Project Management Lead, Citi

Citi

Location:
India, Mumbai

Category:
Consulting

Contract Type:
Employment contract

Salary:

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Job Description:

The Project Lead is a strategic professional responsible for managing large multi-faceted projects or multiple smaller projects simultaneously. They use industry best practices to define project goals, mitigate risks, and work closely with stakeholders to deliver desired outcomes. Responsibilities include managing schedules, budgets, risks, and scope, generating progress reports, and fostering communication among team members to ensure project success.

Job Responsibility:

Manages a large multi-faceted project/account/campaign or multiple projects at the same time
owns project goals leveraging expertise to inspire a sense of shared purpose within the project team
organizes new challenges and drives business results
uses best practice PMO methodology to create a project plan to fit the stakeholders/customers’ needs and deliver within budget on desired outcomes
drives end results of the project as a representative of the business
works closely with the Customer, Sales Team, Engineering and Manufacturing to define a project scope and objectives for project members
prepares, maintains, and submits clear and concise activity/progress reports and time recording/management reports
assesses project risk potentials and discovers potential problems before they occur
applies a proactive approach in routinely tracking the project participant progress against project goals
defines, teaches, and enforces the use of good project management practices
identifies and where required amends the approach to the context and constraints of each project
constantly improving their own and their teams' skills through lessons-learned reviews at project completion
possesses the knowledge, skills and experience to recognize when problems surface or potential problems are looming
articulates problems, brings the right people together to solve problems and knows when the problem has been properly addressed and closed
promotes partner involvement through effectively communicating project status upward and to the client
applies lessons learned from recent projects to future projects
communicates to all concerned parties project milestones, status updates, as well as any existing or potential customer escalation issues
proactively follows escalation and change control processes
owns all management reports on a given engagement
promotes good working relationships across a project, cultivating the people skills needed to develop trust and communication among all of a project's stakeholders.

Requirements:

6-10 years of project management experience – preferably from a mortgage or financial services environment
PMP certification strongly preferred, Six Sigma a plus
ability to develop project plans, manage individual deadlines and goals
knowledge of project metrics, including gathering, reporting, trend analysis, creation, and metrics
ability to identify issues and problems, generate solutions and choose appropriate alternatives using basic root cause analysis
manage project scope by assessing requirements changes, determining and conveying impact on budget, time and risk
manage client expectations, anticipates operational and tactical risks and tracks them
clarify, identify, and track requirements and issues, remove barriers, resolve minor project issues and escalate to immediate manager where required
proficient in MS Office applications, MS Project, VISIO, Adobe Acrobat Professional
stays abreast of current industry trends and new technology through professional associations, trade journals, networking, and associated training and seminars.

Nice to have:

Six Sigma certification
experience in mortgage or financial services environment
familiarity with Adobe Acrobat Professional.

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
May 23, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

On-site work

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