PMO Project Manager

Oversees and provides direction throughout the duration of projects, from design stages to beta testing and through to final production. This includes the day-to-day instruction, strategic direction, and/or organizational initiatives pertaining to the technical project or program. Functions performed include defining goals/deadlines, tracking budget constraints, maintaining support documentation and responding to contingencies during the technical cycle of events.

Primary Purpose and Goal:

• As a Project Manager, you ll be expected to support several projects across multiple Audit Technologies Portfolios.
• Project Managers are expected to ensure that their projects deliver on the required outputs detailed in their Project Charters, within the specified time and financial constraints.
• There is a strong focus on financial management, coordination of delivery team resources, and closely monitoring and maintaining detailed project plans.
• It is expected that status reporting, issue and risk management is undertaken on a timely basis and adheres the reporting cycles within their individual portfolios and executive reporting mandated by the Audit Technology PMO team.
• Project Managers will be expected to follow the in-house project lifecycle from inception to completion using standard project lifecycle practices and artifacts.

Responsibilities and Tasks

• Ensure project is delivered on-time, within scope and within budget.
• Develop project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility.
• Develop detailed project schedule to track progress.
• Lead and direct projects through the Project Management Lifecycle (PMLC) inclusive of Initiation, Planning, Execution, Monitoring & Controlling, and Close Phases
• Conduct project meetings with key stakeholders and capture actions items for follow up.
• Manage changes in project scope, schedule and budget and follow a formal CR process.
• Ensure project governance and escalation paths are clearly defined and followed.
• Report and escalate issues / risks to management as needed. Perform risk management to minimize project risks.
• Manage the day-to-day relationship with the client and stakeholders.
• Establish good working relationships with Product and Portfolio owners and ensure status alignment.
• Track and manage project financials by developing a detailed project forecast and validating against actuals each month to provide accurate financial reporting to stakeholders.
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation.
• Facilitate technology discussions as warranted by the projects to drive solution and implementation.
• Focus on both qualitative and quantitative project metrics for better decision making.

Expected Skills / Qualifications:

• Minimum of 8-10 years experience in project management, with experience planning and executing both IT and business projects and programs.
• Strong project management skills with experience in organizing, prioritizing, planning, and executing projects from definition through implementation.
• Requires excellent communication skills, analytical ability, strong judgment skills, strong organizational skills, and the ability to work effectively with project team members, project sponsors, functional leads, and senior management in a matrixed environment.
• Solid experience on lifecycle management tools like JIRA, Confluence, DevOps, Clarity, MS Project, SharePoint / Team channels and other popular productivity tools
• Self-motivated, enthusiastic, passionate, and problem solver
• Drive and demonstrate success working independently in a virtual environment collaborating with vendors, onshore and offshore product teams.
• Capable of strategic thinking and of moving strategic plans into action
• Capable of managing multiple mid to large projects simultaneously on various technologies
• Ability to manage various deliverables from different teams/individuals.
• Solid understanding and ability to manage Assumptions, Risks, Action items, Issues, Change, scope.
• Analytic and decision-making skills - Ability to analyze and document a situation/scenario and propose options, recommendations, and cost impact.
• Flexibility to travel as required to regional locations.

Education: Bachelor s degree from an accredited university

Years of relevant experience: Minimum of 8-10 years experience

Certification: PMP and Scrum certified or comprehensive experience.