Project Manager

Responsibilities

• Manage Delivery of various projects in parallel responsible for Resources, Time, Budget and Scope management
• Track and monitor the progress during each phase and report issues/risks on time
• Liaise with Account Manager, Vertical, Offshore management and various horizontal teams to ensure successful delivery
• Establish Project Reviews and Communication Governance
• Able to bring ideas & values to improve margins & improve Cost of delivery to run projects from Onsite & offshore locations.
• Manage customer expectations, handle escalations and stakeholder communications
• Manage staffing requirements, allocations across projects
• Understand Client Vision and IT Roadmap and support Account specific plan with various horizontals to align horizontal-based offerings with Customer requirements
• Facilitate presentation of Cognizant POVs / Solutions / Capabilities to customers on need basis
• Identify areas of value-add in current projects, support opportunity pursuits, submit Proposals and prepare SOW/Work Orders

Requirements

• Excellent communication skills

• Excellent Leadership skills

• Experience in managing Client relationships, building onshore/offshore
• Ability to assess customer expectations and translate it into deliverables that meet business needs

• Ability & Experience to communicate with Senior leadership in the organization

• Desirable 10+ years of experience in Project/team Management with over 15 years of IT experience.

• Singapore Public Sector experience with delivery of large-scale Application development & Maintenance will be added advantage

• Experience in delivering projects related to Data Migration / Data Visualization / Modern Data Technologies on Cloud (AWS/Azure) / Data Governance & Data Quality / Big Data Ecosystem will be an added advantage.