Project Manager

About the Job:

The Red Hat Consulting team is looking for a Project Manager to join us in Mumbai, India. In this role, you will manage complex projects from initiation to delivery and completion. You'll coordinate with cross-functional teams to complete distinct projects on time and within budget. As a Project Manager, you’ll need to be organized and detail-oriented with substantial experience managing IT and software consulting projects, relying on traditional systems and software development methodologies. This is a position with regular travel to customer sites in India.

What will you do?

Lead and manage multiple customer-facing projects simultaneously to success
Manage project scope and customer expectations
Manage project risks, actions, issues, and dependencies (RAID)
Manage project budget and time frame
Build content for project activities like project kickoff, project status, and project closeout
Lead project meetings involving both customer and Red Hat’s consulting team members
Coordinate with territory services managers and the Resource Management Office (RMO) to manage project staffing requirements
Work with the territory services managers to ensure that financial forecast is up to date for their respective projects
Should Understand the T&M contracts and support the financial activities such as approvals on Timesheets, queries from accounting, forecasting the hours for the project, etc.
Develop basic knowledge of Red Hat’s technologies to guide successful project management, including Red Hat OpenStack Platform, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (JBoss EAP), Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), and Red Hat Satellite
Maintain professionalism when solving problems and resolving issues

What will you bring?

Knowledge of specific project management and software delivery methodologies like agile, scrum, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), and Project Management Institute (PMI)
Practical experience using various agile development tools like Trello, Rally, or Atlassian Jira or project management tools like Microsoft Project
5+ years of experience working as a project manager or scrum master on IT or application development projects
Ability to affect, inspect, and adapt to culture
Demonstrated ability to motivate project team and individual contributors and to mediate conflicts
Excellent customer-facing and internal communication skills
Great written and verbal communication skills
Solid organizational skills; attention to detail and ability to work on multiple tasks at the same time
Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
Project management or scrum certifications are a plus
Willingness to travel up to 30% per year to be on-site at customer locations for project-related activities
Experience with managing Government, BFSI customers is a plus.
Experience in delivering PaaS solutions is preferred.

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