Senior Project Manager
Onsite Senior Project Manager & Scrum Master in Hyderabad who leads complex, cross-functional IT initiatives end to end: integrated planning, Agile/Scrum ceremonies, budgeting and financial oversight, risk management, UAT, and executive status reporting. Key tools are Jira and ServiceNow (SPM/PPM); CSM certification is expected.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Hyderabad, India-Corporate
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Project management
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Hands-on experience performing both Senior Project Manager and Scrum Master responsibilities in complex IT environments
- Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) certification, or active progress toward certification with relevant practical experience
- Strong knowledge of project management methodologies, Agile and Scrum practices, resource management, and organizational change management
- Proven experience managing budgets and financials for large or complex projects
- Deep working knowledge of Jira for backlog management, sprint tracking, reporting, and delivery visibility
- Experience facilitating project governance, Agile ceremonies, stakeholder communications, and executive status updates
- Experience managing user acceptance testing and coordinating business validation and sign-off
- Strong analytical, organizational, facilitation, negotiation, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to manage competing priorities, lead cross-functional teams, and influence without direct authority
- Bachelor's degree in IT, business, project management, or related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience
Nice to have
- ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM), PPS, or PPM experience, particularly financial planning and tracking
- Experience with project planning, reporting, collaboration, and documentation tools in enterprise IT delivery
- Experience working with distributed teams and multiple business and technology stakeholders
Full description
Senior Project Manager & Scrum Master
Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager and Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) to lead complex, cross-functional IT initiatives. This role is accountable for end-to-end project coordination, Agile delivery, status reporting, financial oversight, risk management, and delivery stability. The successful candidate will partner with business and technology stakeholders to ensure initiatives are delivered on time, within budget, to defined quality standards, and in alignment with enterprise priorities.
Key Responsibilities
- Establish and apply project management and Agile delivery processes that support timely, cost-effective, and high-quality outcomes.
- Develop and maintain integrated project plans, delivery roadmaps, schedules, budgets, resource plans, dependencies, and governance routines.
- Lead Scrum ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
- Coordinate team assignments, monitor day-to-day delivery, identify resource needs, and remove or escalate impediments.
- Track milestones, deliverables, scope, risks, issues, decisions, and dependencies; adjust plans and resources when required.
- Provide clear, concise, and timely status reporting to project teams, business partners, sponsors, and senior leadership.
- Manage project budgets and financials, including forecasting, actuals tracking, variance analysis, and financial reporting.
- Coordinate communication across enterprise functions affected by project scope, budget, risk, timeline, quality, and resource requirements.
- Facilitate user communication, release readiness, change management, and stakeholder alignment throughout the delivery lifecycle.
- Plan and coordinate user acceptance testing, including readiness, execution, defect tracking, reporting, and business sign-off.
- Partner with Program Managers and senior business leaders to identify, assess, and prioritize opportunities to use technology in support of enterprise goals.
- Promote continuous improvement, team accountability, delivery transparency, and consistent application of project management practices.
Required Qualifications and Experience
- Demonstrated hands-on experience performing both Senior Project Manager and Scrum Master responsibilities in complex IT environments.
- Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) certification, or active progress toward certification with relevant practical experience.
- Strong knowledge of project management methodologies, Agile and Scrum practices, resource management, and organizational change management.
- Proven experience managing budgets and financials for large or complex projects.