RPA Project Manager

Role: RPA Project Manager\nExperience: 10 Yrs - 18 Yrs\nNotice Period: Immediate - 30 days\nLocation: PAN India\n\nJob Description:\nLead end-to-end delivery and run operations of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) programs across multiple business units. Own discovery, design governance, delivery, and production support of attended and unattended automations. Partner with Business, CoE, Technology, Risk/Controls, and Operations to scale automation outcomes (FTE savings, quality, and cycle-time reduction) while maintaining robust change, incident, and compliance practices.\nKey Responsibilities\nProgram & Portfolio Leadership\nDefine and maintain the automation roadmap, intake, and prioritization aligned to business objectives and funding.\nEstablish governance (steering, weekly cadences) and report program health, risks, issues, and dependencies.\nOwn financials: business case, benefits realization, budgets, and vendor/SOW management, ROI calculation.\nDiscovery & Design Governance\nRun discovery and due diligence; validate readiness, controls, and process stability.\nEnsure creation and sign-off of PDD/SDD, SOPs, and test strategy; drive standard patterns and reusable components.\nUse AI tools to automate requirement gathering\nDelivery Management\nPlan, execute, and track projects using Agile/Scrum or hybrid methodologies (backlog, sprint goals, velocity).\nCoordinate BA, Developers, Testers, Architects, and Production Support; remove blockers and manage dependencies.\nEnforce SDLC, CI/CD, code reviews, and quality gates; ensure on-time, on-budget delivery with first-time-right quality.\nTechnical Platform & Environments\nOversee UiPath Orchestrator/Automation Cloud, Studio, Test Suite environments, credentials, and non-prod/prod segregation.\nCoordinate infra provisioning (VMs, queues, storage), access via AD/SSO, secrets, and network integrations (APIs, databases, SAP, web).\nWorking knowledge in Agentic AI and GenAI\nStakeholder & People Management\nEngage business owners, SME, tech controls, InfoSec; communicate status, KPIs, and benefits to executives.\nLead teams (onboarding, coaching, performance management); foster a culture of continuous improvement.\nQualifications\nBachelor's/Master's in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent experience.\n10–15 years in technology with 8+ years in intelligent automation/RPA delivery and operations.\nHands-on familiarity with UiPath (Orchestrator, Studio, Test Suite)\nStrong SDLC/Agile expertise; exposure to CI/CD, DevOps, and test automation.\nUnderstanding of security, risk, audit, and compliance for automation at scale (PII, secrets, access controls).\nWorking knowledge of APIs, databases/SQL, ETL, and integration with enterprise apps (SAP/ERP/CRM).\nCertifications preferred: PMP, Agile/Scrum, UiPath (Automation Business Analyst/Developer/Orchestrator).\nInterview Rubric (for Hiring Teams)\nProgram Leadership & Governance\nDescribe an RPA portfolio you led: intake, prioritization, governance, and benefits tracking.\nHow did you handle a cross-unit dependency or funding constraint?\nDesign & Delivery\nWalk through your PDD/SDD standards and review gates.\nShare metrics from your last go-live (quality gates, defects, first-time-right).\nRun Operations\nExplain incident/change management for bots and your MI dashboards.\nExample of early detection that prevented a production outage.\nTechnical Depth\nDiscuss orchestrator configurations (queues, triggers, credentials) and environment segregation.\nIntegrations you have implemented (SAP, APIs, databases).\nStakeholder & People\nManaging executive expectations in a client round; handling rejection/feedback loops.\nHiring, coaching, and performance evaluation approach for multi-role teams