What are the responsibilities and job description for the Project Manager position at DTEL Engineering & Consultants Inc?
Pre-Sales Phase
- Understand customer requirements and project objectives.
- Define implementation strategies considering geography, integration needs, and delivery constraints.
- Prepare high-level project timelines.
- Collaborate with proposal teams to estimate project effort and service requirements.
Project Planning Phase
- Ensure smooth project transition from Sales to Delivery.
- Analyze the contract, define scope, key deliverables, and major milestones.
- Establish project charter, communication channels, and meeting cadence.
- Coordinate with customer and internal cross-functional teams to conduct gap analysis.
- Define success criteria (timelines, KPIs, budget) and establish baselines.
- Ensure adherence to standard project processes, SOPs, and governance frameworks.
Project Delivery Phase
- Monitor progress against timelines, budget, and milestone commitments.
- Maintain seamless communication between customer and stakeholders.
- Ensure timely completion of customer responsibilities (site readiness, infrastructure, resources).
- Collaborate with supply chain teams for on-time hardware delivery.
- Track testing progress, highlight delays, and drive issue resolution.
- Log, track, and escalate issues/bugs through JIRA and structured issue management processes.
Project Execution Phase
- Manage cross-functional resource allocation and travel planning.
- Validate customer site readiness and ensure readiness before deployment.
- Oversee software readiness, deployment, and testing activities.
- Coordinate integration testing across regions, customer teams, and HQ.
- Set up and lead war rooms when required.
- Support UAT planning, execution, and KPI monitoring for ramp-up.
- Assist in closing NPD tickets and project handover to Client Services.
- Drive creation of handover documentation, sign-offs, and project closure reports on Confluence.
Qualifications & Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering (IE/EE/EC/ME) with 8 years of experience.
- Master's degree or MBA in Operations or Project Management preferred.
- Strong project management experience in industries such as warehousing, supply chain, logistics, manufacturing, automotive, or oil & gas.
- Exp Project/Program Management, Change Management, Consulting, P&L, or People Management.
- 5 years in warehouse operations or end-to-end automation / DC commissioning.
- Strategic thinker with strong organizational and leadership agility.
- Certification of PMI-PMP is mandatory.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Ability to influence and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
- Excellent communication, execution, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.