Straive - Project Director - Technology & Delivery in Bombay, भारत

About the job :Job Title : Project DirectorLocation : Mumbai, India (Remote / Hybrid acceptable)Experience : 15 - 18 YearsDepartment : Technology & DeliveryPrimary Responsibilities & Core Competencies :1. Program Governance & Financial Tracking (P&L) : - Establish, standardize, and enforce delivery governance across all constituent client projects.- Track and optimize critical program KPIs including delivery velocity, critical path variance, defect density, and resource utilization.- Monitor and manage the financial health of assigned accounts, actively tracking burn rates and implementing strategies to maintain or improve target profit margins.2. Delivery Mechanics & Framework Management : - Oversee projects executing under both Agile/Scrum and Hybrid delivery frameworks, ensuring teams maintain a predictable sprint cadence and release schedule.- Review project plans and sprint backlogs to identify critical gaps in scope, resource allocation, and timeline.- Actively resolve inter-project dependencies and delivery risks before they impact the integrated master schedule.3. Escalation Management & Root Cause Analysis (RCA) : - Serve as the primary operational point of escalation for client accounts.- Rapidly execute rigorous Root Cause Analyses (RCAs) for any delivery slippage, quality drops, or customer escalations, and immediately deploy structured, sustainable remediation plans.4. Cross-Functional Operations & Capacity Management : - Resource & Capacity Management : Partner closely with Recruitment to forecast capacity demands, address technical talent gaps, and streamline bench management.- Operational Alignment : Collaborate with Presales during the tail-end of the sales cycle to ensure seamless transition gates, scope clarity, and accurate estimation handovers into active delivery.- Financial Administration : Partner with the Finance team to guarantee operational hygiene.- Ensure customer invoicing is accurate, verified against milestones/timesheets, and dispatched on time.- Oversee the timely generation and tracking of vendor work orders (WOs).- Compliance & Infrastructure : Coordinate with Internal IT and InfoSec to ensure all client-facing engineering environments comply with data security architectures and strict client compliance mandates.5. Client Management & Professional Candor : - Function as a trusted, confident advisory link between the client's leadership and internal engineering teams.- Manage scope creep aggressively via formal change control; confidently negotiate delivery realities and push back constructively against unrealistic timelines or un-baselined https://jobeax.com/link/uqNu7O6Hin6WcChU Profile & Qualifications : - Experience : 15 to 18 years of progressive experience in IT delivery, with a proven track record of managing multi-project portfolios for external clients.- Technical Domain Expertise : Proven experience directing complex external software engineering, product development, or technical consulting engagements.- Methodology : Deep operational knowledge of Agile/Scrum and Hybrid delivery methodologies, including metrics tracking (burndown charts, velocity, cycle time).- Financial Acumen : Strong understanding of project financials, gross margins, resource costing, and tracking profit metrics.- Communication : Impeccable verbal and written communication skills, capable of providing direct, action-oriented updates to both internal C-suite executives and external client stakeholders (ref:hirist.tech)