Role description
IT Project Manager – Strong Business Analysis Background (SDLC + AI-Driven Development)
Overview
We are seeking an experienced IT Project Manager to lead software development initiatives with a strong emphasis on Business Analysis. This role is responsible for driving successful project delivery through effective SDLC governance while enabling teams to leverage AI-powered tools to improve productivity, quality, and delivery efficiency.
The ideal candidate will possess strong project management expertise, excellent business analysis skills, and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and business stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of software development projects, ensuring timely, cost-effective, and high-quality outcomes.
- Define, manage, and control project scope, objectives, timelines, and deliverables in collaboration with key stakeholders.
- Elicit, analyze, document, and validate business requirements using industry-standard business analysis techniques.
- Develop and maintain project documentation, including:
- Business Requirement Documents (BRDs)
- Functional Requirement Documents (FRDs)
- User Stories
- Use Cases
- Process Flows
- Data Models
- Ensure complete traceability between business requirements and technical deliverables.
- Manage cross-functional teams comprising software developers, QA engineers, AI tooling specialists, data engineers, and operations teams.
- Ensure adherence to Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) processes across requirements, design, development, testing, deployment, and production support.
- Drive adoption of AI-enabled development practices to enhance engineering productivity and software quality.
- Act as a Scrum Master or Agile Project Lead, facilitating sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and removing delivery impediments.
- Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks while proactively managing scope changes through established governance processes.
- Maintain strong stakeholder engagement by providing regular updates on project progress, milestones, risks, dependencies, and mitigation plans.
- Collaborate with QA teams to define testing strategies, acceptance criteria, automation approaches, and successful project sign-offs.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Proven experience as an IT Project Manager delivering software development projects.
- Strong Business Analysis experience with expertise in requirements gathering, documentation, process modeling, and stakeholder management.
- Deep understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodologies.
- Experience managing AI-enabled software development initiatives (AI/ML technical expertise is not mandatory).
- Hands-on experience with Agile methodologies, Scrum framework, and project delivery best practices.
- Proficiency in project management tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, and Microsoft Project.
- Excellent leadership, communication, presentation, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to translate business requirements into clear technical specifications.
Preferred Qualifications
- CBAP, CCBA, PMP, PRINCE2, CSM, or equivalent certifications.
- Experience leading cross-functional teams in fast-paced Agile environments.
- Exposure to cloud platforms such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
- Familiarity with AI services and developer productivity tools such as GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, or Azure OpenAI.
- Experience working in enterprise-scale digital transformation or software modernization programs.
Skills
Business Analysis, Project Management, Risk Management, Process Documentation
About UST
UST is a global digital transformation solutions provider. For more than 20 years, UST has worked side by side with the world’s best companies to make a real impact through transformation. Powered by technology, inspired by people and led by purpose, UST partners with their clients from design to operation. With deep domain expertise and a future-proof philosophy, UST embeds innovation and agility into their clients’ organizations. With over 30,000 employees in 30 countries, UST builds for boundless impact—touching billions of lives in the process.
