Project Manager - Data & Analytics

Thakral One

IndiaremotePosted 4 days ago

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Key highlights

Experience: 8–10 years
Industry: Banking and Financial Services
Focus: Large-scale Data and Analytics projects
Requirement: Bachelor's degree in IT, CS, Engineering, Business, or related

Role overview

As a Project Manager – Data & Analytics, you will lead and manage enterprise data projects across Banking and Financial Services, ensuring end‑to‑end delivery on time, within scope, budget, and quality expectations.

Responsibilities

Deliver Data and Analytics projects from initiation through production implementation.
Define scope, objectives, milestones, deliverables, timelines, and success criteria.
Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, dependencies, and resource allocations.
Track progress and proactively manage risks and dependencies.
Establish and maintain project governance processes.
Coordinate activities across Business, Development, QA, UAT, and Production Support teams.
Monitor tasks, milestones, and deliverables to ensure adherence to timelines.
Conduct regular project review meetings and follow‑ups.
Create and manage project Kanban dashboards.
Track requirements, development, testing, UAT, release, and post‑production activities.
Facilitate daily stand‑ups, sprint reviews, and progress sessions.
Monitor work item status and remove delivery roadblocks.
Identify, assess, and manage risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies.
Escalate concerns with mitigation and recovery plans.
Maintain risk and issue registers throughout the lifecycle.
Facilitate conflict resolution between stakeholders and teams.
Prepare weekly, monthly, and executive‑level status reports.
Provide updates to senior management and sponsors.
Present project progress, timelines, financial status, and key achievements.
Highlight risks, issues, blockers, and mitigation plans.
Prepare materials for Steering Committee and Sponsor Meetings.
Facilitate decision‑making discussions and obtain approvals.
Act as the primary coordination point between all team members.
Build strong relationships across business and technology teams.
Manage stakeholder expectations and communication plans.
Drive collaboration across cross‑functional teams.
Resolve conflicts between Business, Development, QA, UAT, and Support teams.
Promote a positive, accountable, and delivery‑focused culture.
Take leadership during critical project situations and escalations.
Prepare and maintain project documentation including Project Charter, RAID Logs, Status Reports, and Post‑Implementation Reviews.
Ensure compliance with governance and audit requirements.

Requirements

8–10 years of Project Management experience.
Delivered large‑scale Data and Analytics projects.
Strong Banking and Financial Services industry experience.
Coordinated multi‑disciplinary teams across multiple locations.
Managed vendor resources and offshore delivery teams.
Delivered projects under tight timelines.
Understand SDLC, Agile, Waterfall, and Hybrid methodologies.
Proficient in project governance and risk management practices.
Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills.
Communicate effectively with senior management and sponsors.
Manage risks, issues, and dependencies proactively.
Foster collaboration and resolve conflicts across teams.
Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or related discipline.