Senior Manager - Project Management

JD\: Project Manager

Schneider Electric (SE) is the global specialist in energy management and automation. SE develops connected technologies and solutions to manage energy and process in ways that are safe, reliable, efficient and sustainable. SE provides an integrated approach, designed for the reality of digital economy (Plant-to-Plug). The versatile product portfolio addresses all energy needs of industries as well as residential.

About the group (SD)\: All IT needs for SE are managed by a group called Schneider Digital (SD); spread across 303 locations in 60 countries with over 2300 staff; along with various engagements with all major Global IT Service Providers.

About the role\: There are various Business as well as Digital transformation initiatives within Schneider Digital for making it agile as well as best in class. This role’s pivotal responsibility would be to lead one of the global initiatives, taking up complete end-to-end ownership of Project Management, right from Business Requirement gathering to showcasing the ROI.

Functional

1. Go-to-person for all Project related information
2. Coordinating the overall governance for the project
3. Define and implement operating rhythm
4. Capture and monitor all key metrics as required by the Schneider Electrics Customer Service and Quality teams
5. Experience in managing challenging stakeholders
6. Ability to validate change requests
7. Experience in Change management/Business Transformation

Technical/Project Management

1. Hands on experience in preparing detailed Project Schedules using standard tools like Microsoft Project Planner (MPP)
2. Experience in Budget and Forecast planning, tracking actual Costs
3. Experience managing end-to-end projects desirable
4. Experience with global stakeholder management desirable
5. Good knowledge of SDLC and various Software development frameworks (Agile, Iterative, DEVOPS)
6. Ability to churn and present numbers in different dimensions as per the need

Desired Skills (Nice to have in addition to the Required Skills)

1. Knowledge of IT Enterprise Architecture
2. Familiar with latest Digital Trends
3. Project Management / Agile certifications (PMP / ACP / SAFe, etc.)

Essential Day-to-Day Responsibilities\:

1. Project planning and tracking of activities/tasks
2. Escalate and identify other routes where progress is stuck
3. Tracking and following up the action items at a project level
4. Ensure all requests are addressed in a timely manner with optimal solution
5. Simplify – use every opportunity to simplify to the maximum extent possible and go the extra mile in doing so
6. Collaborate with internal teams to address Business needs
7. Assume personal responsibility for achieving defined outcomes
8. Effectively plan & organize work to deliver consistent results
9. Ensure regular and optimal communication with all stakeholders
10. Exceptional Global stakeholder management skills
11. Budgeting and forecasting for the year and tracking expenses regularly.
12. Manage Escalations, ensuring nothing goes to the next level