Sunday, April 17, 2011

IT Careers as Project Manager

Location: Japan

ABOUT US

IT - Skills

To take end to end bottom line responsibility for a project, participate and ensure proposal, estimation scope for a project, build the project team, schedule assignments/allocations, Monitor project schedules, Manage risks, ensure timely and successful delivery of the project, take ownership of the team and the technology within the set boundaries.

Areas of Responsibilities:
Proposals
To participate/lead in proposal making, design the solution according to the organisation imperitives, prepare and review estimates. Take bottom line for schedules and position suitably towards wining of the deal
Contract and Agreement
Provide inputs on the delivery aspects in the contract to limit the financial risk aspects.
Project Scoping and Estimation
Facilitate requirement gathering sessions, Conduct workshops if required
Lead the estimate activities, communicate accordingly to the stake holders
Plan for the budgets required for the execution and delivery of the projects.
Resource planning
Prepare resource plan, people, infrastructure and liaison with internal groups to accomplish the same.
Quality and Risk Planning.
Identify the internal quality goals
Comply with internal quality mandates
Create a risk management plan, ensure to minimize any adverse impact to the project.
Testing
Perform validation activities, Functional, Integration, System and user experience.
Conduct unit testing , validation of defects found, participate in performance testing
Implementation
Participate in creating the implementation plan in alignment with the quality plan and work towards the go live dates.
Warranty
Respond to production issues.
Transition
Prepare KT sessions, document the understanding etc.
Production Support, Maintenance, Client Management, Knowledge Management.


Competencies:
Technology - Java/J2EE or Microsoft Technologies or Mainframe or BI (any product) or a combination of any of these.
Knowledge of Software Engineering processes, Knowledge of design methods and tools
Project Management experience, should have been a Programmer analyst atleast for 3 years
To possess Industry Knowledge, Knowledge of Build
To possess Analytical Ability, Learning and Innovation, Customer orientation, Planning and Organizing
Graduate in Technology/engineering (4 years) with minimum of 800 Toiec score.
Domain knowledge of Life Insurance.
12 years of experience in similar industry.


 APAC_careers@infosys.com

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