Job purpose
· As a Cloud Project Manager, you will be responsible to deliver projects that span across one or more business units. Will manage resources, schedules, and financials throughout the project's
· life cycle. This includes management of issues, risks, and project change requests to ensure successful and on-time project delivery.
· The Cloud Project Manager will run the project on a day-to-day basis, coordinate between delivery teams, make sure that the project produces the required deliverables within the specified
· constraints of time and cost and achieve the desired results.
Responsibilities:
· Collaborate with stakeholders to document project scope, deliverables, goals, risks, blockers, success measures, and estimated resources needed.
· Ensure that projects remain in-scope and meet budgetary, scheduling, and quality requirements.
· Create, manage, and distribute project communications artifacts like charters, schedules, and budgets.
· Provide project status updates at predetermined time intervals to all stakeholders.
· Communicate routinely to management, customers, project team members, and other stakeholders, actively soliciting and addressing customer and project team feedback.
· Assist in business development efforts to create project proposals, RFPs, estimates, and schedules.
· Set and monitor project budgets and staffing requirements.
· Ensure adherence to legally binding requirements.
· Plan, schedule, monitor, and report on activities related to the project, including subcontractor monitoring.
· Establish key project criteria metrics.
· Develop project control and reporting procedures and manage changes in operational plan.
· Plan and lead status review meetings, which may include internal team members, vendors, and customers.
· Understand interdependencies between technology, operations, and business needs.
· Continue professional development (technical and personal) in order to keep abreast of emerging technologies, methods, and best practices.
· Resolve technical and operational issues as required.
Experience:
· Bachelor’s degree in project management, business management, or related area of study.
· 5-7 years of experience as a Technical Project Manager or similar position responsible for defining and managing project scope, timelines, profitability, and effective delivery of products or services.
· 2 years’ experience dealing with Cloud Financial Management (FinOps).
· Demonstrated understanding of Project Management processes, strategies, and methods
· Excellent time management and organizational skills and experience establishing guidelines in managing critical and complex projects.
· Strong sense of personal accountability regarding decision-making and leading department teams
· Experience working in a high-level collaborative environment, promoting a teamwork mentality and applying analytical thinking and problem-solving skills
· Ability to predict challenges and seek to proactively head-off obstacles.
· Experience in managing delivery of customer-facing and internally facing products or services.
· Experience in delivering projects using Agile, PMI or PMP framework.
· Intermediate to advanced proficiency with industry-standard word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation software programs.
Technical skills
· PMI or PMP certification or similar from an accredited organization SCRUM Certified
· Azure or AWS Fundamentals Certified
· Min 1 year of hands-on Cloud Technical Experience
· Cloud FinOps Certification preferred
· Familiarity using Power BI Reporting Tool
Soft skills / transversal skills
· Effective communication skills to foster better teamwork, collaboration, and customer relations.
· Emotional intelligence (EI) to recognize and manage emotions, both in oneself and others. It involves empathy, self-awareness, and the ability to handle interpersonal relationships with tact and sensitivity.
· Critical thinking to evaluate options and implement strategies to overcome obstacles. To approach challenges with confidence and contribute innovative ideas to your organization.
· Leadership skills in motivating, inspiring, and influencing others to achieve common goals.
· Time management and organizational skills to effectively manage time, prioritize tasks, meet deadlines, and maintain a healthy work-life balance.
About Cognizant:
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) engineers’ modern businesses. We help our clients modernize technology, reimagine processes and transform experiences so they can stay ahead in our fast-changing world. Together, we're improving everyday life. See how at www.cognizant.com or @cognizant.
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Acerca de Cognizant
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) es un creador de soluciones de IA y proveedor de servicios tecnológicos que conecta la inversión en IA con el valor empresarial mediante el desarrollo de soluciones de IA full‑stack para sus clientes. Su profundo conocimiento de la industria, junto con su experiencia en procesos e ingeniería, permite incorporar el contexto único de cada organización en sistemas tecnológicos que amplifican el potencial humano, generan resultados tangibles y mantienen a las empresas a la vanguardia en un entorno en constante cambio. Más información en cognizant.ai o @cognizant.
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