Project Director - Smart Metering

Key Responsibilities:

- Provide overall leadership and strategic direction for multiple Smart Metering projects.

- Oversee project planning, execution, monitoring, and closure from the corporate office.

- Ensure projects are delivered within agreed scope, timelines, budgets, and quality standards.

- Monitor project progress, milestones, risks, dependencies, and key deliverables across different project locations.

- Lead project reviews and provide regular updates to senior management and corporate leadership.

- Coordinate with project teams, utilities, vendors, system integrators, technology partners, and other stakeholders.

- Ensure effective resource planning and allocation across multiple projects.

- Identify project risks and develop appropriate mitigation and contingency plans.

- Drive resolution of critical project issues and escalate matters requiring senior-level intervention.

- Monitor contractual obligations, project performance, commercial aspects, and vendor deliverables.

- Ensure compliance with applicable technical, safety, regulatory, and contractual requirements.

- Oversee integration of smart metering systems, communication infrastructure, IT platforms, and associated technologies.

- Drive implementation of best practices, standardization, and process improvements across projects.

- Ensure proper project documentation, reporting, governance, and knowledge management.

- Manage customer and utility relationships and ensure timely resolution of escalations.

- Support business leadership in identifying opportunities and strengthening project execution capabilities.

Key Skills:

- Strong experience in Smart Metering / AMI / Advanced Metering Infrastructure projects.

- Proven experience managing multiple large-scale projects simultaneously.

- Strong project planning, execution, governance, and risk management skills.

- Experience managing utilities, DISCOMs, EPC contractors, system integrators, and technology vendors.

- Strong stakeholder and customer management capabilities.

- Good understanding of smart meter deployment, communication networks, HES, MDMS, and system integration.

- Strong commercial and contractual management skills.

- Excellent leadership, decision making, and problem solving abilities.

- Strong communication and presentation skills.

Educational Qualification:

- B.Tech / B.E. in Electrical Engineering, Electrical & Electronics Engineering (EEE), Electronics Engineering, or Electronics & Communication Engineering (ECE).

Preferred Candidate Profile:

- Senior leadership experience in Smart Metering, Power, Energy, Utilities, or EPC.

- Proven track record of successfully managing multiple smart meter projects from a corporate/head office environment.

- Strong ability to manage large cross functional teams and multiple stakeholders.

- Experience handling large scale utility projects with complex execution, commercial, and technical requirements.

- Willingness to travel to project locations as required.