Principle Accountabilities

• Receive and Update Projects and CRs on the Project Backlog: This involves keeping track of incoming projects and change requests (CRs) and ensuring they are documented and organized in a project backlog. Regular updates and prioritization 
• Project Prioritization as per the Project Prioritization Matrix: Using a predefined prioritization matrix, projects are ranked based on factors such as strategic alignment, business impact, resources required, and urgency.
• Projects Baselining (Estimation of Resources and Efforts): Estimating the resources (both human and material) and effort required for each project, which helps in planning and allocation.
• Determine if Project Will Be Internally or Externally Developed: Deciding whether the project will be handled internally by the organization's teams or externally outsourced to third-party vendors.
• Regular Status Update to Stakeholders on the Updated Projects and CRs Backlog: Providing stakeholders with consistent updates on the progress of projects and change requests, ensuring transparency and alignment.
• Maintain and Update a Project Dashboard/Project Tracker for Projects in Motion: Keeping a visual representation of the project's progress, milestones, and key performance indicators (KPIs) to monitor and communicate project health.
• ITCC Coordination and Maintaining Minutes from the Discussion: Coordinating discussions and meetings with the IT Change Control (ITCC) board to review proposed changes and updates. Documenting meeting minutes helps keep a record of decisions and actions.
• Establishing and Enforcing Quality Control Processes: Defining and implementing processes to ensure that the Core Banking System (or any project) adheres to predefined quality standards, both during development and after implementation.
• Facilitating Communication Among Project Stakeholders: Acting as a bridge between different stakeholders, ensuring effective communication between team members, senior management, external partners, and any other relevant parties.
• Identifying Potential Risks and Issues: Identifying potential challenges and risks that could arise during the project lifecycle that might impact successful delivery.
• Developing and Implementing Risk Mitigation Strategies: Creating plans to mitigate the impact of identified risks, ensuring that the project can adapt to unexpected challenges
• Resource Management: Allocate and manage resources, including project managers, team members, tools, and technologies, to ensure optimal utilization and productivity. Collaborate with HR to identify and recruit skilled project management professionals. Monitor resource availability and make adjustments as needed to meet project demands.
• Procedure Standardization: Develop standardized project management procedures that cover project initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and closure. Ensure that project teams follow these procedures consistently to maintain quality and predictability.
• Governance and Compliance: Establish governance frameworks that define decision-making processes, escalation paths, and project oversight structures. Ensure projects adhere to regulatory requirements, industry standards, and organizational policies.

Key Competencies and Skills

• Demonstrates in depth knowledge in Project Management Methodologies  
• Demonstrates knowledge in managing Agile projects
• Demonstrate knowledge in governance management, reporting and running projects through the full cycle.

Minimum Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a relevant field.
• Knowledge and Project Management Certification (Prince2 or PMP).
• Certification and experience in Agile/Scrum 
• Proven experience as a PM delivering enterprise level software applications.
• Experience managing a DevSecOps team will be an added advantage. 
• Experience managing projects for a Fintech organization, banking institution or in IT consulting. 
• Good understanding of emerging technologies and application of these in the financial services sector.