Senior Project Manager

HCLTech is a global technology company, home to more than 224,000 people across 60 countries, delivering industry-leading capabilities centered around digital, engineering, cloud, AI and software, powered by a broad portfolio of technology services and products. We work with clients across all major verticals, providing industry solutions for Financial Services, Manufacturing, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Technology and Services, Telecom and Media, Retail and CPG, and Public Services. Consolidated revenues as of 12 months ending December 2023 totaled $13.1 billion.

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We are looking for a Senior Project Manager - Merger & Acquisition Infrastructure & Application Integration. In this role, you will collaborate with key infrastructure stakeholders and business partners in defining project scope, interpreting requirements and priorities, and leading the modernisation and transformation of systems during M&A integrations. The projects you lead will primarily include M&A infrastructure and application integrations and Corporate Real Estate technology infrastructure initiatives. Ideally you are highly skilled in communicating with technical teams, business stakeholders, and C-Suite Executives and you have a well-rounded understanding of the various components of an enterprise IT environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Drive project management decisions, governance, and long-term vision.
• Analyse divisional business requirements and translate these into technical deliverables organised as Executive Milestones (In/Out of Scope).
• Develop expert 'As Is' knowledge of platform systems and help define 'To Be' system solutions and flows (e.g., must understand before planning).
• Understand infrastructure requirements and deployment of solutions for OnPrem and Cloud Computing service models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS).
• Analyse data to identify key insights and apply them to the business; quantitative and qualitative analysis.
• Present both strategic and tactical vision to the team and management for both big-picture planning and day-to-day management of project goal.
• Align and unify all stakeholders including senior leadership to a shared vision and a common focus.
• Analyse and communicate technology recommendations to business stakeholders.
• Create and maintain project plans and schedules.
• Ensure coordination of teams to drive timely completion of deliverables of large projects.
• Manage project budgets and financials, including resource allocations supporting a projects schedule.
• Provide a concise and summarise project status (example: one page RAG, RAID, KPI, Assessment, Next Steps).
• Define and provide KPI's and metrics for assigned projects.
• Interact closely with stakeholders and vendors and provide communications to executive management.
• Operationally troubleshoot or lead the troubleshooting of complex issues.
• Proactively ensure compliance (processes, standards, methodology) with expected quality.
• Responsible for project-related organisational change management including communications, training, and adoption.
• General understanding of infrastructure requirements to deploy solutions for storage, middleware, DB, voice specifics (call/contact centers), and network (routers, switches, firewalls, load balancing, WAF).
• Definition, implementation, and adoption of processes.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree and 7+ years of IT experience in Project/Program Management.
• Experience managing merger and acquisition infrastructure and application integration or divestiture projects preferred.
• Project Management Professional and/or Certified Scrum Master preferred.
• Experience managing requirements for multiple large, complex, and cross functional projects. Emphasis on systems, technologies, business process redesign, and knowledge of technical environments.
• Experience producing detailed project plans and resource requirements.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, must be comfortable speaking and writing interacting with C-level audiences, as well as technical and non-technical audiences.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, organisational, and negotiation skills.
• Proven ability to write business requirements, including user stories, use case development and work-flow documentation.
• Product and project management skills; business judgement, including ability to balance resources, evaluate and address risks, and concisely articulate where trade-off decisions are to be made.
• Strong orientation to user-base, including ability to understand needs and apply this knowledge to product enhancements, online user experience, and communication content (internal and external).
• High attention to detail and the ability to see things through from concept to implementation.
• Knowledge and experience in Microsoft Office tools including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, One Note, Teams, and SharePoint Online.
• Understanding of Microsoft¡¦s ecosystem, M365, and cloud apps.
• Strong leadership to establish partnerships to break organisational gaps.
• Ability to make decisions with minimal input required.
• Ability to influence others without a direct line of reporting.

Benefit package:

• Life insurance
• Private medical care
• MultiSport Card
• Subsidy for glasses
• Subsidy to language courses
• Christmas and holiday bonuses