Professional Services Project Manager

Accountabilities:

- Manage multiple customer projects and professional services engagements simultaneously, ensuring delivery on time, within scope, and within approved budgets.

- Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, and success criteria in collaboration with customers and relevant internal stakeholders.

- Develop comprehensive project plans, schedules, milestones, and resource allocation strategies to support successful implementation.

- Coordinate cross-functional teams to facilitate the development and delivery of project outputs, ensuring effective collaboration and accountability.

- Oversee customer platform implementations and integrations, ensuring that technical solutions and professional services engagements meet business requirements.

- Manage complex learning delivery and strategy engagements, ensuring resources are appropriately allocated and project activities remain aligned with agreed objectives.

- Monitor project progress, track milestones, and evaluate actual results against established plans, proactively addressing delays and delivery challenges.

- Manage changes to project scope, schedules, and costs using appropriate impact assessment, validation, and approval processes.

- Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks to ensure business priorities, delivery commitments, and quality standards are maintained.

- Provide regular project updates, status reports, and progress summaries to internal teams, customers, senior management, and other stakeholders.

- Establish clear deadlines, assign responsibilities, and monitor individual and team contributions throughout the project lifecycle.

- Maintain high-level oversight of projects across customer portfolios, ensuring consistency, transparency, and alignment with broader business objectives.

- Build strong relationships with customers and internal stakeholders, proactively managing expectations and resolving project-related concerns.

- Ensure effective coordination across geographically distributed teams, using virtual collaboration tools to maintain communication and delivery efficiency.

Requirements:

- At least 5 years of professional project management experience, preferably within a Professional Services environment, combined with a bachelor's degree; alternatively, 3 years of relevant experience with a master's degree.

- Proven experience managing customer-facing projects as a billable consultant within a professional services or consulting environment.

- Experience working with Platform as a Service (PaaS) solutions, including platform implementations, integrations, or related technology projects.

- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple complex projects simultaneously, independently prioritizing activities and delivering results with minimal supervision.

- Strong understanding of project management methodologies, including project planning, scheduling, budgeting, resource management, risk assessment, and change control.

- Experience coordinating cross-functional and geographically distributed teams across multiple time zones.

- Proficiency with virtual collaboration and communication platforms, with the ability to manage customer engagements effectively in a remote working environment.

- Strong desktop application skills, particularly Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Project, and Teams, along with the ability to quickly learn new technologies and applications.

- Excellent client-facing communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build trust and maintain productive relationships at all organizational levels.

- Strong organizational, time management, and multitasking abilities, with exceptional attention to detail and a results-oriented approach.

- Proven problem-solving and decision-making skills, particularly when managing competing priorities, project risks, and changing customer requirements.

- A collaborative team player with strong interpersonal skills and the ability to motivate teams and encourage accountability.

- Adaptability, initiative, and a customer-focused mindset, with a commitment to delivering high-quality outcomes and continuous improvement.

Additional qualifications considered an advantage:

- Knowledge of Learning Management Systems (LMS) or Learning Content Management Systems (LCMS).

- Experience integrating digital learning content with LMS platforms.

- Familiarity with talent transformation, Learning and Development (L&D), and organizational learning strategies.

- Knowledge of organizational change management and the implementation of business transformation initiatives.

Benefits:

- Remote Work Flexibility: Enjoy the opportunity to work remotely from India.

- Professional Growth: Develop your project management expertise through exposure to complex, international customer engagements.

- Learning Opportunities: Expand your knowledge of digital learning platforms, enterprise technology, and professional services methodologies.

- Global Collaboration: Work with international customers and cross-functional teams across different regions and time zones.

- Career Development: Strengthen your leadership, stakeholder management, and strategic project delivery capabilities.

- Meaningful Impact: Contribute to initiatives that help organizations develop workforce skills, improve employee capabilities, and achieve measurable business outcomes.

- Inclusive Workplace: Join a collaborative environment that values diversity, respect, curiosity, agility, and continuous learning.

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