Project Director - Smart Metering

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide overall leadership and strategic direction for multiple Smart Metering projects.

• Oversee project planning, execution, monitoring, and closure from the corporate office.

• Ensure projects are delivered within agreed scope, timelines, budgets, and quality standards.

• Monitor project progress, milestones, risks, dependencies, and key deliverables across different project locations.

• Lead project reviews and provide regular updates to senior management and corporate leadership.

• Coordinate with project teams, utilities, vendors, system integrators, technology partners, and other stakeholders.

• Ensure effective resource planning and allocation across multiple projects.

• Identify project risks and develop appropriate mitigation and contingency plans.

• Drive resolution of critical project issues and escalate matters requiring senior-level intervention.

• Monitor contractual obligations, project performance, commercial aspects, and vendor deliverables.

• Ensure compliance with applicable technical, safety, regulatory, and contractual requirements.

• Oversee integration of smart metering systems, communication infrastructure, IT platforms, and associated technologies.

• Drive implementation of best practices, standardization, and process improvements across projects.

• Ensure proper project documentation, reporting, governance, and knowledge management.

• Manage customer and utility relationships and ensure timely resolution of escalations.

• Support business leadership in identifying opportunities and strengthening project execution capabilities.

Key Skills:

• Strong experience in Smart Metering / AMI / Advanced Metering Infrastructure projects.

• Proven experience managing multiple large-scale projects simultaneously.

• Strong project planning, execution, governance, and risk management skills.

• Experience managing utilities, DISCOMs, EPC contractors, system integrators, and technology vendors.

• Strong stakeholder and customer management capabilities.

• Good understanding of smart meter deployment, communication networks, HES, MDMS, and system integration.

• Strong commercial and contractual management skills.

• Excellent leadership, decision making, and problem solving abilities.

• Strong communication and presentation skills.

Educational Qualification:

• B.Tech / B.E. in Electrical Engineering, Electrical & Electronics Engineering (EEE), Electronics Engineering, or Electronics & Communication Engineering (ECE).

Preferred Candidate Profile:

• Senior leadership experience in Smart Metering, Power, Energy, Utilities, or EPC.

• Proven track record of successfully managing multiple smart meter projects from a corporate/head office environment.

• Strong ability to manage large cross functional teams and multiple stakeholders.

• Experience handling large scale utility projects with complex execution, commercial, and technical requirements.

• Willingness to travel to project locations as required.