Technical Project Manager - IT

Job Title: Technical Project Manager

Division - Technology and Operations

Function/Unit:

Business Technology

Position Title with Designation:

Technical Project Manager

 Location: Mumbai

Reporting: Head of Technology.

Reportees: Technical Team

Job Purpose-

- Manage and control all projects for the assigned internal customer/ function

- Own the solution delivery (from user specs to development to testing to systems integration) and be ultimately responsible for the delivery of the project

- Ensuring uptime of the system in production / operations and adhere to performance SLAs.

- Technical Team Management and Regular status reporting to Head of technology.

Key Accountabilities - 

Tasks - 

Strategic - 

- Interacting directly with the business analyst and/or operational teams in order to understand their needs and issues. Providing business and technical solutions to existing problems / requirements and enhance customer satisfaction on a continuous basis

- Vetting the Technical Design prior to implementation.

- Decide on the delivery approach and manage scope (scope definition, planning, verification and control) of all projects for the business

- Budgeting and estimation of resources and time for each project delivery. Creating a robust business case for the project and getting required approvals

- Analyze and interpret the business requirements for technical systems (generally within IT)

- Road map of new technology and opportunities to be analyzed and evaluated

- Owning up to all aspects of Project Management and ensure timely roll-out within Budget

Operational/Project management - 

Put together the right team of Technical resources.

- Prioritization and scheduling of the project in line with the business requirements, resource availability and criticality of the solution.

- Ensuring all aspects of a project i.e. Business Requirements, Approvals, Delivery plan inclusive of testing is monitored and tracked closely.

- Handing Technical Operations and serve as the single point of contact for Business Analyst and Business operations.

- Provide leadership for direct delivery (project) teams to deliver within the required timeframe, as per specifications and of highest quality

- Serve as the escalation point for all development and production issues specific to projects

- Extracts and owns all risk for a project and regularly tracks the same. Prepares mitigation plan for all risks and keep all stakeholders informed.

- Maintains a rhythm for MIS and Reporting of all projects and their progress

Team Management

- Manage the project team to deliver as per the required quality and timelines.

- Build rapport with all Technical resources for products associated with the business, for a smooth working relationship.

- Manage Vendor related all issues, progress and performances

Profile:

Educational Qualification

- Computer Engineer/ Master in Computers from a reputed university or Graduate with MCS/MBA from a reputed university

Previous Experience-

- 5-10 years of experience with at least 2 years of experience of owning an application end-to-end Industry to be hired from - IT, ITES, Financial Services, Banking, Depositories, Exchanges

Skills and Knowledge required - 

Budgeting and Estimation

- Technical expertise (preferably JAVA) / knowledge of the business and the products used by them

- Understanding of the Exchange operations and business

- Techno commercial ability

- Client servicing/ relationship management

- Competencies (Behavioural Skills) required

- Project Delivery management

- Planning and organisation

- Collaboration and teamwork

- Conflict management

- Strong written and verbal communication

Alpana Bagwe
Associate - Vitasta Consulting Pvt Ltd
022-25476846/7/9