Project Manager

Project Manager

We are seeking an experienced Onsite Technical Project Manager to lead large-scale digital transformation and telecom initiatives. The candidate will act as the primary interface between customer stakeholders, business teams, architects, development teams, QA teams, and offshore delivery organizations. The role requires strong technical acumen, project governance expertise, stakeholder management, and the ability to drive delivery excellence across multiple workstreams.

Key Responsibilities

• Program & Project Delivery
• Manage end-to-end project delivery, including scope, schedule, budget, risks, and dependencies.
• Drive project execution across onsite and offshore teams.
• Ensure timely delivery of milestones, releases, and customer commitments.
• Conduct project governance reviews and provide regular status reporting to leadership.
• Customer & Stakeholder Management
• Serve as the primary point of contact for customer leadership and business stakeholders.
• Lead solution discussions, requirement clarifications, and prioritization workshops.
• Build strong relationships with customer teams and drive customer satisfaction.
• Facilitate executive-level reviews and steering committee meetings.
• Technical Leadership
• Collaborate with architects and engineering teams to define technical solutions.
• Review application design, integration architecture, release plans, and implementation strategies.
• Support technical decision-making and risk mitigation.
• Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture and security standards.
• Agile Delivery Management
• Lead Agile ceremonies and program increment planning activities.
• Monitor sprint progress, velocity, delivery commitments, and quality metrics.
• Coordinate among Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Development, QA, and Operations teams.
• Remove delivery blockers and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Financial & Resource Management
• Manage project financials, forecasts, budgets, and revenue realization.
• Track resource utilization and capacity planning.
• Support SOW management, change requests, and invoicing activities.
• Ensure achievement of project margin and profitability targets.
• Risk & Issue Management
• Identify project risks proactively and execute mitigation plans.
• Escalate critical issues appropriately and drive resolution.
• Monitor dependencies across multiple teams and vendors.
• Maintain RAID logs and governance documentation.

Required Skills

• Project Management
• PMP, Prince2, SAFe, Scrum Master, or equivalent certification preferred.
• Strong expertise in Agile, Scrum, Kanban, and Hybrid delivery models.
• Experience managing distributed onsite-offshore delivery teams.

Technical Skills

• Strong understanding of SDLC, Cloud, APIs, Microservices, and Enterprise Applications.
• Experience working with Java, Telecom BSS/OSS, Digital Platforms, or Enterprise Systems.
• Familiarity with CI/CD, DevOps, Release Management, and Production Support processes.
• Knowledge of Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, MS Project, and Power BI.

Client Management

• Excellent customer-facing communication skills.
• Strong negotiation, conflict resolution, and stakeholder management abilities.
• Experience managing executive and business leadership interactions.

Preferred Experience

• Telecom domain experience.
• Experience managing Digital Catalog, Order Management, BRM, CRM, or Enterprise Transformation programs.
• Proven track record of managing multi-million-dollar programs and global teams.
• Experience driving AI, automation, and digital transformation initiatives.

Key Competencies

• Leadership & Team Building
• Customer Focus
• Technical Problem Solving
• Strategic Thinking
• Delivery Excellence
• Financial Acumen
• Risk Management
• Executive Communication
• Flexible to support customer time zones.
• Ability to coordinate across global teams.
• Willingness to travel based on business requirements.
• Drive delivery ownership and ensure successful program outcomes.