Business Technology Project Manager
JOB DESCRIPTION
As a Business-Technology Project Manager, we expect the candidate to bring in the Right liaison between Business and Technology as a part of technology solutions implementation. He/she will be responsible for:
As a Business-Technology Project Manager, we expect the candidate to bring in the Right liaison between Business and Technology as a part of technology solutions implementation.He/she will be responsible for:
1. Bring in the Business perspective E2E –right from approach definition, design delivery. Ensuring Framework based solutions, and developments that are secure, scalable, and robust
2. Determiningvalue driven tech solutions implementation approach based on the Business requirements
3. Providing the Right and successful delivery of tech solutions by,
a.Being the single point of contact for the project b. Asking the right questions from a tech perspective in terms of the approach, design and effort required(with focus on the re-use of FW or pre-defined templates)
c.Defining the right work &resource plan, milestones, and deliverables etc.
d.Collaborating with teams, managing workflow, and driving meetings between teams involved for, timely delivery
e.Track team’s progress, using key performance metrics to objectively identify teams’ positive movement.
f.Having prompt and proactive communication with the stakeholders to manage their expectations and keep them informed about progress and impediments.
g.Reviewingproject deliverables to ensure they meet requirements and quality standards.
h.Drivingprocess and tooling improvements to increase throughput and output quality.
i.Participating in setting best practices for project management principles for the Business System team.
j.Ensure adherence of coding standards and techniques for code optimization
WE ARE LOOKING FOR A PERSON WHO IS
As an individual
1. Analytical in approach -Seeking the "What, Why, How, Where and Who" when finding the issues, troubling shooting, solving,and creating clarity. One who appreciates and is capable of consciously deciphering and projecting the implicit value of the process.
2. Diligent in pursuit -When faced with challenges such as tight deadlines, and incomplete tasks, the ability to stand up, persevere and commit to seeing things through.
3. Flexible in learning -Curious to learn the craft in demand and willing to unlearn what is not needed.
4. A balanced Thinker -with the Right mix of Innovation and Expertise
5. Problem Solver –Being able to identify the root cause of an issue rather than just the manifestation and think from a solutions perspective
6. Polished & Independent -Self-motivated, resourceful individual, strictly professional in all kinds of situations. Capable of representing and steering our Brand value on all sorts of platforms.
As a Project Manager
1. Team player –Rightly aligning with the team and mentoring them as needed for the right delivery. Ensure that everyone works together as a team.
2. Decision Maker–Able to take decisions and guide the team, most importantly in pressure situations
3. Taking ownership of –the team, Project, and its delivery, ensuring successful Customer Service
4.ProactiveNature –Be its customer communication, problem-solving, dealing with project deviations, blockers or showstopper issues, being proactive in identifying alternate options and having a parallel approach in the execution of projects isofkeyimportance
QUALIFICATIONS&EXPERIENCE
1. Degree in BE/ BTech from premium institutes with at least 7 to 8 years of IT industry experience, preferably in the financial services domain. P&C Insurance would be ideal.
2. Experience of working in the capacity of a project manager for a minimum of 2 to 3 technology solution implementations that are deadline-driven and ensured successful delivery in terms of scope, timelines, and costs.
3. Experience of working with/managing multiple teams and dependencies–what needs to happen in parallel and what needs to happen in sequence
4. Experience of working within an Agile scrum framework –defining sprints, scrum calls and milestones definition.
5. Experience of working on a minimum of 3 to 4 technology implementations E2E –right from discovery to delivery and maintenance in the capacity of a developer and
6. Expertise in application development through any of the programming languages and UI/Backend Frameworks, preferably in Angular, Node JS, and Python (Django/Flask).
7. Experience of working with source control tools
8. In case there is no specific expertise as a ‘Biz’ Tech Project Manager, the candidate should be willing to learn and understand the Business domain, which in the case of Manomay is Insurance
ABOUT MANOMAY
Manomay is a Global IT Consulting & InsurTech Firm with an exclusive focus on the Insurance industry. With business technology alignment as the key emphasis, we work with multiple insurance companies both on Consulting (Strategic/Management/Implementation/Measurement) and Technology (InsurTech Products and Custom Specific Solution Development). Our Customer Base is spread across USA and Caribbean Islands (Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Barbados, Bahamas, and Jamaica).
Whether it is Consulting or Software Development, our focus is to help Insurance Companies solve those “unsolved” problems, that are not yet comprehensively addressed in the current realm of the Company and the Market. These span across legacy technology, rip & replace challenges, indecisiveness about enterprise IT, changing customer expectations & positioning, changing market dynamics, people & process challenges, integrations & associations etc.
Our Technology Stack is of the latest order using a combination of the new-gen technologies AI, ML, RPA, Digitization & Analytics etc. developed offPython and its frameworks (primarily) + other web frameworks like Angular and Node JS etc.
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Job Description: -
Looking forward to onboard a committed Product Manager who is motivated enough to combine his analytical, communication and managerial skills in order to administer our customers in the best possible manner. The product manager would be responsible for the product planning and execution throughout the product lifecycle, including: gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements, defining the product vision and working closely with engineering, sales, marketing and support teams to ensure revenue and customer satisfaction
What you will do:-
You are required to:
1. Responsible for the full product lifecycle, from writing specifications, working across multidisciplinary teams: design, art, and engineering to launch core features within our existing and new products
2. Manage the planning, scoping, execution and delivery across multiple projects
3. Over viewing the technical implementation of product development
4. Defining the product architecture, modules, interfaces, and data for a system to satisfy specified requirements
5. Exhibit sound product discernment, ability to formulate product strategy and present clear measurable objectives that will lead to achieving our business goals
6. Expected to provide valuable input into business cases based on in-depth data analysis and demonstrate how that analysis impacts key product metrics
7. Run prioritization and trade-offs among customer experience, technical constraints and business drivers
8. Expected to develop a deep understanding of our users: their problems, their needs, their desires
9. Creating product design prototypes
10. Writing and building rich content/user manuals help guides and documents
11. Leading and interacting with cross-functional teams, including product design and engineering
Skills you bring to the table: -
1. A very keen product sense exhibited through decisions in the past
2. Astute customer understanding; a very customer-focused approach to solving the problem
3. Long-term thinking around creating product and execution road maps
4. Data-oriented approach, a key eye for numbers, market insights and an appetite for business context and metrics. 5. Flawless communication skills, the ability to articulate and evangelize product vision, strategy priority and compellingly go to market plans
6. Owner mentality; willingness to take initiatives, the accountability to dive closure
7. Tenacity and grit; the ability to hustle and get things done even over a stretch
8. The ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams yet the assertiveness and and influence to rally people around the right products
What Makes you Eligible?
You are where our search ends, if you hold:
1. Excellent balance of organization and people skills, project management, and a “thirst for the new”
2. Technical Background with 1+ year of experience in the software industry, in roles relevant to project/ program management
3. Experience in working with software development with scrum methodology and Agile framework
4. Work experience on the IT industry is preferred
5. Good exposure to SaaS based tools
6. Hands on experience on Jira, Confluence or any other product management tools
7. Quick grasping and self-learning skills
8. Excellent communication and teamwork skills
Job Summary:
The Chief of Staff is a versatile and dynamic role, responsible for providing comprehensive support across various functions including Marketing, Human Resources, Business Operations, and Market Research. This position demands a multi-faceted individual who can seamlessly transition between different responsibilities, contributing to the overall success and growth of the organization.
Key Responsibilities:
Marketing: Assist in the development and execution of marketing strategies and campaigns. Conduct market research to identify trends, customer preferences, and competitive intelligence. Collaborate with the marketing team to create content, manage social media, and optimize online presence.
HumanResources: Support HR initiatives including recruitment, onboarding, and performance management. Oversee HR administrative tasks, ensuring compliance with policies and procedures. Assist in employee engagement and development programs
Business Operations: Streamline and improve operational processes for increased efficiency and productivity. Assist in budgeting, financial analysis, and reporting to drive informed decision-making. Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) and provide insights for business improvement
Market Research: Conduct thorough market research to identify emerging opportunities and potential risks. Analyze industry trends, customer behavior, and competitive landscapes to inform business strategies. Generate reports and insights to support strategic decision-making.
Project Management: Lead and coordinate cross-functional projects, ensuring timely and successful delivery. Allocate resources, set milestones, and track progress to achieve project objectives. Provide regular updates to the executive team on project status and outcomes.
Communication and Liaison: Serve as a key liaison between the executive team and internal/external stakeholders. Draft and review communications, presentations, and reports on behalf of the executive. Foster effective communication channels within the organization
We prefer candidates from Kerala.
Coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors for the flawless execution of projects
Ensure that all projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget
Developing project scopes and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility
Ensure resource availability and allocation
Develop a detailed project plan to track progress
Use appropriate verification techniques to manage changes in project scope, schedule and costs
Measure project performance using appropriate systems, tools and techniques
Report and escalate to management as needed
Manage the relationship with the client and all stakeholders
Perform risk management to minimize project risks
Establish and maintain relationships with third parties/vendors
Create and maintain comprehensive project document
Requirements and skills
Great educational background, preferably in the fields of computer science or engineering for technical project managers
Proven working experience as a project administrator in the information technology sector
Solid technical background, with understanding or hands-on experience in software development and web technologies
Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking skills
The Incumbent will: Be the key person accountable for Project Delivery- managing end to end delivery of high quality projects, meeting all required functionality, within allocated schedule and budget. Managing the team assigned to deliver projects and achieve assigned project goals. Be responsible to ensure continued customer delight.
Own the entire delivery of assigned projects. Responsible for managing multiple projects involving 15-20-member team consisting of middle layer (PL/GL/TL) and the teams under them. Responsible for the end to end delivery; ensuring that Project Delivery Metrics are controlled throughout the project lifecycle. Tracking project requirements and implementation throughout different phases. Participate in business meetings with Function/Delivery Heads; review contracts, carry out risk analysis and mitigation exercises and update the Management on the same. Project managers should have strong business management, budgeting and analytical skills. Review and ensure the preparation of the following: ▪ System Architecture ▪ External Specifications & Internal Specifications ▪ Software Development Plan, Configuration Management Plan and Project plan ▪ Technical Documentation ▪ Weekly status updates to all stakeholders Ensure process and system compliances in the projects. Exhibit excellent escalation management skills, internal or external. Manage FPP (Fixed Price Project) & T&M (Time & Material) projects on diverse functional domains Coordinate, communicate with the client on project related matters. Coach/ mentor the members in the project and provide necessary support to them. Performance appraisal/ counselling of the group members. Evaluate training needs (technical, managerial) and get the required training programs implemented. Ensure project compliance with Company's Quality Systems and Procedures.
The incumbent must be B.E/B. Tech. -CS/ IT/ MCA, M.Tech from a reputed institute, with 10-12 years of relevant industry experience across a wide variety of development projects. Knowledge of current technological trends in the S/W development industry, such as OOP’s, Multi-Tier S/W development, Component Architecture, Web Based S/W Good experience on Core Java, JSP, Servlets, EJB, Oracle/SQL, planning, budgeting & QA PMP or PMI certification is desirable. Domain knowledge of BFSI practices is an advantage. Thorough understanding of Project Management methodologies and tools. Advanced knowledge of system integration issues and Data Analysis Understanding the company’s vision and goals, business operations and market. Is adept in stakeholder management and possess the ability to coordinate and prioritize customer requests with the assistance of other managers to ensure customer delight. Possess good people management skills and is able to manage performance and disciplinary issues, handle employee complaints and grievances and recommend the hiring, termination and promotion of staff; Should be able to train, mentor, motivate and lead a successful team. Should be well versed with attrition related issues and case management. Should have: Strong leadership abilities, self-driven, critical thinking, analytical abilities, flexibility, adaptability to work schedules, effective verbal and written communication & presentation skills, time management, self-confidence, open to changes & challenges, eye for detail, perseverance, discreetness and diplomacy, analytical thinking, sound independent decision making and team work. Must possess the attitude to deliver solution First Time Right. Willingness to travel on Short term/Long term within India/Outside India/Client Site
Tailor and Circus is a progressive and unisex underwear brand in the Indian apparel space, at the forefront of E-commerce and product innovation. We have created India's most comfortable and responsible piece of underwear, offering the highest quality and selling direct-to-consumer. As a brand, we are India's first inclusive and body-positive underwear company. This has been part of the company's DNA since the inception, all our models and influencers who represent the brand are real people having real bodies.
Tailor and Circus is looking to hire suitable candidates for the Product Manager role who will handle user-facing product experience (website) and is very data-driven. The role will be based either in Bangalore or Coimbatore.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- You will be focused on building consumer-facing applications for the Tailor and Circus website.
- You will be responsible for conceptualizing and building user experience across the website and other customer touchpoints.
- Define and manage all critical user journeys and conversion funnels across website and other customer touchpoints.
- You will be responsible for launch and change management of features going live on apps/website.
- You will work closely with PMs responsible for all key business areas (Marketing, Design and Tech) to create a simple and delightful experience for our users.
- You will have a high degree of responsibility and ownership.
- You will drive the strategy, roadmap, execution, and growth of a product area.
- You will work closely with other product managers, engineers, designers, marketing, legal, analytics and do everything (defining requirements, prioritizing, testing, writing copy, tracking metrics and more.) to deliver high-quality products.
Apply If you:
- Minimum of 1-2 Years of Experience in Product & Marketing Management
- Can showcase your user-facing products experiences
- Have very high customer obsession
- Are a highly data-oriented person and have skills to analyze data using SQL
- Have an understanding of funnels, sprint & agile ways of working, PRDs & wireframes
- Have empathy towards users and colleagues, are creative and excited by ideating/ building new product features and functionalities.
We are looking for a passionate PMO Lead to be part of Enterprise PMO which responsible for the entire organization support function on compliance , adherence and Governance of Standards, Operations, Policies and Procedures. We are looking for very dynamic and energetic PMO Lead to drive the delivery governance and excellence as per Business Objectives. Looking of people with high level accountability and ownership to drive the things for very fast growing start-up services company in India.
The ideal candidate for this position will have at least 8
years of program management office (PMO) with an ability to think tactically as well as strategically while leading cross functional teams in a matrixed environment. He is single point of contact for Delivery PMO and Process Governance. The primary goal of this candidate is to achieve benefits from standardizing and following project management policies, processes, and methods to be leveraged by multiple project owners. The candidate should have the ability to provide a decision support information for stakeholders (including executives) to make appropriate decisions. The candidate should also could underpin the project delivery mechanisms ensuring that all business change in an organization is managed in a controlled way.
Responsibilities:
- Transparency: providing information with a single source of the truth. Information should be relevant and accurate to support effective decision-making by stakeholders (including senior management).
- Reusability: stopping project teams from reinventing the wheel by being a central point for lessons learned templates and best practice.
- Delivery : making it easy for project teams to do their jobs by reducing bureaucracy, mentoring and process compliance. This includes the better coordination between two of delivery teams (One time Implementation and Managed Services) and other cross functional teams for SOP compliance and adherence.
- Governance: ensuring that communication to different stakeholders (including senior management) & decisions are taken by the right people , based on the right information presented. The governance role can also include audit or peer reviews, developing project and program structures, Standard Operating Procedures and ensuring accountability including of Information Security Management System as per ISO standards.
- Traceability: providing the function for managing documentation, project history and organizational knowledge.
- Create, Maintain and Own the PMO Delivery and Process Governance Metrics which includes Project Financials, Task and Ticket Metrics, Process KPI, Process Improvements, Delivery Governance and Excellence
Skills
- Gathering data about project progress and producing reports
- Developing standards and processes
- Encouraging (or enforcing where necessary) the use of those standards and processes
- Delivering training and mentoring Delivery and Process Governance PMO members and lead the team.
- Managing dependencies across multiple projects across delivery team
Requirements
- MBA in Project/Operations/Systems/MIS or MCA Or equivalent
- 8-12 years’ experience in Service Desk/PMO environment, in a fast-paced though structured environment
- Strong Process and Agile Project Methodologies knowledge for managing multiple projects
- Superior verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills with both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Reporting on financial information such as Project Profitability, Claims and Invoicing
- Experience in working with agile lifecycle and/or tracking and process management tools, e.g. Zoho Projects & Desk or JIRA
- Identify and analyze opportunities and make tactical/strategic recommendations
- Hands on project management approach that includes a proven track record of project/program execution
- Need to have good understanding Competencies (AWS) and Industry specific foundations (ISMS, ISO 27001, GDPR)
- Ability to quickly switch tasks, multi-task, be highly organized and detail oriented.
- Ability to adapt communication style to effectively work with multiple levels within an organization
- Experience preparing high visibility, executive level presentation materials
We're looking for someone having 2-3 years of total work experience with strong managerial and leadership skills. The coordinator will be responsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control and completion of web and mobile development projects, ensuring consistency with company strategy, commitments and goals.
**Responsibilities**
- Ensure that all projects are delivered on-time, within the scope and within budget.
- Develop a detailed project plan to monitor and track progress.
- Drive mobile application product vision, strategy, and roadmap
- Manage changes to the project scope, project schedule, and project costs using appropriate verification techniques.
- Supervise the development, bug-fixes and upgrades of web application projects.
- Keep your knowledge and the company’s products up to date with the latest web industry trends.
- Report problems and escalate to management as needed.
- Coordinate with developers to create and maintain a robust framework to support the applications.
- Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation.
- Plan and oversee the preparation and dissemination of project communications.
- Create learning opportunities within the development team through training, conferences, hands-on training and mentorship in projects.
- Oversee recruitment of new team members when required.
- Maintain and develop relationships with existing customers and reach out to potential customers for new business.
- Screen potential business deals by analyzing requirements, financials and market strategies.
**Skills**
- Must have a good professional background in coding.
- Must have knowledge of Web, iOS and Android development technologies.
- Must have strong leadership and team management qualities.
- Must have strong management and organizational skills.
- Must have good analytical and troubleshooting skills with end-users / customers.
- Must have competitive intelligence.
- Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Must be resourceful, innovative, self-motivated, and confident in high-stress situations.
Perks and Benefits
The company provided meals, Medical Insurance and other perks.