Reporting Structure

The role is part of Research and Innovation vertical.

Education

A degree in Computer Science or a related discipline; or equivalent work experience. Master’s degree preferred.

Experience

• 12+ years in a corporate IT environment
• 8+ years of experience in project management
• Other relevant experience in a related technical field (application development, deployment/implementation and infrastructure)
• Work experience in a professional services industry, preferred
• Work experience of handling minimum of 3 Data Analytics, AI/ML and Data Science Projects executed on premise and/or cloud is preferred.
• Work experience of managing data science team of 5 to 6 members
• Work experience in defining project KPIs and metrics
• Work experience of the end to end project from concept to delivery

Industry

Information Technology and primarily from BSFI domain

Knowledge and Skills Requirements

• The role will have responsibility to manage multiple data science projects in the vertical.
• Experience working in a multi-skilled engineering environment coordinating Change Requests and Service Requests.
• Experience of managing IT projects with personal accountability for delivering to time and cost for large, complex projects 6 months in duration
• Mastery of project management methodology, tools and templates (includes program/project planning, schedule development, scope management and cost management)
• Track record of customer focus, based on openness, trust, and delivering on promises
• Extensive experience of delivery that includes the use of supplier and off-shore resources
• Ability to work highly matrixed, multi-functional IT organization
• Experience of working with 3rd party vendors/internal IT team to implement cloud technologies
• Experience across packaged and bespoke systems and infrastructure, ideally on an international basis
• Management skills to manage one or more large, complex projects simultaneously
• IT background with experience across the systems development life cycle with experience in all project phases – plan, initiate, elaborate, design, build, test, implement including agile methodology.
• Mastery knowledge and use of industry-standard project methods, tools and techniques e.g. RAIDS, budget, communication
• Working knowledge of market-leading data analytics tools such as - Spotfire, Tableau, PowerBI is desired
• Working knowledge of project management tools such as – Microsoft Project or Smartsheet or other industry standard tools is desired
• Working knowledge of market-leading end to end data science pipeline platform including Python, R, ETL tool is desired
• Experience of delivering multiple enterprise-scale Data Analytics projects
• Strong team working skills across matrixed client, supplier and geographically dispersed virtual teams
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills (includes negotiation)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills – must be able to communicate fluently in English both verbally and in writing
• Leader in the use of IT methodologies, processes and standards for project management
• Working experience of performance management and goal setting of team members and self.

Analytical/Decision Making Responsibilities:

• Monitors and manages project baseline to ensure activities are occurring as planned - scope, budget and schedule – manages variances
• Proactively identify risks and issues on projects - leading team to develop risk management and issues management plans
• Identifies potential points of contention for missed deliverables; creates and implements strategy to mitigate shortfalls in timeline and budget
• Anticipates problems before they occur; defines the problem or risk; identifies possible causes; works with team to identify solutions; selects and implements most appropriate solution
• Develop and manage plans to address project strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats
• Analytical skills and problem solving skills needed to manage multiple factors on a project simultaneously
• Demonstrate business analytics to manage and meet sponsor and customer needs
• Manage project’s control items/deliverables for customers and status reporting to internal management and customers

Supervision Responsibilities:

• Direct supervision provided by an experienced Program Leader or Chief Solution Architect; frequency on a weekly or as needed basis
• Project manager is expected to act independently to deliver projects to schedule, budget and scope; support provided as required and requested, and is self-driven and motivated
• Project manager leads project teams consisting of cross functional, global, and virtual groups; directly supervises staff; assigns responsibility to members; monitors progress
• Project manager coaches, mentors and supports less experienced project managers as well as other project resources as needed.  Assigns responsibility to members; monitors progress and reports project health on a regular basis
• Project manager is expected to manage a team of min 5 to 6 members

Certification Requirements

• Project management certification is preferred (PMI/CAPM or PMP, PRINCE2)
• Familiarity with ITIL v3 or 4 would be advantageous