Associate Director - Delivery Manager

The Project Delivery Manager (DM) is responsible to direct and manage all aspects of project development from beginning to end and ensure effective delivery of the product to the client. The DM reviews the project status and provides oversight, manages resources, maintains relationship with the client, manages internal collaboration, change, risk and escalation to ensure project profitability. Manage various critical aspects of a project: scope, time, cost, quality, human resources, risks and communication. Manage timely, high-quality, and cost-effective service delivery to the client. Identify business needs of the client, act as an interface between the technical team and the client. Create project plans to track progress, plan timelines and share with client. Work with the Architect and Technical Leads to prioritize and track new functionality and ongoing releases. Provide support during Validation and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) phases with the client team to ensure all business requirements are met. Provide regular status updates to stakeholders on project progress. Manage project dependencies and critical path, track project timelines and milestones o Work with QA and Documentation teams to ensure success of the total project. Maintain overall schedule, timeliness of the team’s deliverables. Coach, mentor, motivate and supervise project team members and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work. Ensure that each team member has adequate skills and knowledge on technology, project management and software engineering processes Reward and recognize performance. Identify and resolve any outstanding issues among the project teams, that cannot be resolved within the team. Obtain and Communicate the Client’s feedback on project progress and success factors to the project team and other stakeholders. Identify farming opportunities. Lead the project initiation activity. Work with the Project Manager to drive growth, quality and customer satisfaction. Ensure regular collaboration with senior management, Project Manager and project stakeholders at Nagarro. Ensure proper handover from sales to delivery. Review/approve changes affecting scope, timing, cost, and/or quality, as required. Be the point of escalation for all delivery related issues. Monitor risks, develop and execute risk mitigation plan with the project manager, at completion of every major milestone including project closure. Provide management oversight as predicated by review of the project risk analysis. Ensure the profitability of the project/s. Review and close project account and financial files on project closure. Understand the expectations of various stakeholders, seeking to satisfy them: client, users, governance group, senior management, team, support groups. This is a hybrid position in New York City, NY (2-3 times a week in office) Salary Range: $130K - $150K Disclaimer: Nagarro is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will be afforded equal employment opportunities without discrimination based on race, creed, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, or marital status.