Senior Project Manager

Job Summary

PRAGATI
Senior Project Manager
Attribute    DetailsRole Title    Senior Project Manager
Band    E3.2
Location    Sweden (Gothenburg)
Engagement Type    Full-Time
Experience    13+ Years
Domain    Application Development, Transition & Managed Services
Role Purpose
 
Lead end-to-end delivery of application transition, development, modernization, and support engagements for enterprise customers. Responsible for managing multiple application portfolios, driving delivery excellence, ensuring governance compliance, and coordinating globally distributed teams across onsite and offshore locations.
 
The Senior Project Manager will act as the primary delivery leader, ensuring successful transition from Learn to Perform phases, maintaining stakeholder confidence, and delivering business outcomes through Agile and ITSM-driven execution.
 
Key Responsibilities
Delivery Leadership
Own end-to-end project delivery across application development, enhancement, maintenance, and support engagements.
Drive execution against scope, schedule, budget, quality, and customer commitments.
Manage multiple concurrent projects, workstreams, and cross-functional teams.
Transition Management
Lead application transition and knowledge transfer activities.
Establish governance, readiness criteria, risk registers, and transition sign-offs.
Ensure successful movement from transition to steady-state operations.
Stakeholder Management
Serve as primary interface for business stakeholders, Digital Product Owners, Value Stream Managers, Architects, and Delivery Leads.
Conduct governance reviews, steering committee meetings, and executive status reporting.
Manage customer expectations and escalations.
Program & Portfolio Governance
Define project plans, milestones, dependency tracking, and resource allocation.
Drive RAID (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies) management.
Ensure adherence to organizational delivery standards and compliance requirements.
Financial Management
Manage project budgets, forecasts, utilization, and profitability targets.
Monitor delivery KPIs and financial performance.
Support demand planning and resource forecasting.
Agile Delivery
Drive Agile and SAFe execution across delivery teams.
Oversee PI Planning, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives, and Release Planning.
Track velocity, delivery predictability, and business value realization.
Service Excellence
Monitor SLA, KPI, and operational performance metrics.
Drive incident reduction, problem management, automation, and service improvements.
Ensure operational readiness and business continuity.
People Leadership
Lead project managers, technical leads, architects, analysts, and engineering teams.
Drive coaching, mentoring, succession planning, and capability development.
Foster collaboration and a high-performance culture.

Key Responsibilities

Required Skills
Project & Program Management
Large-scale project and program delivery
Agile, Scrum, SAFe methodologies
Portfolio and stakeholder management
Resource and financial planning
Vendor and partner management
Risk and dependency management
Delivery & Operations
Application Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
ITIL / ITSM processes
ServiceNow, Jira, Azure DevOps
Transition and Managed Services
Release and Change Management
Leadership
Executive stakeholder communication
Team management and coaching
Conflict resolution and negotiation
Strategic planning and decision-making
Preferred Qualifications
PMI PMP Certification
PRINCE2 Practitioner
SAFe Agilist (SA)
Scrum Master Certification
ITIL Foundation / Intermediate
Azure / Cloud Certifications (Preferred)
Experience & Education
13+ years of IT industry experience.
Minimum 5+ years managing large enterprise programs/projects.
Experience managing distributed global teams.
Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.

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