Project Manager

About the job

FatherShops is a dynamic and innovative company seeking a highly motivated Project Manager to join our team. As a Project Manager, you will play a crucial role in overseeing project deliverables, timelines, and resources while implementing the Scrum methodology to ensure efficient project execution. If you have a proven track record in project management, a deep understanding of Scrum, and excellent client communication skills, we encourage you to apply.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Managing and Overseeing Project Deliverables: You will be responsible for ensuring that project objectives are met by effectively managing and overseeing project deliverables, timelines, and available resources.

2. Implementing Scrum Methodology: Utilize the Scrum methodology to facilitate collaboration, productivity, and efficiency within the project team.

3. Developing and Maintaining Project Schedules: Create and maintain project schedules to meet deadlines and ensure successful project completion.

4. Client Interactions: Interact with clients, understand their requirements, and maintain excellent client relationships to ensure satisfaction and project success.

5. Proficiency in Jira: Demonstrate strong proficiency in using Jira for project tracking and management to keep projects on track and organized.

6. Prince2 Certification (Optional): Possessing a Prince2 certification is a plus and will be considered an additional advantage in your application.

7. Digital Agency Background (Desirable): Prior experience in a digital agency background is highly desirable, as it will enable you to navigate the specific challenges and dynamics of the industry effectively.

Qualifications and Skills:

- Proven Experience in Project Management:You should have a track record of successful project management, demonstrating your ability to plan, execute, and close projects effectively.

- In-Depth Knowledge of Scrum Methodology:A deep understanding of Scrum principles and practices is essential for implementing this agile framework in project management.

- Strong Project Scheduling and Resource Management Skills:You should be adept at creating and managing project schedules and efficiently allocating resources.

- Excellent Client Handling and Communication Abilities: Strong interpersonal and communication skills are crucial to manage client expectations and maintain positive relationships.

- Familiarity with Jira:Experience with Jira for project tracking is essential for effective project management and collaboration.

- Prince2 Certification (Preferred but Not Mandatory):While a Prince2 certification is preferred, it is not mandatory, and relevant experience may compensate for its absence.

- Experience in a Digital Agency Background (Highly Valued): If you have prior experience in a digital agency background, your knowledge of industry-specific challenges and best practices will be highly valued.

• At FatherShops, we value innovation, teamwork, and a commitment to delivering exceptional results. If you are a motivated Project Manager looking to join a forward-thinking company and meet the above qualifications, we encourage you to apply and be part of our exciting journey.

EMB is looking for a Product Delivery Manager to join their team! As a Product Delivery Manager, you will be responsible for monitoring and guiding the execution of all work that is delivered by our partners. You will provide excellent client service, applying the partner’s best resources and effectively managing people across departments to ensure that projects are flawlessly executed on time and on budget.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Analyzing the structure of a business, understanding its goals, and advising technical and non-technical stakeholders on how to achieve those goals through technology.
• Being an expert and evangelist for EMB, and in how to deploy our capabilities to maximise customer success.
• Experience in Web/ Mobile App based projects is ideal
• Creating product documentation, user flows, and rough wireframes, and working with designers to refine the customer experience into a polished, shippable product.
• Communicating, translating, and simplifying business requirements to ensure buy-in from all stakeholders
• Working with the Technical team to ensure that they understand what the customer wants to achieve, all the way through to detailed specifications.
• Develop strong, trusting relationships with internal teams and clients
• Ensure flawless execution of projects
• Coordinate with the partners to develop schedules and enforce/ execute them
• Manage the project schedules to ensure completion on time. Surface any unresolved timing or resource issues with the partner
• Develop rapport and partnering relationships with key clients. Build the relationship by demonstrating a genuine sense of responsibility for the success of the business
• Manages project scopes to ensure projects stay on budget
• Involved in project-level strategy planning/development
• Develop a deeper understanding of the client’s business and the automotive environment by actively learning about business, products, and competitive environment.
• Based on knowledge of business and industry, bring forward and identify new initiatives and opportunities
• Writes presentations, POVs, test plans, and recommendations for projects
• Presents creative ideas to clients
• Understand fast past nature of business and positively respond to last-minute client requests
• Sufficient presence to be respected by clients and internally
• Understanding problems and building solution prioritization frameworks

Required Skills

• University degree (ideally in tech-related courses)
• Ideally 1-2 years of experience in an agency environment in a client service role
• Proficient in Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
• Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines across multiple projects, and display strong organizational skills
• Ability to transfer knowledge from project-to-project
• Well organized
• Shows initiative and desire to learn
• Handles assigned work requests in an efficient, timely manner
• Has strong client relationship experience
• Can successfully complete projects without assistance
• Understanding of KPIs and analytics
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills
• Use sound and logical judgment
• Displays strong problem-solving skills
• Strong client service orientation
• Demonstrated strong attention to detail
• Product-oriented problem-solving approach
• Understanding of key marketing metrics and product funnel

At EMB, Relationship is our middle name.

We employ the most innovative talent in the industry to drive digital transformation for our client's businesses and provides creative solutions to help brands grow meaningful relationships with people.

• Reads through or listens to material in Japanese language mainly, ascertains understanding of the meaning and context of that material, and converts it into a second language, making sure to preserve the original meaning

• Translates online, video, and other media by providing subtitles

• Consults with subject matter experts and other colleagues in order to understand specialised concepts and translate them appropriately

• Prepare internal and external corporate documents for team members and industry partners

• Schedule meetings, appointments and manage other related works

• Maintain an organized filing system of paper and electronic documents

• Uphold a strict level of confidentiality

• Develop and sustain a level of professionalism among staff and clientele

• Translates a variety of documents including literary, legal, research, technical, scientific,

educational, and commercial materials

Project Management KRAsProject Management KRAs

Job Description (Major KRAs) –

1) Planning- Understand/Work/Create/Assist :

a. SMO Tracker

2) Team & Vendor Management: Individual Contribution, Buddy Coaching, Participate inRecruitment/Induction, KRA setting and Performance Evaluation:

a. Work Allocation Based on Activity Charter & SMO Tracker

b. Primary & Secondary Work related ownership to ensure business continuity as a part of risk mitigation

c. Setting up KRAs (using InnoWET) and Performance review

d. Time sheet Management & Analysis

e. Social Media Participation and updated Profile

3) Campaign Deliverables : Timely Plan, Manage, Monitor and Communicate :

a. SMO and Activity Charter specific Content & Creative work packs and stacks for clients ( weekly to monthly )

b. BTL- Onetime & Frequent list

c. ATL Excel Sheet

4) Review & Analytics:

a. Client’s success PPT and Report with executive summary

b. Team Productivity based on Time Sheets

c. Power of 5 /Activity Charter Conformance Report

d. Search Engine Marketing /Paid Campaigns Report and Plan of Action

e. Consolidated success Report /PPT for internal stakeholders

5) CRM/Account Management:

a. Presales Support for New Business Development

b. Participation & representation of Digitally Next in PR centric activities , forum and Seminars as and when required.

c. Initiate and Manage Key Account Management for cross selling opportunities to present clients

d. To be a think tank to the management by providing the required Market Intelligence and Business Intelligence related to IoT/Digital/Social Media.

6) Project Management Tools & Automation:

a. Updating and Managing Knowledge Management repository

b. Effective implementation and use of social media Tools(if any)

c. Keeping and custodian of Clients and BFGs usernames and passwords list

d. Creating and upkeep of Process Manual with SLAs

e. Building and updating templates according to work functions

Project Manager in UAE

Company Profile: Nucleus Software has been providing Products and Services to various Global and Regional Financial  institutions , from past 36 years. As a pioneer IT Service provider, Nucleus carry deep banking domain expertise and experience on latest technological trends. Nucleus’s developed platforms powers the operations of more than 150 institutions in 50 countries, supporting multiple business veritcals, accessible through Mobile and internet channels

Primary Responsibilities : 

• Manage Software Development project activities for project phases, including initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, control and closure.
• Work collaboratively with development team, technical lead and business analyst to determine technical direction and approach to system design and implementation, including both core and supporting systems.
• Create, manage, monitor and track Project schedules, Project scope statements, Resource plans etc.
• Resolve issues, conflicts, dependencies and critical path deliverables
• Ensure project execution according to scope, schedule, budget and quality standards
• Manage the day-to-day activities of projects and staff; communicate with project teams as necessary to ensure project deliverables are on schedule and within cost and quality parameters.
• Communicate and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders as needed
• Continually manage stakeholder expectations through project governance processes
• Deliver appropriate and effective executive level communication
• Provide status reporting regarding milestones, deliverable, dependencies etc. communicating with all the stakeholders

Desired for the position :

• 8+ years of experience in application development
• Experience in managing end to end project as a project manager
• Exposure in lending / payment in retail banking
• Executive level communication skills with excellent written and verbal communication

Budget is between 25 to 30 LPA,

Experience required 8 + years

• Own end-to-end Software project/program delivery, including Project plan, schedule, execution/monitoring working with SW engineers globally.

  • Work in close collaboration with Program managers, Project Leads & Architects to achieve tactical project goals & balance strategic Software organization goals.
  • Good knowledge of Java preferably Angular.
  • Work closely with Software development teams spread globally, playing a leadership role in Software development process across products.
  • Identify project risks, control them, and manage regular communication to stakeholders, ensuring thoroughness in dealing with the details.
  • Be a change agent. Drive agility in organization & demonstrate sense of urgency.

  Continuously reviews program progress, proactively identify risks and collaboratively develops and drives risk mitigation efforts.

  • Interacts frequently with all levels of internal management as well as across functions and business units.
  • Participates in interactions with customers and regulators concerning product design, systems, and processes.
  • Identifies and manages continuous improvement projects that may span multiple sections or departments with the objective of achieving quality, reliability, and cost improvements.
  • Develops long term plans for product development proposals.
  • Continuous improvement and simplification for efficient delivery.
  • Highly experienced in SDLC implementation
  • Demonstrated facilitation and negotiation skills in driving closure on product/program-related decisions/issues
  • Strong visualization & reporting skills using latest & greatest project management & reporting tools
  • Strong presentation skills and having had the exposure to reporting out project status to senior management.

  Excellent interpersonal/communication/influencing/negotiation skills required

  • Effective communication with customer.

   

  Notice Period :Immediate (0-15 days

• Identify & document the Scope of Work (SOW), objectives and any assumptions.
• Prepare cost estimates for manpower + materials, and ensure we are charging accurately for our projects.
• Develop a detailed project plan, and monitor progress using appropriate systems, tools and techniques.
• Establish and maintain relationships with third parties/vendors.
• Seek opportunities for improvement and suggest new projects.

• Ensure availability of all the tools and resources before initiating a project.
• Prepare and maintain timelines for the effective tracking and completion of the project.
• Delegate to internal resources and vendors effectively, and track progress ensuring the project runs on schedule.
• Coordinate with all the internal and external stakeholders for information, approvals, resolving issues, status updates, answering queries etc. While maintaining transparent communication.

• Maintain timesheet logs for all the resources.
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation, plans and reports.
• Ensure standards and requirements are met through conducting quality assurance tests.
• Analyze and Highlight potential risks or malfunctions and act proactively to resolve issues ensuring the project stays on time and on budget.

• YEARS OF RELEVANT EXPERIENCE- 5+ Years of relevant experience managing Digital / IT Projects.
• EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS** - We prioritize skills over degrees but Bachelors/ Masters degree/ diploma/ certification in Business, Digital Marketing, Computer Science or other relevant fields is a plus. Additional Project Management certifications like PMP/ PMI / PRINCE2 are highly desired.
• SOFTWARE AND APPLICATIONS- Tech-savvy with good knowledge of MS Office, and strong experience with project management software like Jira, MS Projects, Click Up, Asana, Wrike, Basecamp etc.

• Excellent communication (verbal & written), interpersonal and consulting skills
• Ability to manage multiple teams and projects simultaneously
• Excellent organization and time management skills
• Ability to meet targets and deadlines.
• Quick thinking, problem solving skills
• Detail-oriented
• Budget management
• Confident, pleasant personality, ambitious, self-motivated.

• Document business or systems as-is/ to-be process,
• Assessing the business model or its integration with technology.
• Work closely with Product Owners and
• Business stakeholders in preparing Product Backlog items
• Prepare user stories, prepare acceptance criteria for user stories and manage backlog.
• Drive business workshops to define requirements
• Develop product backlog and elaborate functional specifications for an IT solution.
• The candidate should also be able to analyze requirements
• Model as-is and to be process and support business during testing
• For stakeholders and customers, act as a bridge between the business problems and the technology solutions.

About the Role

Responsible for Resource management, management reports and supporting the consistent execution of project management practices across organisation.