Project Program Management Advisor

Req ID: 338504 

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We are currently seeking a Project Program Management Advisor to join our team in Hyderabad, Telangana (IN-TG), India (IN).

Role Purpose -As a Senior Project Manager in Security domain, you will deliver multiple end to end projects from Project Initiation through to benefits realisation to ensure successful project viability, start-up through to project closure. You will work closely with Senior Business Analysts, Principal Business Analysts, Programme Managers, Client stakeholders and be supported by technical SMEs. You will act as interface with internal and external departments, ensuring that the projects deliver the required deliverables to the agreed standard of quality and within the specified constraints of cost, risk, time and benefit.

Responsibilities- 

• End to end responsibility for product delivery lifecycle for new and existing products from approval through design, development, integration, test, deployment and handover to operations
• Work collaboratively with other Project managers and team members of the programme to develop a strategy and development plans
• Typically secures and manages large financial budgets e.g. a central Investment Committee approved budget between £1m - £5m for any one project
• Determines, procures and manages appropriate resources internally and externally to deliver the project
• Engages and manages all 3rd party relationships using company and client policies and procedures 
• Develops and gains agreement of project plan
• Provides regular progress reports to Client Programme managers and stakeholders
• Dependencies management with global platform delivery teams where required to enable integration into the local UK delivery roadmap, identifying dependencies with other business initiatives and key projects
• Implements and maintains a consistent project management methodology ensuring project conforms to appropriate governance including all project documentation
• Accountable for managing all aspects of risk, issues, contingency, and escalations
• Effective project/workstream communications with the Client and stakeholders
• Operate and comply with required local and global governance processes- Client Delivery cycle
  • Completion of deliverables required for each “Gate Approval”
  • Manage Change requests – including impact on time, budget, and quality
  • Update and refine business cases for costs and benefits
  • Timely updates of status, changes, and other data on to the systems used for reporting and tracking
• • Experience in end-to-end Project Management of complex projects, with emphasis on Connectivity, Entertainment and Mobile domains within the telecommunications, cable, and/or media industries, regulatory and legal aspects together with experience of the end-to-end product lifecycle, in addition to technical delivery
  • Proven track record in project delivery, planning, operations, or complex business collaborative environment
  • Proven experience managing and reporting on project finances and budgeting
  • The ability to manage virtual teams working on a number of concurrent large cross functional projects with a successful track record of delivering such projects
  • Knowledge and demonstrable experience of waterfall and agile project planning processes, techniques and methodologies used in the industry e.g. MSP, PRINCE2, Scrum.
  • Experience in a multi-disciplined and commercial environment
  • Ability to understand and manage multiple project risks and issues, dealing with uncertainty, whilst being proactive and forward-looking
  • Knowledge of risk trade off options and their impact on project success
  • Ability to understand complex organisational designs and structures and understands how to relate these to the project being managed.
  • Advanced stakeholder management, negotiation, and conflict management skills. Ability to engage and manage stakeholders effectively, resolving issues and understanding drivers/needs
  • Ability to respond to challenging priorities with a sense of urgency and pace.

Desirable Skills- 

• Bachelor’s degree or higher
• Ideally hold a PMI Project Management Professional or recognised equivalent qualification
• Ideally hold an PMI - Agile Certified Practitioner, Agile Scrum Master or recognised equivalent qualification
• Telecom domain (desired skill)

Regulatory and Legal domain (good to have)

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