The primary role of the Project manager is to lead, oversee and ensure the successful delivery and management of many IT projects & initiatives from inception to completion. it is expected to be able to capture project requirements and perform project scoping and manage the various IT projects & initiatives in management capacity when required.
Primary Responsibilities and Activities in Project Management
• More “hands-on” involvement in different project stages
• Review project proposals, or plans to determine a period, funding limitations, procedures for accomplishing projects and the assignment of available departmental resources to various project phases.
• Identify and schedule project deliverables, milestones, and required activities and tasks.
• Establish a work plan for project activities, iterations, or phases, and arrange for recruitment or assignment of project personnel.
• Analyze project proposals to determine a period, funding limitations and appropriate processes for accomplishing projects.
• Review/approve the work plan of an external service provider or consultancy contracted to execute the project.
• Implement a project communication plan.
• Conduct risk assessment and mitigation.
• Monitor project activities, ensuring the currency, quality, and integrity of information, while providing consistency in content and “look and feel” across the organization.
• Ensure that project goals are in line with business objectives.
• Ensure that project goals are achieved.
• Direct and coordinate the activities of IT projects to ensure projects progress on schedule and within budget.
• Review status reports prepared by project personnel and modify schedules or plans as required.
• Establish standards and procedures for project reporting and documentation.
• Benchmark project management performance continuously to identify the potential for improvements and increase capability in project and portfolio management.
Primary Responsibilities in Service Management
• Assist the IT management on Various IT Initiatives,
• Benchmark the performance of Service Delivery, and various IT vendors
• Assist in the IT Governance of IT, projects and service delivery
Primary Contacts
• IT management
• Project sponsors and key stakeholders
•Project team/staff (including designated users or customers)
•Business unit (BU) management and executives
•Subject matter experts (such as in security or compliance)
•IT Infrastructure and operations staff
•Business analysts
•External vendors & service providers’ and consultancies’ project manager(s)