Lead- Projects

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  Minimum of 6 years and maximum of 8 years of total experience

• Mandatory experience of 2-3 years in managing Software Engineering projects as Project Lead for development and maintenance of enterprise class business IT applications in Banking domain in one of the following set up’s:

o Tier 1 IT companies

o IT captives of MNC Banks

o IT Product companies focused on Banking sector

• Hands on Experience in Java and J2EE platforms including Spring, design pattern, UI framework, CI-CD etc./worked on Microsoft SharePoint and have good knowledge of development using Visual Studio, and Code Repository tools.

• Proven expertise in the following process areas:

o SDLC Methodologies (Waterfall/ Agile)

o Project Planning

o Risk Management

o Stakeholder management

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  Possesses ability to quickly understand the technical and functional aspects of the project to be able to communicate effectively with different stakeholders and guide the team on various aspects.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, high integrity, strong work ethic and ability to empathize with the customer.

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  Partner with stakeholders to define project scope, goals, deliverables, and timelines.

• Participate in development of requirements, business cases, estimations, Project Proposals and RFPs

• Facilitate the definition of service levels and acceptance criteria for projects

• Develop project plans, goals, and budgets in coordination with Project Manager

• Trouble Shooting with L1, L2 and L3 support, application Problem Solving with overall coordination with all stakeholders to ensure closure for cross functional services in coordination with Project Manager

• Coordinating with business and understanding their requirements regarding enhancements

• Escalate issues and risks and proactively takes ownership for resolution

• Metrics handling for managing application health, periodic status update to Project Manager

• Requirement gathering for the new enhancements and value engineering regarding existing application as applicable, further coordinate with architecture team for solution designing

• Maintain requirements, analysis, and design documents for different phases of development activities

• Track milestones and deliverables and provide regular status reporting to all levels of stakeholders

• Reviewing the SLA’s arrangements and coordinating with customer and management for SLA reporting and improvement

• Reviewing the status of the project and taking corrective/preventive measures as approved

• Ensure close working relationship with Functional, architecture, testing and development teams

• Plan and participate in project governance meetings, project health checks, phase gate reviews, post project reviews and project level workshops

• Provide timely, candid, and constructive performance feedback to direct reports