Senior Project Manager

Technology, Data & Digital · Software & Web Development · Software Engineering · Data Science · Project Management

In short

Microsoft Industry Solutions is seeking a Senior Project Manager to drive end-to-end project and portfolio governance, financial predictability, and operational excellence for cloud and AI transformation initiatives. This role involves acting as a trusted advisor, orchestrating delivery teams, managing financials, and ensuring compliance across a portfolio of engagements in Hyderabad, Bangalore, or Noida.

Responsibilities

Own governance across a portfolio of engagements, ensuring alignment to delivery frameworks, processes, and quality standards.
Orchestrate across delivery teams, Area PMs, and stakeholders for successful execution.
Identify cross-project dependencies, risks, and systemic issues, and drive resolution at the portfolio level.
Own portfolio-level financial oversight including consumption, forecasting, cost management, and revenue predictability.
Drive forecast accuracy and financial discipline across engagements.
Lead proactive identification and mitigation of risks, issues, and compliance gaps.
Ensure adherence to governance requirements including project hygiene, audit readiness, ISRA compliance, and decrement closure.
Deliver leadership-ready reporting (dashboards, executive summaries, portfolio insights) with clear narratives and actions.
Provide data-driven insights on portfolio health, trends, and areas requiring leadership intervention.
Act as a trusted advisor to Area leadership on governance, financials, and operational improvements.
Establish strong communication cadence with stakeholders, ensuring alignment on risks, priorities, and actions.
Influence without direct authority to drive alignment and outcomes.
Identify and drive process improvements, standardization, and efficiency initiatives across engagements.
Lead initiatives to improve project hygiene, delivery consistency, and PMO effectiveness.
Drive adoption of automation, Copilot, and AI-driven solutions to reduce manual effort and improve insights.
Deliver measurable improvements in efficiency, cycle time, or reporting quality.
Act as a subject matter expert in areas such as financial governance, reporting, or portfolio management.
Mentor and coach Project Managers and Process Leads to elevate PMO maturity.
Contribute to knowledge sharing, training sessions, and capability development.

Requirements

Proven experience in supporting complex technology projects or programs, including delivery across scope, cost, schedule, and quality.
Strong background in project/program management and consulting engagements.
Proven ability to orchestrate multidisciplinary teams, including data scientists, engineers, architects, and business stakeholders.
Demonstrated ability to manage executive stakeholders, cross-functional delivery teams, and partners.
Experience in financial governance, forecasting, and commercial management.
Expertise in risk, issue, and change management, including leading scope and budget impact assessments.
Proven abilities to manage risks related to Data readiness and quality, Model governance and ethical AI considerations.
Ability to translate requirements along with AI capabilities into business outcomes, aligning use cases to Customer strategy and value realization.
Hands-on experience in supporting AI-enabled, data-driven, or advanced analytics programs, including cloud-based AI solutions.
Strong understanding of AI concepts, such as Machine Learning (ML), Generative AI, Data platforms, analytics pipelines, and model lifecycle considerations.
Experience in supporting AI solution delivery on cloud platforms, preferably Microsoft technologies such as: Azure AI, Azure OpenAI, Azure Machine Learning, Fabric, or Power Platform (AI Builder / Copilot).
Experience supporting or leading AI-related pre-sales activities, including Use-case definition, Estimation and capacity planning, Change Requests and solution evolution.
Commitment to continuous learning in AI, data, and emerging technologies.
Actively maintains relevant certifications and training across project management, cloud, and AI domains.
Demonstrates a strong consulting mindset, customer empathy, and outcome-focused delivery leadership.
Familiarity with Azure DevOps.
Exposure to LLM and agentic AI.

Desired Qualifications

A Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, IT, or related field (or equivalent experience) with 10+ years of experience with at least 4+ years of experience in Project Management.
Excellent communication skills are required.
Demonstrated management of medium to large complexity projects involving employees, external/internal customers, and partners.
Ability to work with different Microsoft internal stakeholders.
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
AI 900 or any other equivalent certification.
4+ years financial management experience.
Agile certification, Scrum Master, Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), or Professional Scrum Master One (PSM1) certification.

Skills

AzureAzure OpenAIAzure Machine LearningPower PlatformAI BuilderCopilotMachine LearningGenerative AIData platformsAzure DevOpsLLM

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Company

Microsoft

Job Posted

1 day ago

Employment Type

Full Time

Work mode

Hybrid

Experience Level

Senior

Locations

Hyderabad, India

Bangalore, India

Noida, India

Qualification

Bachelor

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