Project Manager - Project Management
- Happiest Minds
- 10 - 13 years
- Bengaluru
- 9 hours ago
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Job Description
Project ManagerYears of Experience: 13-16 Years
Job Summary: We are seeking a seasoned, metrics-driven Project Manager with strong experience in managing Fixed Price (FP), Time & Material (T&M), and Fixed Monthly Billing (FMB) engagements. The ideal candidate has successfully delivered complex IT projects using Agile methodologies in a fast-paced environment for enterprise clients. The candidate will have a proven track record in a leading IT services company, demonstrating exceptional stakeholder management, proactive risk mitigation, and the ability to prevent scope creep while keeping engineering teams motivated and high-performing.
Responsibilities:
- Lead end-to-end project delivery from discovery and estimation through execution, testing, and deployment.
- Structure and maintain detailed project plans, sprint schedules, and release roadmaps that align with contractual milestone dates.
- Orchestrate standard Agile ceremonies (Daily Standups, Sprint Planning, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives).
- Act as the primary gatekeeper for project scope; meticulously analyze business requirements against the initial Statement of Work (SOW) or contract.
- Establish and enforce a rigorous Change Management Process.
- Track project financial health, monitoring Gross Margin (GM), resource utilization, and cost variance to ensure delivery stays within budgeted constraints.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for client stakeholders, managing expectations regarding delivery timelines, constraints, and dependencies.
- Provide transparent, data-driven status reporting (burn-up/burn-down charts, velocity trends, milestone tracking, and financial health) to both client and internal leadership.
- Manage cross-functional delivery teams (Developers, QA, Architects, and Scrum Masters), fostering a collaborative, high-performance Agile culture.
- Optimize resource allocation and capacity planning to ensure maximum productivity without compromising project quality or burning out the team.
- Drive project financials ? revenue recognition, margin management, cost optimization, and profitability in Fixed Price models.
- Identify upsell/cross-sell opportunities and support pre-sales activities (effort estimation, proposal review, SOW preparation).
Mandatory Skills:
- 12?15 years of overall IT experience, with a minimum of 3?5 years of direct Project Management experience managing end-to-end delivery within an IT services/consulting firm.
- Demonstrated success managing Fixed-Price (FP) and T&M models. Must understand how to balance fixed timelines/budgets with shifting client requirements.
- Deep practical knowledge of Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban) and the traditional Waterfall model (often required for upfront FP estimation and milestone planning).
- Hands-on proficiency with Project Management and Agile tooling, specifically Jira, ADO, and MS Project.
- Strong grasp of project metrics including Velocity, Say-Do Ratio, Defect Density, Resource Utilization, and Cost Variance ($CV$).
Preferred Skills:
- Experience in managing large-scale enterprise IT projects.
- Certification in Project Management (PMP, Agile, etc.) is a plus.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- Proven ability to lead and motivate teams in a dynamic environment.
Job Classification
Industry: IT Services & ConsultingFunctional Area / Department: Project & Program ManagementRole Category: Other Program / Project ManagementRole: Project ManagerEmployement Type: Full timeContact Details:
Company: Happiest MindsLocation(s): Bengaluru
Keyskills: execution project management mitigation consulting ms project project interpersonal skills monitoring ado pmp stakeholder management waterfall sprint planning kanban project delivery scrum agile metrics jira agile framework communication skills agile methodology
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