Project Manager

About Us: 

SG Analytics (SGA), a Global Insights and Analytics company, focuses on ESG, Data Analytics, and Investment & Market research services. The company has a presence in New York, San Francisco, Austin, Seattle, Toronto, London, Zurich, Pune, Bengaluru, and Hyderabad and growing consistently for the last few years.

SGA is a Great Place To Work (GPTW) certified company, and with its thriving work environment shaped by a growth mindset, abundant learning, and a meritocracy-driven culture, SG Analytics has also been awarded regional best employer in 2016, 2018 & 2020.

Role: Project Manager

Purpose: Project Management Office (PMO) Managers oversee business projects and ensure that are completed on time and within budget. They also ensure all team members uphold the company's standards throughout each project's development and execution. Ensure that teams follow Agile practices and scrum framework values, work to increase team efficiency, and provide motivation and guidance for process improvement.

Responsibilities

• Using agile methodology values, principles, and practices to plan, manage, and deliver solutions. 
• Collaborating with other department leaders to define, prioritize, and develop projects. 
• Planning project management, including setting deadlines, prioritizing tasks, and assigning team members to various deliverables. 
• Work with product owners to handle backlogs and new requests. 
• Resolve conflicts and remove obstacles that occur. 
• Training, mentoring, and supporting scrum teams to follow agile values, principles, and practices. 
• Coordinate sprints, retrospective meetings, and daily stand-ups 
• Analysing financial data, including project budgets, risks, and resource allocation. 
• Providing financial reports and budget outlines to Executives. 
• Overseeing the development of the project and ensuring that team members are carrying out their tasks efficiently while upholding the company's standards. 
• Drafting new and improving existing project management office policies and processes. 
• Developing an evaluation method to assess project governance strengths and identify areas for improvement. 
• Ensure deliverables are up to quality standards at the end of each sprint. 
• Guide development teams to higher scrum maturity.
• Help build a productive environment where team members ‘own’ the product and enjoy working.

Experience & Skills 

• BE / BTech / MCA with 12+ years of work experience in Project Management & Agile Methodology. 
• PMP/Certified scrum master with 3+ years of experience as a scrum master or in a similar role.
• Working knowledge of agile methodology, techniques, and frameworks, such as Scrum or Kanban, to deliver solutions. 
• Excellent people and project management skills. 
• Strong communication and presentation skills. 
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. 
• Knowledge or experience of working in a Wealth Management platform will be an added advantage.
• Should be able to interact professional and socially with senior management. 
• Should communicate technical and strategic insights into these digital services to senior management, stakeholders and focus on the expected outcomes. 
• Should be comfortable in the limelight to deliver presentations to senior management. 
• Should have a likeable personality that allows person to build bridges within the organization.
• Understanding of risks related to processes, technology and regulation is required.