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SAS R&D Pune, with its experience in developing applications and solutions for a variety of domains, has built a reputation within SAS for excellence in the development and delivery of high quality applications across an expanding set of technologies. We aim to push our developer and testers’ careers in the direction they have always envisaged.

Welcome to the forefront of making a difference!

About the job

This role is based in the Pune R&D Center, at SAS R&D Pune facility. The candidate will work as a Project Manager for products that are part of retail offerings by SAS.  As a Project Manager, candidate will be responsible for all aspects of project management: the direction, planning and estimation, coordination, implementation, execution, and completion of specific projects while ensuring consistency with SAS’ overall strategy, commitments, and goals.

Furthermore, you will be joining a friendly team with a broad range of cross skills and experience. 

Primary Responsibilities:

• Completes deadline-driven, team-based projects. Responsible for facilitating overall project objectives, goals and project requirements. Works with team and stakeholders to define project scope and goals.
• Plans, prioritizes, implements and adjusts delivery schedule, scope, resourcing, and quality, based on individual project requirements per consultation with project stakeholders.
• Negotiates resource needs and coordinates technical resources for assigned projects, including both domestic and international resources.
• Maintains project documentation such as project plans, schedules, issue lists, risk registers, and status reports.
• Coordinates, communicates, and facilitates activities between team members and stakeholders to keep projects on schedule and manage conflict. Coordinates risk mitigation activity and escalates as appropriate. Manages project scope and expectations. Identifies and constructively negotiates conflicts or areas of high risk
• Leverages methodologies, processes, project tools, and best practices to accelerate project delivery.
• Identifies project dependencies and stakeholder influences, working jointly with other organizations who share responsibility for delivery of final product. Acts as central point of contact and interfaces with interested parties across the Company, such as Legal, Marketing and SAS.com to ensure project success.

Required Qualifications

• Ability to lead project teams on CI/CD.
• Ability to lead project teams and gain consensus.
• Ability to provide/demonstrate leadership.
• Ability to manage stakeholders’ expectations.
• Ability to drive and manage Agile projects.
• Ability to identify and manage risks.
• Has PMP & CSM (or equivalent) certifications. Has undergone Agile trainings.
• Excellent organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously.
• Excellent knowledge and competence in related business functional area.
• Excellent negotiation, facilitation, and presentation skills.
• Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills.
• Ability to analyze solutions for the project.
• Ability to design and support improvement processes.
• Ability to perform well under pressure; ability to adhere to deadlines.
• Ability to give attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to travel as needed.
• An excellent listener who absorbs and respects opinions of others, but is decisive and able to influence, with and without direct authority.
• Ability to work closely with remote and local teams.
• Prior experience working on JIRA & Confluence will be preferred.
• Ability to manage budgeting process and analyze budget performance is desirable.
• Accounting, maths and analytical skills are desirable.

Experience of these items would be useful:

• Makes recommendations regarding processes and/or procedures to improve efficiency, customer service, quality and/or cost savings.

Additional Responsibilities

• Manages multiple small to medium scale projects independently with minimal supervision using existing methods and procedures on new assignments.
• Suggests and influences changes to methods and procedures.
• Networks with senior internal and external personnel in own area of expertise.
• Trains end-users in new products, solutions and/or processes.
• Sphere of influence: immediate co-workers/team members.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Technical competence in project management or assigned functional area.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent negotiation and organizational abilities.
• Excellent decision-making ability.
• Strong risk management skills.
• Basic strategic thinking skills.
• Basic leadership skills.

Complexity

• Works on problems of diverse scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors.
• Demonstrates good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.
• Networks with senior internal and external personnel in own area of expertise.

Diverse and Inclusive

At SAS, it’s not about fitting into our culture – it’s about adding to it. We believe our people make the difference. Our diverse workforce brings together unique talents and inspires teams to create amazing software that reflects the diversity of our users and customers. Our commitment to diversity is a priority to our leadership, all the way up to the top; and it’s essential to who we are. To put it plainly: you are welcome here.

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