City Lead- Assam

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The City Lead - Assam, will be responsible for driving endtoend delivery, governance, and growth of the Project & Program Management (PJM) function within the city. This role requires a seasoned leader with strong stakeholder management, delivery excellence, people leadership, and business development capabilities. The City Lead will act as a strategic partner to clients and internal leadership while scaling teams and ensuring consistent project outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership & Strategy

• Own and lead the PJM function for the assigned city, aligning local delivery goals with national and organizational strategy.
• Act as the seniormost escalation point for complex project and program issues.
• Define citylevel operating models, KPIs, and governance frameworks for project delivery.

Project & Program Delivery

• Oversee multiple largescale, complex programs and portfolios across domains.
• Ensure timely, costeffective, and highquality delivery of projects in line with SLAs and client expectations.
• Drive risk management, dependency planning, and resolution of critical delivery challenges.

Client & Stakeholder Management

• Build and maintain strong executivelevel relationships with clients and key stakeholders.
• Support presales, solutioning, and proposal discussions related to PJM engagements.
• Represent the organization as a trusted advisor for program and transformation initiatives.

People & Talent Management

• Build, mentor, and scale highperforming Project and Program Manager teams.
• Drive hiring, onboarding, performance management, and succession planning for the city.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Process & Governance

• Standardize project management methodologies, tools, and best practices.
• Ensure compliance with organizational, contractual, and regulatory requirements.
• Drive PMO maturity, reporting rigor, and datadriven decisionmaking.

Business Growth & Operations

• Contribute to revenue growth through account expansion, resource optimization, and improved margins.
• Partner with crossfunctional teams (Sales, HR, Finance, Operations) to support business objectives.
• Track and optimize citylevel financial performance for PJM engagements.

Required Qualifications & Experience

• 15+ years of experience in Project / Program / Portfolio Management, with exposure to large, enterprisescale initiatives.
• Proven experience leading multiproject environments and large delivery teams.
• Strong understanding of PMO frameworks, governance models, and delivery methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid).
• Demonstrated experience in clientfacing and leadership roles.
• PMP / PgMP / Prince2 / SAFe or equivalent certifications preferred.

Key Skills & Competencies

• Strategic thinking and execution excellence
• Strong people leadership and mentoring capability
• Exceptional stakeholder and client management skills
• Financial acumen and commercial awareness
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and problemsolving abilities

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