Project Manager

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 8 May 2026
LOCATION
Not specified
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
CATEGORY
Technology
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SKILLS

Project Management Agile Methodologies Scrum Cloud Technologies Java Python JIRA Stakeholder Management

FULL DESCRIPTION

Project Manager

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] works with leading OEMs and suppliers in the automotive & transportation industries for R&D, Design and Product Engineering Services, right from architecture to launch and beyond. We bring together technologies that accelerate development & testing of connected autonomous and electric cars & off-highway vehicles.

We are looking for bright and passionate Project Managers, proficient in Process and Technology led Project management to join our award-winning Connected Digital Platforms team.

Job Overview

  • Candidates with the following background shall be shortlisted for the selection process: Software development management experience (SDLC and (or) or Agile dev models).
  • Experience delegating to 15 and more team members, Experience in managing multiple scrum teams distributed across geolocations.
  • Handling the concurrent and overlapped delivery life cycles.
  • Ability to understand the technology solutions of the project in a higher-level and collaborate with architect team and client team to ensure delivery commitments.
  • The successful candidate will work directly with clients to ensure deliverables fall within the applicable scope, schedule and efforts.
  • Certified Project Management Professional (PMP/Safe/Prince2 etc.)

Responsibilities and Duties

  • Domain preferred: Automotive(preferred), Telcom/ Networking
  • Manage scrum teams of multiple technologies and objectives
  • Prepare & Publish the Plan and the Schedule in alignment to the project priorities
  • Should be involved as Evangelist in premium projects.
  • Monitor the project progress continuously using scrums meetings and on demand reviews
  • Re-evaluate the Schedule based on the need and at slippages in concurrence with all stakes
  • Report the periodic progress, completions and delays if any to all stakeholders
  • Evaluate and mitigate the RISKs at various stages of the project execution
  • Role expects customer facing interaction and engagement with multiple stakeholder’s / project teams
  • Preferably worked on developer background (Java or Python).
  • Ensure adherence to the processes published by internal and client audit teams
  • Resolve the dependencies of scrum teams with clients and other scrum teams.
  • Address the issues, and non-conformances reported by QA and internal/external audits
  • Capture various matrices applicable during stages of execution and publish
  • Recognize the above and beyond efforts and challenges of individuals and teams
  • Establish smart objectives to engineers and leads aligned at matrices captured in execution
  • Give feedback to employees after periodic assessment of performance against objectives
  • Nurture learning of employees in alignment to project technical requirements and demand

Qualifications

  • 12-14 Years of overall IT experience and strong project management experience
  • Proven experience in technology lead role delivering large scale systems based on complex integration solutions and Cloud agnostic microservices based applications
  • Strong development background in Cloud Technologies, Core Java/Python, SpringBoot, REST-API and MicroServices
  • Thorough understanding of project management techniques and methods
  • Knowledge about cloud enabled micro services development.
  • Self-motivated and ability to groom performing teams.
  • Ability to incrementally build the team culture.
  • Preferred domain knowledge of IOT, Connected Vehicle and Transportation
  • Tools: MS Project, JIRA
  • Methodologies: Agile (Safe /Scrum / Kanban), Lifecycle (Process Groups /Knowledge Areas)
  • Stakeholder Management (Internal and Customer)
  • Risk Management (Planning, Mitigation)
  • Estimations and Budget at scale
  • Ability to understand Technology landscape and solutions
  • Technical Background/TL or Architect Experience is an added plus
  • Experience managing complex cloud-based projects leveraging AWS or other CSPs
  • Experience working on new proposals and RFPs
  • Good Stakeholder management skills; ability to present the solution to customers, C-level executives
  • Experience in KPI/SLA adherent reporting
  • AI/GenAI awareness and usage for productivity improvements, workflow definition
  • Preferred certifications in project management methods and techniques
  • PMP / Safe Agile / CAPM / Prince 2
  • JIRA Management / Hierarchy definition / Dashboarding

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