Company Profile:
Founded in 1976, CGI is among the largest independent IT and business consulting services firms in the world. With 94,000 consultants and professionals across the globe, CGI delivers an end-to-end portfolio of capabilities, from strategic IT and business consulting to systems integration, managed IT and business process services and intellectual property solutions. CGI works with clients through a local relationship model complemented by a global delivery network that helps clients digitally transform their organizations and accelerate results. CGI Fiscal 2024 reported revenue is CA$14.68 billion and CGI shares are listed on the TSX (GIB.A) and the NYSE (GIB). Learn more at cgi.com.
Job Title: Project Management
Position: Project Management
Experience: 9 – 12 Years
Category: IT Infrastructure
Main location: Chennai
Position ID: J0526-2212
Responsibilities
Direct Responsibilities
- Strong understanding of project planning and delivery in Agile framework, scrum principles. Need to be able to lead squad to adopt best practices, measure KPI
- Work closely with the PO, sponsors to deliver the project deliverables, prioritization, estimations and planning
- Project management and release planning proficiency.
- Ensure the scrum team’s adherence to delivery schedule and estimates. Assess & surfaces all schedule risk and communicate accordingly.
- Creates partnership with product owners, stakeholders and transversal teams (security, solution architects, compliance…)
- Ensure coherence of the tasks in product/sprint backlog and commitment based on release and functionality of overall product
- Ensures squads compliance to WMIS governance
- Assures transparency of the work that is being done and communicate its progress via regular reporting inclusive of:
o Burndown Charts
o Status reports, Risks, Issues
- Facilitate discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution
Contributing Responsibilities
- A member of the scrum master chapter, to share best practices and grow the community
- Participate in discovery sessions with customers and stakeholders
- Assess the Agile maturity of the team. Coach the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization.
- Build a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis of healing and problem solving
Technical & Behavioral Competencies
Mandatory:
- 10+ years experience in working with large distributed IT teams practicing agile principles
- 7+ years of experience as Scrum Master preferably in teams developing client facing/web/mobile applications
- Certified scrum master
- Self-starter with strong critical thinker with problem solving aptitude.
- Great listener and empathetic
- Good personality with a ‘can-do’ attitude and interpersonal skills
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
Advantages:
- Experience with devops & devsecops
- Prince2, PMP, PMI-ACP certifications are added advantage
- Exposure to the following domains is a plus: Internet Banking, Digital Asset Management, Social Media integration...
- General banking knowledge or Banking knowledge related to Wealth Management / Private banking is a plus
Specific Qualifications:
NA
Skills Referential (Required knowledge, skills and abilities)
Technical Skills:
Ability to manage a project
Ability to inspire others & generate people's commitment
Analytical Ability
Ability to manage / facilitate a meeting, seminar, committee, training…
Ability to develop and leverage networks
Behavioral Skills:
Behavioural Skills: (Please select up to 4 skills)
Personal Impact / Ability to influence
Ability to collaborate / Teamwork
Attention to detail / rigor
Resilience
Education Level: Bachelor Degree or equivalent
Location: Chennai/India
Life at CGI:
It is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you’ll reach your full potential because…
You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That’s why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company’s strategy and direction
Your work creates value. You’ll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise
You’ll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You’ll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons
Come join our team, one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.
