Domain Consultant

- Coordinate project management activities, projects, people, communications

- Handle customer communications through emails, tickets and conference calls

- Serve as the project coordinator, maintaining timelines and ensuring accurate delivery dates.

- Supervise current projects and coordinate all team members to keep workflow on track

- Monitor and report on the progress of project to all stakeholders especially our customers

- Coordinate project schedules, resources, equipment and information for internal teams

- Act as the main point of contact and communicate project status to all stakeholders

- Organize, attend, and participate in stakeholder meetings

- Document meeting notes and follow up on action items and decisions from meetings

- Organize and maintain project materials such as documents, designs etc

- Provide operational support as needed

This is what you need to qualify:

- Proven 1 year work experience as a Project Coordinator or similar role in Information Technology (IT) related projects

- Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills.

- Basic understanding of Information Technology concepts required. Intermediate knowledge of IT hardware, software, and networking beneficial.

- Strong client-facing and teamwork skills.

- Excellent organizational and time-management skills.

- Attention to detail and strong work ethics

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Essential Functions:

• Handle a portfolio of projects and clients in parallel from Fortune 1000 companies and across geographies.
• Plan for a quarter ahead and develop an execution plan for projects and people in the team. Need to be ahead of both client and internal resources in planning and execution.
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with product delivery, the sales team, client and account managers.
• Make sure that the projects are achieving promised business value/RoI and figure out ways to achieve it if there is a gap.
• Build Rapport with clients and manage those effectively, high end consulting touch would be required
• Manage escalations, variations, complexities in projects effectively.
• Able to effectively use the established frameworks in project execution, client handling, resource utilization, resource mentoring etc.
• Directly supervises functional consultants, solution architects; conducts employee performance reviews/evaluations and career development discussions
• Manage up- Make sure to keep the higher management honest and able to strike a right balance between issues/items that are to be escalated vs that are to be handled.

REQUIREMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

• Bachelor's or Master’s Degree (preferably from a top reputed university) 
• Strong presentation and facilitation skills with small and large groups
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to understand Fortune 1000 client business complexities and handle those

Experience:

• Overall 8+  years of professional services experience with extensive experience in customer facing  roles and involved in requirements gathering, gap analysis, feasibility study etc.
• Minimum 2 years of experience as Project manager or equivalent role demonstrating management and leadership experience, preferably in a fast paced consulting / professional services set-up.
• Minimum 1 year of experience managing large portfolio, leading cross-functional teams and tracking the project progress against the plans
• Experience in leading and mentoring people as part of the project life cycle.
• Experience in following the established processes/standards/templates to achieve successful results.
• Experience with Invoice-to-Cash related business process is desirable

Critical Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Requirements:

• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Team management and collaboration skills
• Strong organizational skills and detail oriented
• Ability to negotiate with stakeholders and have challenging discussions
• Proven problem solving, risk mitigation and analytical skills
• Excellent team and interpersonal skills
• Strong ownership to drive the projects from start to finish with maximum client delight

JD: Technical Project Manager (MERN stack)

Exp: 9-20 Yrs

Location: Anywhere India (Remote)

- 10 + Yrs of total experience along with knowledge and experience in MERN (Mongo db, Express js, React js and Node js) stack.

- Experience to lead and manage technical teams.

- Experience in Agile project management and Scrum

- Expertise in Engineering Delivery

- Experience in working on deployments and CI/CD.

- Full stack development experience 

- Hands on experience in MERN stack

Responsibilities :      

• Requirement gathering and stakeholder management for client projects.
• Scope software development projects, create various documents (e.g. SRS, wireframes etc) and define development roadmap along side technical lead.
• Coordinate with clients day to day and act as a product owner to ensure the software being developed is conceptualised and delivered per client's expectations.
• Facilitate kick off meetings, requirement meetings and status meetings.
• Setting out quality standards for various operational areas, ensuring a high quality customer experience while adhering to the SLA’s and work processes 
• Use tools such as JIRA for project management/tracking.
• Verify and validate the software on a regular basis.
• Ensure in-scope development and obtain change request approvals by evaluating against change control processes.
• Conduct impact assessments and manage risks/resolution with least impact to project constraints.
• Manage and mentor a team.
• Coordinate with sales team and participate in pre-sales activities as and when required.

Responsibilities: 

• Contribute to managing end-to-end implementation project life cycle, driving optimization of operating models 
• Determine Project Scope, Objectives and Dependencies
• Develop and manage a detailed project schedule, work plan and key milestones
• Determine and Define Project Resource Allocations
• Manage Risks, Issues, Assumptions and Dependencies on Project by assigning appropriate ownership and escalations
• Capture project health metrics, maintaining a central repository for all projects and project information that provide insights into processes and frameworks that work 
• Establish and execute Project Governances viz., Steerco Meetings, Weekly Cadences and Track Action Items to closure
• Conduct governance calls for ongoing projects and ensuring project commitments are being met by Darwinbox’s implementation team as well as the Client’s implementation team 
• Develop and manage a detailed project schedule and work plan
• Collaborate with Client on requirement changes and initiate change management process
•  Identify, document and update the project scope for changes
• Initiate appropriate review and approvals on the changes
• Evaluate and analyze the impact of changes and communicate with stakeholders
• Seek approvals and commitments on the scope, cost and schedule
• Ensure SOP adherence, time-logging, effectively making use/ driving adoption of Project Management tools and methodologies 
• Review/prepare Project Plans for implementation projects and monitor resource allocation 
• Identify Stakeholder Communication Requirements on project performance metrics
• Collaborate with Product Teams on Product enhancements
• Document impact and prioritize changes to Product Backlog and timelines
• Stakeholder Reporting - Preparing status reports, highlighting risks to the project timelines, proactively escalating potential red flags, and recommending mitigation solutions 
• Track Project Closure / Handover activities to downstream teams. 

General Requirements: 

• B. Tech or an equivalent degree 
• MBA or an equivalent degree is preferred but not mandatory 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills 
• Ability to work under pressure and adaptable to change 
• Excellent time management and problem-solving skills 
• Proficiency in MS Office tool.
• Any experience in MS SharePoint, MS Power Automate, Excel Macros, and Project Management Tools like JIRA, and Zoho Projects is an added advantage 
• Any Project Management (PMP/ Prince2/Agile CSM) or Agile certification is mandatory 

•  8-10 years of prior experience in a project management role is preferred with strong experience in HRMS implementation.

We're looking for someone having 4-6 years of total work experience with strong managerial and leadership skills. The manager 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.
• Manage changes to the project scope, project schedule, and project costs using appropriate verification techniques.
• Coordinate internal resources and customer team members for the flawless execution of projects.
• Lead the project scope definition and objectives ,involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility.
• Ensure resource availability and allocation through appropriate forecasting.
• 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.
• Perform risk management to minimize project risks.
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation.
• Plan and oversee the preparation and dissemination of project communications.
• Create learning opportunities for the 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.
• Establish and maintain relationships with third parties/vendors.
• Screen potential business deals by analyzing requirements, financials and market strategies.
• Track & monitor project cost as per the budget.

    **Skills**

• Must have project planning, project monitoring project management skills
• Must have Schedule Management, Project Budgeting, expense monitoring, Project reporting skills.
• Must have basic knowledge of Web, iOS and Android development technologies.
• Must have excellent client-facing and internal communication skills.
• Must have Customer communication on Project status & reports.
• 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 experience in using tools like JIRA etc.
• Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Must be resourceful, innovative, self-motivated, and confident in high-stress situations.

This position is responsible for leading teams to deliver project(s) that span across one or more business units. Manage resources, schedules, financials and adhere to stage gate quality and SDLC control guidelines throughout the full systems development life cycle. This also includes management of issues, risks and project change requests to ensure successful and on-time project delivery. Contribute to process improvement initiatives as it relates to improving project delivery.

The Project Manager has the authority to run the project on a day-to-day basis. Verify that the project produces the required deliverables of quality, within the specified constraints of time and cost and to achieve the potential benefits defined in the business case. 

Reporting to: PMO Lead

Job Location: Delhi NCR / Jaipur / Chennai

Experience Required: 10+ years

What You’ll Do

• Strong experience in successfully leading projects and programs to on time, on-schedule and within budget close
• Experience leading, motivating and managing various project and program team sizes, including internal and external resources, while holding team accountable for performance
• Strong experience in SDLC Methodologies, Agile, SCRUM, SDLC / Waterfall
• Strong experience on documentation – Confluence or similar tools.
• Define and document project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders
• Develop full-scale project plans and associated communication documents
• Effectively communicate project expectations to project team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion
• Estimate the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals
• Draft and submit budget proposals, and recommend subsequent budget changes where necessary
• Addressing issues, flag risks and jointly determine mitigation approaches.
• Experience in implementing complex applications with multiple work-streams across geographically distributed teams (Onshore/Offshore model).
• Set and continually manage project expectations with team members and other stakeholders.
• Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path
• Plan and schedule project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools
• Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation, and presentations
• Analyze, plan and develop requirements and standards in reference to scheduled projects

What You’ll Need

• Bachelors or Masters Degree (preferred) in Business / Computer Science / Engineering / MBA
• Excellent leadership, communication (written, verbal and presentation) and interpersonal skills
• Good listening skills.
• Self-motivated, decisive, with the ability to adapt to change and competing demands
• Proficiency in MS Excel / Google Sheets, Google Slides / MS PowerPoint
• Demonstrated understanding of Project Management processes, strategies and methods
• Excellent time management and organizational skills and experience establishing guidelines in these areas for others
• Managerial experience applying analytical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Ability to predict challenges and seek to proactively head-off obstacles 

Good to have:

• PMP Certification / CSM Certification
• A background in hands-on software development
• A startup experience

Amar Chitra Katha(ACK Alive) is launching a first of its kind learning program in the country for which we are inviting applications from interested people who would want to be a part of the team. Leo & Mike is the content, curriculum and operations partner for ACK Alive. You will be working closely with the Leo & Mike team as well as the Amar Chitra Katha team, which will be a one of a kind opportunity.

Role: Program Manager (Amar Chitra Katha Project)

Job Description

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for a Program Manager who can drive our programs across a maximum of 6 centers and ensure the seamless delivery of the programs in line with the organization’s objectives to the complete satisfaction of learners and their parents.

Duties/ Responsibilities:

The Program Manager will be responsible for 

• Effective implementation of program across 6 centers with regard to learner satisfaction,learning outcomes and parent satisfaction

• End to end training in content,learning system,operations and implementation

• Ensuring venue readiness in terms of room setup,material availability etc before the program starts and act as single point of contact for venue partner,parents and learners

• Coordinating kitting ,packing and transportation of materials to and from venues.

• Creating,Updating and maintaining a learner and parent database across all venues

• Creating schedules across venues and communicate the same to facilitators,parents,learners

• Rescheduling of classes at venues as required

• Observing the classrooms and documenting the observations for mentoring facilitators

• Conduct meetings with facilitators and teams to discuss the observations from classroom observation

• Collecting data/feedback from facilitators,learners,parents and classroom observations and loop it back to  Leo & Mike team for appropriate interventions in content and program improvement

• Initiating appropriate interventions wherever required with respect to learner and parent issues

• Managing the post sale communication to parents regarding the programs and communicating about learners to parents through the facilitators

     Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in any discipline

• Effective interpersonal and communication skills

• Sound knowledge on Project Management

• Proven experience to manage a team

• Problem Solving and troubleshooting skills

• A positive and proactive attitude

• Ability to take constructive feedback and work on it

• Proficiency in all Microsoft Office applications

     Details

• Compensation: Rs.40,000/- per month(6 month contract which may be extended)

• 1 paid leave per month

About Us       

ACK Alive (Amar Chitra Katha)

ACK Alive is a unique concept that brings alive the stories, the cultural learnings and the values that Amar Chitra Katha has always celebrated. The ACK Alive offers a wide range of learning programs to children that is rooted in Indian values and combined with modern skills to thrive in the 21st century. 

Amar Chitra Katha has been the first glimpse into our glorious heritage and culture for generations of Indians. Founded in 1967, today, Amar Chitra Katha (ACK) is a household name in India. Today, ACK is synonymous with the reinvention of quintessential Indian tales from the great epics, mythology, history, literature, oral folktales and many other sources.

Leo & Mike 

Leo & Mike is the content and curriculum partner for ACK Alive. Leo & Mike is a new-age learning company for 4 to 14 year old children. We create and facilitate after-school and summer camp programs where learning happens through interdisciplinary content, project-based activities and play. We work closely with parents, schools and other organizations with a similar mission while keeping children at the centre of everything that we do.