Project Manager

About the Digital Business Unit at IndusInd: The mandate of the Digital Business Unit at IndusInd Bank is as follows: · Building customer centric products with human centered design principles for retail Individual and micro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) customer segments · Build innovative products and propositions backed with problem solving mindset to discover and solve latent needs of customers · Build Embedded Finance (Banking as a Service) applications · Ensure designs are highly available, highly modular, highly scalable and highly secure · Drive digital business Some of the applications managed by the Digital Business Unit include IndusMobile (bank’s mobile app for retail individual clients), Indusnet (net banking application of the bank), IndusMerchantSolutions app, Whatsapp Banking, Chatbots, easycredit for Individuals, easycredit for Business Owners, savings, current account and fixed deposit online platforms. There are many more innovative digital products and solutions in pipeline The unit’s objectives are three fold – (a) Drive better customer experience and engagement (b) transform existing lines of businesses and (c) build new digital only or banking as a service led digital business models Job Summary: · Project management and Business Analysis · Will also be working on new enhancements and requirements · Will be managing all new product initiatives and support business requirements on enhancing the existing products listed. · End to End project management from analysis of business requirement, documentation of requirement, solution evaluation keeping in view effort estimation versus business justification, quality analysis of the solution through testing, process documentation and risk analysis and implementation / rollout planning and execution including end user training / communication Detailed Responsibilities: Project Management · Takes assigned project from original concept through final implementation. · Defines project scope and objectives and publishes project status. · Is able to work on multiple projects simultaneously in matrix organization. · Ability to deliver in an agile environment. · Creates and maintains project schedules by developing project plans and specifications, estimating time requirements, establishing deadlines, monitoring milestone completion, tracking all phases of the project product/service lifecycle, providing timely reporting of issues that impact project progress, coordinating actions, and resolving conflicts. This includes documenting, prioritizing and tracking requests (changes, enhancements, etc.) and coordinating with the Change Control Board (CCB). · Conducts project meetings with teams and stakeholder and management to review project deliverables and deadlines. · Provides single point of contact for assigned projects and coordinates interaction and communication during cross functional programs · Assists in identification and assignment of internal resources and external contractors to meet varied project requirements · Manages the process documentation and drives process adherence Business Analysis and Reporting · Works with appropriate personnel to allocate personnel time to project tasks and to track progress of their work. · Assesses and prepares to address the operational impacts, workflow, training, etc. issues of a project. · Reviews, analyzes, and creates detailed documentation of business systems and user needs, including workflow, program functions, and steps required to develop or modify computer programs. · Coordinates the development of all approved versions of business and functional specifications for specified applications. · Prepares documents for Operation Risk Committee and Steering Committees for decision on process finalization, cost approvals and product launches. · Reviews use cases and other technical documents with IT project staff to ensure business requirements are adequately reflected in technical planning documents. · Prepares routine reports (financial, quality, production, customer service, operational efficiency, market share, etc.) relating to the specific projects ongoing. · Manages training for the new product or process implementation and identifies any training needs with respect to process change or product launch. · Actively participates in development of training material and process maps for all the change requests managed Quality Assurance · Acts as a quality gatekeeping lead for all small and big projects and manages outsourced testing team UATs on enhancement and production fixes. · Should provide guidance to QAs on test scripting and tracking for all UATs to closure. · Defines, develops and implements quality assurance practices and procedures, end user test plans and other QA assessments. · Responsible for the overall tracking of change requests and ensuring their timely resolution and results verification and release sign-off. Specific skill sets: · Banking / NBFC exposure or Payment services exposure. · Process and process knowledge on lending business specially on personal loan · Understanding of User Journey and Platform Integrations · Well Versed with RBI regulations, Compliance requirement. · Knowledge of End of End Process with respect to the Life Cycle Management · Experience in Digitalization of the Manual process and migrate the manual process into digital process/Platforms · Understanding of Neo banking platforms and experience in implementing must. · Awareness of including latest digital technology specially on digital onboarding platforms and understanding of working of web services or API based messages – preferred. · Should have hands on experience of User Acceptance Testing and ability of leading testing teams on scripting and review of logs etc · Knowledge on JIRA boards and other project management tools is a must.