Principal Lead- Project Management
- Ameriprise Financial
- 3 - 7 years
- Hyderabad
- 19 days ago
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Job Description
Technical project Manager with experience in application development in Java based technologies.End-to-end ownership of one or more technology projects or releases. Plan and effectively manage all aspects of the project or release including cost, schedule, scope, quality and project resources following the appropriate methodologies.
Manage daily/weekly scrums.
Able to perform and follow coding standards.
Must have experience managing projects in technologies like Java, angular, react and native cloud development
Must have managed projects with at least 10 people in team
Should have experience managing multiple site teams
Strong communications and inter personal skills
PMP, CSM certification is a plus.
Demonstrated understanding of Project Management processes, strategies and methods.
Experience mentoring, coaching and developing rising talent in the technology department
Excellent time management and organizational skills and experience establishing guidelines in these areas for others
Strong sense of personal accountability regarding decision-making and supervising teams
Experience working in a collaborative environment and promoting a teamwork mentality
Managerial experience applying analytical thinking and problem-solving skills
Ability to predict challenges and seek to proactively head-off obstacles
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver an annual portfolio of moderately complex technology projects with total budgets ranging from approximately $1MM to $5MM+ through effective management of budget, schedule, scope, quality and risk. Accountable for project communications, milestone tracking, resource planning, financials, risk assessment and contingency planning and escalation and resolution of critical issues to project sponsor/owners.
- Provide leadership to project resources in a manner that ensures timely delivery on commitments/tasks in support of broader project deliverables. Align and lead cross-organizational resources to ensure successful delivery of the project. Identify project resource requirements including on-shore, off-shore, employee and contractor resources and work with plan sponsors to ensure adequately skilled resources are available to deliver on project commitments.
- Develop the overall project vision, approach, objectives and key deliverables; identify/track key measures of success. Develop a comprehensive project plan incorporating deliverables, resource plans, milestones, accountabilities, communication plan and time lines. Ensure project tracking and status are maintained appropriately. Provide regular status reporting on plan progress, and ensure all company standards are followed. Ensure appropriate testing and quality reviews are conducted and receive sign-off.
- Create and manage the overall project readiness plan and communicate impacts to appropriate stakeholders. Lead and participate in regular post-implementation reviews and present project metrics to assist with evaluation of project quality. Provide regular status reporting for assigned releases. Log, track and escalate high priority project issues that may impact ability to deliver a quality project according to plan.
- Work effectively with business partners, vendors and staff to develop the project agenda and ensure agreement/adoption of project objectives/deliverables by affected constituencies. Provide proactive project communication to project owner. Work to identify cross-organizational interdependencies and ensure appropriate integration to project plan. Effectively manage client expectations and resource requirements to ensure ownership and success.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelors degree or equivalent (4-years) in Computer Science, Business or related field; or equivalent work experience.
- 5-7 years of relevant experience required.
- 3+ years successful track record of delivering projects that meet business objectives as well as time, budget and quality guidelines.
- Solid understanding of business functional areas and management issues as well as the IT organizations systems and capabilities.
- Demonstrated ability to deal with ambiguity and to effectively manage within it.
- Superior written and verbal communication skills including with executive level presentations.
- Strong analytic and problem solving skills.
- Experience managing project plans, time lines, test plans, resources and budgets.
Preferred Qualifications
- Successful experience driving cross-functional and cross-organizational teams to meet project objectives.
- Expert skills in project management methodologies, processes and industry standard tools.
- Proven ability to work effectively with on-shore and off-shore employee and contract resources.
- Ability to formally present project related information in a clear, concise and persuasive manner.
- Ability to relate well at all levels of the organization, building rapport and maintaining collaborative relationships.
Job Classification
Industry: Financial ServicesFunctional Area / Department: Project & Program ManagementRole Category: Technology / ITRole: IT Project ManagerEmployement Type: Full timeContact Details:
Company: Ameriprise FinancialLocation(s): Hyderabad+ View Contact
Keyskills: Computer science PMP Coding Risk assessment Analytical Financial planning Manager Technology Application development Project planning Asset management
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