Delivery Lead Manager
Questronix · Metro Manila
Job Description:
- Leads the overall delivery management of each project under within the managed portfolio ensuring such are delivered on-time, on-budget, and on-scope.
- Defines and finalize project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with business unit and key stakeholders
- Creates and manages the detailed timeline for project execution and ensures that resources are always aligned with such.
- Optimizes utilization of available resources to deliver project activities within the required timeframes and agreed quality and scope
- Coaches, mentors, motivates and supervises project team members and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work.
- Updates the project team of the status of the project based on agreed upon frequency.
- Clears blockers for the SMEs to perform and deliver
- Facilitates learning through post mortem and sprint retrospective
- Provides direct supervision and mentoring to project team members
- Reviews technical design provided by the Solutions Architect such as database, application architecture and system interface design together with the technical delivery team.
- Identifies, monitors and manages project risks, issues, dependencies and action plans until project implementation and closure.
- Monitors and manages project expenses to ensure it is within cost baseline.
- Identifies and manages project dependencies and critical path
- Establishes and ensures appropriate governance functions for the program in accordance with enterprise policies, practices and on behalf of the executive sponsor or senior responsible owner.
- Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential crises, and devise contingency plans.
- Ensures that implemented solution is based on the Solutions Architect’s design and is aligned with the Enterprise Architecture
Requirements
Qualifications:
- Exceptional leadership skills, with the ability to develop and communicate the project objectives, inspire and motivate staff, and maintain alignment with the business strategy.
- A high degree of political sensitivity, astuteness and the ability to use the informal power structure of the organization to achieve program success and overcome obstacles.
- A high level of empathy and the ability to vary styles of interaction to match the needs of a variety of temperaments and personalities.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to explain and “sell” the project goals and objectives to the business, as well as technical leadership.
- Strong business acumen, especially in banking business. Familiarity with industry trends and innovation related to banking.
- Influencing and negotiation experience and skills in an environment with high competition for resources.
- Excellent analytical, strategic planning and execution skills.
- Ability to develop programs and deliver them with financial and resource constraints.
- Knowledge of project planning tools.
- Deep understanding of:
- Current and emerging technologies.
- How other organizations are employing current and emerging technologies to drive digital business.
- How other organizations can use current and emerging technologies to drive digital business.
A must:
- 6+ years extensive experience in project management
- 6+ years extensive experience in IT
- strong in: software development life cycle, decision making, communication, cross-functional teams, leadership
Bonus points:
- Certifications (pmp, psm, csm, etc.)
- Experience in banks
- Can work fully ONSITE (Ortigas)