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Wipro Limited

Project Manager

Mumbai

September 6, 2024

  • Mumbai, India
  • Tech Hiring
  • 3106148
Job Description


Role Purpose
The purpose of the role is to manage delivery of a project driving operations and delivery governance, ensuring right talent supply chain to optimize customer satisfaction and cost of delivery


Do


Delivery Management
Ensure seamless delivery of the projects
Deploy optimum project delivery structure post transition/ migration phase by evaluating the budget, costs, risks and staffing requirement
Create quarterly project charter with well-defined weekly project trajectory as per the project specifications & requirements and ensure 100% adherence in terms of schedule, quality, efforts and costs
  • Ensure 100% compliance to Project SLA’s, information security protocols and etc (all customer’s contractual obligations)
Monitor and take appropriate actions on internal and external audit findings to ensure no major non-compliance/ deviation from the SLA
Liaise between customer and internal technical delivery team to drive project health by adhering to organizational norms of project metrics
Drive various project related audits like quality, customer, ISO etc and ensure zero non-compliance
  • Conduct periodic cadence with the quality team to take proactive measures to resolves issues/ possible escalations
  • Conducts periodic cadence with Workforce Management Group (WMG) to ensure 100% fulfillment as per the program/ project requirement
Regularly audit quality (QA) status of delivery and engage QA team to ensure adherence to Quality Assurance standards and processes
Maintain project structure in Confluence & SAP in line with prevailing business requirements and norms
Ensure expected ramp down (ERD) compliance as committed in MSA


Client Relationship Management
Engage with client to deploy opportunities to deploy multiple solutions within/ across SLs to create a stronger value proposition for clients
Conduct regular customer connects (meetings/ visits/ video- conference) and participate in Management Review Meetings (MRM) with client management/engagement managers to understand customer’s current and future needs and seek feedback to improve delivery methodology/ timelines/ resource allocation
  • Identify and close early warnings on a project to avoid any customer escalations
Plan and conduct Quarterly Business Reviews (QBR) along with DM’s/ ADH with the client management/ leadership team to drive improvement actions and mine for a new portfolio/ opportunity within the account
Design and monitor project performance dashboards/ reports with the clients periodically


Delivery governance across the project
Create weekly/ monthly/ quarterly MIS and reports to monitor and track overall project
Conduct periodic reviews with the delivery team on operational, quality and fulfillment parameters and new idea generation & its implementation on existing projects
  • Identify and resolve potential risks or early warning signs on project delivery to drive for ZERO surprise escalations and eliminate any revenue leakage
Escalate any deviations from the project charter to the delivery managers in terms of schedule, effort, cost, infrastructure from the project charter and minimize process exceptions and such deviations from the actual project plan
Review and monitor revenue allocations/ realization to avoid OB revenue leakage
Provide inputs to delivery leadership team on overall delivery performance parameters (project heath, utilization, realization etc) at project/ program level during reviews highlighting any critical project escalations and potential risks


Operational Excellence
Automation Focus
Perform pareto analysis as per the no. of incidents received and accordingly identify automation opportunities and drive value adds across the project
Deploy next generation hyper automation and crowdsourcing initiatives in coordination with Holmes RO team to enhance productivity, quality and speed of delivery
  • Interact and engage with tools team to bring in new tools in the project to automate certain pointers/ elimination of any noise in the project


Innovation Focus
Brainstorm with the team to identify improvement opportunities and initiatives to further improve quality, delivery speed and productivity parameters
Drive value adds and BVMs; ensure management showcases them to customer in MRM & QBR to drive growth
  • Plan and conduct periodic idea campaigns to generate new solutions to the problems/ define better ways of working


Drive and deploy Knowledge Management and sharing
Contribute in internal knowledge sharing initiatives at Wipro by driving internal training sessions, best practices, learnings, value adds and BVMs and deploys best practices in various projects within own account
Deploy the Wipro’s knowledge management portal across the account and monitor & track trainings
Capability Development and Talent Pipeline Creation
Demand forecasting in line with business requirements
Anticipate attrition and ensure right talent supply chain to deliver the project
Spearhead quarterly demand forecasting and resource planning aligned to project requirements
  • Create and deploy a workplan to fulfil the required demand from all the talent channels including external (lateral, contractors etc) hiring in coordination with WMG/ CWMG and Talent Acquisition team
Anticipate new skills/ upcoming technologies required to deliver the project and ensure the team is trained or right talent is inducted into the project as per the skill requirements


Drive 100% compliance on trainings and upskilling requirements
Prioritize and identify essential and upcoming technical skills required across programs/ projects to facilitate and drive right supply chain
Drive towards 100% mandatory training compliance for the target population within an account
  • Plan and drive rotations for seed positions and ensure replacement plan to be arrived ahead of rotations
Quarterly connect with critical talent to understand their career aspirations and create their learning maps along with project managers and HRBP


Fresher engagement program
Ensure a stable arrangement and assimilation of rookie within accounts in coordination with competency group team (classroom trainings/ e-learning, certifications, on the job training etc)
Team Management
Resourcing
Forecast talent requirements as per the current and future business needs
Hire adequate and right resources for the team
Talent Management
Ensure adequate onboarding and training for the team members to enhance capability & effectiveness
Build an internal talent pool and ensure their career progression within the organization
  • Manage team attrition
Drive diversity in leadership positions
Performance Management
Set goals for the team, conduct timely performance reviews and provide constructive feedback to own direct reports
Ensure that the Performance Nxt is followed for the entire team
Employee Satisfaction and Engagement
Lead and drive engagement initiatives for the team
Track team satisfaction scores and identify initiatives to build engagement within the team
  • Facilitate rewards and recognition to acknowledge the high performers in the team


Stakeholder Interaction


Stakeholder Type

Stakeholder Identification

Purpose of Interaction


Internal

DM/ Program Manager

Delivery strategy and governance


Transition team

To ensure smooth project handover to the delivery team


Holmes RO and Tools team

Automation initiatives within an account


BU Quality Team/ Central Quality Team

To deploy central quality policy and framework


Legal and Compliance

For contract management


CWMG, WMG

For fulfilment and demand forecasting


Global Talent Acquisition, Global Campus Head

For recruitment and campus hiring


Talent Transformation Team, Competency Group

To deliver specific trainings, certification programmes


GIMS

For visa processing/ stamping


Internal audit team

Audit of various accounts as per compliance


HRBP

To drive HR engagement activities and resolve people related issues


Finance team (BU/ SL)

For COD calculation, payment/ invoice management


Procurement team

For contract management (MSA and SOW)


IMG team

To fulfil logistics requirement


FMG team

To fulfil ODC infrastructure/ IT requirements


TSG group

For recovery and containing the escalations


External

Customers

To drive business growth and relationship management


Vendors/ Partners/ OEM’s/ Contract Manufacturers

For resourcing/ contracting, trainings, technology platforms, equipments etc


Display


Lists the competencies required to perform this role effectively:
  • Functional Competencies/ Skill
    • Domain/Industry Knowledge - Awareness and knowledge of broad economic, demographic, technological and global trends in the IT industry - Competent
    • Systems Thinking - Understanding of the Wipro system (interrelatedness, interdependencies and boundaries) and perform problem solving in a complex environment - Competent
    • Leveraging Technology - Knowledge of current and upcoming technology (automation, tools and systems) to build efficiencies and effectiveness in own function/ Client organization - Competent
    • Program Management - Execute projects with end-outcome and process focus, along with understanding of delivery processes and its governance - Expert
    • Solution Focus - Apply design thinking to bring about new and novel solutions or changes in processes, products or the way business is conducted - Competent
    • Technical knowledge - knowledge of new upcoming skills in the market as per the future trends and bring in to Wipro for its deployment/ training the team - Expert


Competency Levels


Foundation

Knowledgeable about the competency requirements. Demonstrates (in parts) frequently with minimal support and guidance.


Competent

Consistently demonstrates the full range of the competency without guidance. Extends the competency to difficult and unknown situations as well.


Expert

Applies the competency in all situations and is serves as a guide to others as well.


Master

Coaches others and builds organizational capability in the competency area. Serves as a key resource for that competency and is recognised within the entire organization.



  • Behavioral Competencies
    • Client centricity
    • Problem solving and decision making
    • Execution excellence and passion for results
    • Change agility
    • Passion for results
    • Nurturing people
    • Executive presence
    • Collaborative working


Deliver


No.

Performance Parameter

Measure


1.

Delivery Management - Client satisfaction

PCSAT, Brand score, no. of customer references, SDR/ QBR %, Pulse % satisfied (top 2 box), Zero surprise delivery escalation from the customer, adherence to project charter


2.

Delivery Management - operational efficiency

Contractual adherence %, Quality index, Utilization %, cost of delivery target, overdue indent, 100% SLA compliance, PEI % target, 100% usage of click to bill, % SAP loss for T&M projects


3.

Delivery Management - Financials

Revenue target achievement, Operating margin %, leakage from OB to revenue, revenue per employee, CR realization target, process exceptions to be minimized, bench cost % of total cost, underrun % target for FPP projects, effort saving through NG-1, NG-2 initiatives


5.

Capability Building

% attrition, critical talent attrition%, % trained on new age skills, % of team trained in necessary behavioural skills, diversity ratio, % localization targets by market, billable rookie ratio, rookie/NJNB assimilation TATs, offshore mix


6.

Team Management

Team attrition %, Employee satisfaction score


IT Operations Management

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