Virtusa - Project Delivery Manager

Description :

Job Purpose :

The role of the Project Delivery Manager is to plan, execute, track, and implement numerous projects within the baseline timeframe, budget and scope parameters, including overseeing the quality and compliance controls throughout the test life cycle.

Responsibility includes the ownership of the business requirements, vendor management, and end-to-end program success criteria for a portfolio of projects.

Key Result Areas :

Business Knowledge :

Global Transaction Banking Domain experience is essential in Cash Management and Trade Finance. (Accounts & Deposits, Payments and payment gateways, statements, Import Export LC, Guarantees, Advising, Import Export Collections etc.)

Team Management :

- Coordinate team resources to complete assigned tasks within project/BAU targets.

- Work with team members participating in shadowing, training activities, and ensuring continuity of deliverables.

- Recognize team achievements and share success, promoting high-performing teams.

- Provide general administrative support to the team, including meetings, knowledge transfer and activity reporting.

Test Management :

- Deliver testing cycles to meet organizational objectives and project success criteria.

- Guide stakeholders in envisioning and scoping tests, perform test planning prioritizing and define team roles and responsibilities.

- Perform test management activities such as planning, scheduling, tracking, and reporting providing crip status, ensuring quality, risk and issues management, and RCA analysis.

- Assist in preparing project & annual budget to plug in the test management activities.

- Perform capacity planning regularly to ensure adequate system resource availability to support changing demands.

- Adhere to project management, information controls, security frameworks/procedures, and change and incident management processes.

- Interacts with project stakeholders from business, technology, operations, enabling units, 3rd party representatives, and senior management.

Knowledge, Skills & Experience :

- 15+ years experience in the banking industry, of which 7-8 years in team, project and program management experience specifically focused on testing management activities.

- Ability to manage diverse teams drawing on different skills to enable strong team results.

- Able to plan and replan with all stakeholders concurrence to ensure test stages completeness within planned timelines.

- Functional and technology knowledge of major banking applications.

- Experience with Oracle banking products (GTB) is a plus.

- Experience in managing Senior Stakeholder.

- Strong organizational and presentation capability.

- Take initiative in implementing strict project/program management guidelines and disciplines.