Senior Project Manager

About The Job:

• The Senior Project Manager leads the project team through the project by establishing governance that befits the needs of the project.
• They develop a plan that maximises value to the stakeholders, ensure the execution of that plan and track the team’s performance against it.
• The Senior Project Manager ensures that the project is optimised to prioritise value within balanced constraints and manages expectations through complex environments.

• The Senior Project Manager is responsible for leading and managing large-scale, complex projects and ensuring their successful delivery on-time, within scope, and budget.
• In doing so they must set, manage and fulfil customer expectations to ensure the project is a success.
• The Senior Project Manager role, as described, to be oriented toward ensuring that large-scale, complex projects not only meet technical requirements but also contribute significantly to the organization's strategic objectives and deliver tangible benefits.
• The Senior Project manager will apply the relevant project managemement methodology for the project life cycle.
• In case of Agile or Hydbrid methodologies, the Project manager will endeavour to act as a Scrum Master, driving efficiency, collaboration, empowerment and value creation based on Agile principles.
• The Senior Project Manager role will also be engaged during pre-sales stages to support and contribute to the proposals helping in winning the deals.
• The Senior Project Manager will also play a vital role in ensuring seamless service integration of partners into the solution being delivered.

Essential Job Functions:

• Define and oversee project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility for large-scale, complex projects.
• Ensure that any commitments made are feasible and achievable.
• Develop, maintain, and adapt detailed project plans, schedules, and milestones, ensuring alignment with organisational strategy and objectives.
• Organise project tasks and allocate resources, ensuring that significant projects are successfully delivered on-time, within scope, and budget.
• Implement and maintain the project governance structure, ensuring alignment with organisational policies and standards, adapting to the needs of each project.
• Manage changes to the project scope, schedule, and costs using appropriate change control processes and tools.
• Collect, rationalise, analyse, and utilise multiple points of project data to inform decision-making and drive project performance.
• Manage project financials, including budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Develop and maintain quality assurance processes, ensuring project deliverables meet the required quality standards.
• Implement continuous improvement initiatives.
• Proactively identify, manage, and mitigate project risks and resolve issues across significant or complex projects.
• Maintain a risk register and issue log.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with customers and stakeholders.
• Manage stakeholder expectations throughout the project lifecycle.
• Define, manage and realise project benefits, ensuring alignment with organisational strategy.
• Ensure seamless project handover to operations, including training and support documentation.
• Responsible for the performance review of the PMs directly reporting to the senior PM.
• Provide feedback on performance of project resources.
• Work with line managers to develop performance improvement plans where required.
• Dimensions
• Excellent leadership qualities with ability to inspire and motivate team members.
• Proactive, resilient and adaptable in complex stakeholder environments.
• High level of personal accountability for account success and project outcomes.
• Commitment to ethical and professional conduct.
• Strong relationship building and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and work in dynamic environments.
• Strong analytical, negotiation and problem-solving abilities.
• Focus on continuous improvement and performance tracking.

Qualifications:
Knowledge and Abilities

• Advanced knowledge of project management methodologies, tools, and techniques.
• Strong commercial acumen and understanding of business drivers.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills.
• Knowledge of project management tools such as Microsoft Project.
• Deep understanding of business finance and project budgeting.
• Exceptional problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to drive results across cross-functional teams.
• Knowledge of organisational products and solutions.
• Education, qualifications, and certifications
• Bachelor's degree in business, management, engineering or related field.
• Professional Project Management and Agile certification (PMP and PMI-ACP)
• Synerygy Foundation & Synergy Practitioner
• SIAM Foundation & SIAM Practitioner

• 8 years+ experience in project management environments
• Proven track record in managing significant projects from initiation to completion
• Fluent English required, both spoken and written
• Target proficiency level expected
• Basic, Proficient, Advanced, and Expert proficiency levels across job skills and certifications

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About VARITE: VARITE is a global staffing and IT consulting company providing technical consulting and team augmentation services to Fortune 500 Companies in USA, UK, CANADA and INDIA. VARITE is currently a primary and direct vendor to the leading corporations in the verticals of Networking, Cloud Infrastructure, Hardware and Software, Digital Marketing and Media Solutions, Clinical Diagnostics, Utilities, Gaming and Entertainment, and Financial Services.

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