program management and portfolio management.

- Strong communication, facilitation and presentation skills.

- Experience in project delivery, including configurations, release and change management.

- Demonstrated project and program management skills in a cross-functional coordination role.

Ideally, youll also have:.

- Experience working with executive IT or business leadership.

- Knowledge of standard IT methodologies and processes, such as PMBOK, Prince2, Six Sigma, CMMI, product management and systems development life cycles.

- Relevant industry certification (e. , PMP, Agile CSM, SAFe).

- An understanding of master scheduling and integrated project planning.

- Experience with enterprise PMO and Lean PMO setup and operation.