PMO Lead L1

Wipro•Louisville, KY

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

The role incumbent is responsible for complete end-to-end project management for the assigned project, which includes project planning, delivery, client interaction, trouble shooting, managing project operational parameters, and people management. The PM role can exist at offshore and overseas. Span of 20 - 40 FTE (2-5 Project Leads).

Requirements

Understanding and appreciation of the relevant technology or group of technologies.
Conceptual awareness of core project management techniques.
Understanding of estimation techniques, review mechanism, cost.
Well versed with areas of quality management like quality planning, inspection and Quality control.
Understanding of Customer Engagement Models, Financial parameters and Delivery & Ops parameters.
Experience of managing multiple project modules as a project Lead.
Applying tools to effort, cost, schedule and quality.
Handling Teams.
Should have worked on proposals involving relevant areas of the project.
Process documentation for L1, L2, L3 & L4 processes.
Total relevant experience of 6+ years with at least 18 months in the role of a Lead.
PMO.
Experience: 5-8 Years.

Nice To Haves

PMCP/ PMA certifications & Assessments.
Business Domain understanding.
Understanding of the Industry & Competitive landscape.
Managed projects of reasonable size and complexity as a Project Manager or Lead.

Responsibilities

Works with the offshore Delivery Manager/ Program Manager to ensure that all the delivery parameters (Bulge, Offshore Ratio, Effort Under run etc) are in sync with the account plan.
Ensures timely delivery in order to avoid penalty payouts and adherence to project cashflow schedule.
Contributes to increased value to client, and wallet share to Wipro through deployment of domain experts, consultants & architects.
Records and manages project issues and escalation wherever necessary.
Handles Change Request Process.
Identifies, shares, highlights and escalates the risks captured in the status reports shared on a periodic basis.
Ensures the required infrastructure is in place for team members, including physical, hardware, software, requirements.
Manages people processes, goal setting, feedback, career growth and engagement.
Evolves risk mitigation and contingency plans and be able to work within internal supervision/guidance to manage internal and external conflicts.
Understands the metrics that need to be traced, establishes sign offs, initiates C-SAT and acts on feedback.