Project Manager - PMO-2

12 Months ago • All levels

Project Management

Job Description

As a Project Manager - PMO-2 in Chennai, you will be responsible for comprehensive project planning, including resource allocation, timeline, budgeting, and risk mitigation. You will serve as the primary contact for stakeholders, providing timely updates, and ensuring project deliverables meet quality standards. The role requires proactive risk management, performance tracking using project management tools, and contributions to continuous improvement initiatives. Candidates should have a BA/BS degree or equivalent experience, strong project management experience, and proficiency with tools like JIRA Align, JIRA, SharePoint, and MS Office Suite.

Good To Have:

PMP or similar certification.
Group insurance experience with ability to manage both business and technical deliverables.
Ability to articulate and clearly communicate complex problems and solutions in a simple and logical manner.
Excellent problem-solving analytical capabilities with strong attention to detail.
Strong leadership and management skills.
Good knowledge of budgeting and resource allocation procedures.
Strong presentation and written communication skills.
Excellent team collaboration skills, including experience dealing with multiple projects impacting different processes within Individual Markets, multi-functional teams, and coordinating across teams in a large matrix organization environment.
Strong relationship building and maintaining skills, fostering a climate conducive to establishing positive working relationships with clients.

Must Have:

Develop comprehensive project plans, including resource allocation, timeline, budgeting, and risk mitigation.
Serve as primary point of contact for stakeholders, providing clear and timely updates.
Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate project risks.
Ensure project deliverables meet quality standards.
Track progress using project management tools and metrics.
Contribute to process improvement initiatives.
BA/BS Degree or equivalent experience.
Project Management experience in large projects and managing distributed project resource teams.
Proficient using JIRA Align, JIRA, SharePoint, MS Office Suite.
Experience with creating and designing professional power point presentations.
Excellent organizational and communication skills.
Ability to manage multiple projects and stakeholders effectively.

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Job Description:

Responsibilities:

Project Planning & Management: Develop comprehensive project plans, including resource allocation, timeline management, budgeting, and risk mitigation.
Stakeholder Communication: Serve as a primary point of contact for stakeholders, providing clear and timely updates on project progress, milestones, and deliverables.
Risk Management: Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate project risks to minimize impact on timeline, budget, and overall quality.
Quality Control: Ensure that project deliverables meet quality standards, conduct reviews and implement improvements where necessary.
Performance Tracking: Use project management tools and metrics to track progress and adjust project plans as needed to stay on target.
Continuous Improvement: Contribute to process improvement initiatives within the project management team, driving efficiency and effectiveness.

Qualifications:

BA/BS Degree or equivalent experience. PMP or similar certification is a plus
Project Management experience in large project and management of distributed project resource teams
Ideal candidate will have group insurance experience with ability to manage both business and technical deliverables.
Proficient using JIRA Align, JIRA, SharePoint, MS Office Suite, and other software for project and task management.
Experience with creating and designing professional power point presentations to convey executive level ideas in support of key initiatives
An ability to articulate and clearly communicate complex problems and solutions in a simple and logical manner.
Excellent problem-solving analytical capabilities with strong attention to detail.
Strong leadership and management skills
Good knowledge of budgeting and resource allocation procedures; and
Strong presentation and written communication skills
Excellent organizational and communication skills
Ability to manage multiple projects and stakeholders effectively
Excellent team collaboration skills, to include experience in dealing with multiple projects impacting different processes within the Individual Markets, multi-functional teams, and ability to coordinate across teams in a large matrix organization environment.
Strong relationship building and maintaining skills. Fosters a climate conducive to establishing positive working relationships with clients (internal and external).