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Company Type:
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IT/Communications -- Others

Manager - Projects

Chennai
2-3 Years

Cognizant Technology Solutions


Lead Product Consultant

Qualification :Science / Engineeringgraduate

Responsibility:

Pre Sales:

• Participate in the pre sales stage (egpreparation of marketing materials and collaterals, client calls, demos)proposals and business development activities to ensure technical feasibility.

 •Create solutions based on the customer needs and review estimates to preparefor RFIs and RFPs.

 •Seek opportunities in mining the relationship to provide lasting value to thecustomer and share the same with the account team.

Product Consulting: • Work with theclient technical team, understand the eco system.

• Analyze customer requirements,challenges from an IT and business process perspective by interacting with thecustomer architects / SMEs and reviewing documentation.

• Provide recommendations (eg productimplementation, platform identification, architecture suitability, gapanalysis, customization/bolt on development and integration, productmaintenance) to address the same.

• Create the solution architecture.

 • Present the benefits of the solution.

• Lead Proof of Conceptfor the business problem.

 • Provide inputs on technical robustness andscalability of the product to the LPC. Project Management:

• Interact withcustomers to identify customer expectations and ensure all customer issues areresolved appropriately.

• Prepare estimationguidelines.

 • Review estimates and impact analysis, etcasprepared by the Senior Product Specialist.

 • Understand the complexity of the projects,identify and involve the right mix of resources.

 • Identify the tracks / modules and allocatethe same to Senior Product Specialists. • Identify the various stakeholders.

• Identify thedependencies and manage the same.

• Overseeoffshoreonsite coordination to ensure transition of information (handshake) andquery resolution related to project execution and report updates.

 • Prepare and track project plan.

• Perform key projectmanagement activities like planning, work allocation and tracking,endtoenddelivery, daytoday interaction with onsite, status reporting, performancereporting, quality assurance activities, etc.

• Maintaindocumentation (eg defect prevention checklist, metrics etc).

 • Collate status report and present the sameto the customer.

• Work with the varioustrack leads to ensure delivery.

• discuss and resolvefeasibility issues with the customer.

• Coordinate with theSQAG (quality team) to meet project/process compliance.

• Review outofscoperequirements with respect to development and client as brought up throughinternal project review sessions.

 • Review all change requests to ensure thatprocesses are adhered to.

 • Identify the impact of the same.

 • Share and negotiate with the customer oneffort, timelines and cost.

 • Review billing data and raise invoices.Design and Implementation:

 • Provide guidance to the team from a productperspective and suggest solutions.

 • Participate and provide inputs in design andarchitecture reviews.

• Identify issues &drive them to closure.

• Handle delivery withminimum escalations.

• Review alldeliverables as per the delivery checklist.

• Conduct demos forcustomers as and when required. Innovation:

 • Identify best practices, share and ensureadoption of best practices (eg architectural artifacts, interface, tools etc)by the team.

• Collate, centralize& institutionalize all solution enablers developed by individual projects.Capability Building:

• Prepare summary &detailed case study for the project. Knowledge Management:

• Follow up with teammembers to ensure updation of all relevant documents in Knowledge Managementpost completion of each project/module. People Management:

• Analyze team’scapabilities (SWOT) and allocate work efficiently.

• Resolve conflictswithin team members.

 • Support team building activities, Provideadministrative support.

 • Provide inputs on goal setting andperformance appraisals of team.

• Identify skill gapsand training needs required.

• Provide input intothe learning and career plans for team members.

• Identify trainingneeds of team members and provide coaching support to them.

• Mentor team.

• Nominate team forawards.

 • Conduct training through academy andinduction of new team members. Must Have Skills

• Edge Connect Good ToHave Skills

• Webservices - SOAP

• JavaScript

• CSS

 • HTML


Key Skill(s)

others

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Company Name:
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Email:
shankarjaishri@gmail.com

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