What are the responsibilities and job description for the Principal Project Manager 04762 position at Cephas Consultancy Services Private Limited?
Job Description
Job Description
The Principal Project Manager is a hands-on position responsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control, and completion of multiple complex program level efforts ensuring consistency with company vision, strategy, commitments, and goals. The Principal Project Manager applies professional principles, practices, and techniques to lead program level efforts through project teams and control project schedule, cost, scope, and quality to ensure the program level objectives are met for the business and within technology.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Accountable for the project team, resources and the success or failure of the project against Scope, Schedule, and Budget.
- Accountable for the program team, resources and the success or failure of the program against expected outcomes and benefits.
- Responsible for leading the planning, execution, monitoring, controlling, and closing of assigned projects or programs.
- Identifies and tracks key project or program milestones (base-lining critical path).
- Works with project or program stakeholders and management to determine necessary skill sets and assemble the project or program team based on scope and expectations, including, as necessary, cross-department and outsourcing coordination.
- Negotiates and influences cross-functional teams to ensure appropriate resourcing levels are engaged and maintained throughout the course of the project or program life cycle.
- Pro-actively anticipates project or program risks, issues, dependencies, and constraints and ensures adequate response strategies are put in place to ensure delivery or outcomes and benefits are not compromised. Tracks, manages and reports as required.
- Ensures change control procedures and processes are efficiently and effectively used to maintain control of scope, resources, schedule, and cost.
SKILL REQUIREMENTS
o Presentation skills (in person and virtual).
o Facilitation skills (in person and virtual).
o Leadership ability (cross functional teams including IT and Business members).
o Strategic and business mindset.
o Team building.
o Conflict management / resolution.
o Calmness under stress, pressure, or ambiguity.
o Comfort level and confidence working with senior leadership and decision makers.
