Kumaran Systems

Technical Project Manager

Kumaran Systems Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

IT Services and IT Consulting · 1,001-5,000 employees

Oct 30
project-manager Principal (10+ yrs) Full-time India
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About the role

Lead end-to-end .NET and Microsoft application delivery, enhancements, maintenance, and production support for banking clients, managing scope, schedules, resources, quality, risks, and releases. Own client governance, team leadership, financial performance, SLA compliance, and engineering improvements such as automation, reusable components, DevOps, and AI-assisted development and testing.

What they look for

Project Delivery Management Client Management Banking Applications .NET SQL APIs Cloud Technologies Agile SDLC Release Management Production Support Financial Management Risk Management Team Leadership DevOps Test Automation

Requirements

Requires 10–15 years of IT experience, including at least five years in project or application delivery management, with experience across application development and production support. Candidates should have strong SDLC, Agile, planning, financial, and stakeholder-management skills, plus working knowledge of .NET, SQL, APIs, cloud technologies, and delivery tools; project management certification and banking or capital markets experience are preferred.

Full description

Role Overview:

· We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead end-to-end .net application development, enhancements, and production support for banking clients, ensuring effective client engagement, team leadership, financial management, governance, and high-quality delivery.

Key Responsibilities

· Project Delivery: Manage end-to-end .NET/Microsoft application development, enhancements, maintenance, and support; own plans, schedules, resources, scope, acceptance criteria, risks, and change control.

· Client Management: Lead client communication, project reviews, governance, status reporting, risk mitigation, and stakeholder relationships.

· Banking Applications: Understand banking/capital markets systems; coordinate BA, architecture, development, QA, and support teams; oversee requirements, testing, UAT, releases, deployment, and documentation.

· Production Support: Ensure SLA/KPI compliance, incident resolution, root-cause analysis, service quality, support coverage, knowledge management, and business continuity.

· Team Management: Lead cross-functional teams; manage staffing, capacity, utilization, onboarding, performance, training, skill development, and retention.

· Financial Management: Track budgets, revenue, costs, margins, utilization, billability, and productivity; manage timesheets, billing, estimates, proposals, and commercial discussions.

· Risk and Governance: Maintain RAID logs and reporting; ensure security and compliance, close audit actions and escalations, and assess scope changes for cost, schedule, resource, and quality impacts.

· Engineering Excellence: Promote automation, reusable components, DevOps, and AI-assisted development/testing to improve quality, productivity, and delivery predictability.

Required Skills and Experience

· 10–15 years of IT experience, including 5+ years in project/application delivery management.

· Experience in application development, enhancements, maintenance, and production support.

· Strong SDLC, Agile/Sprint process, release management, testing, planning, estimation, risk, resource, and financial management skills.

· Excellent client communication, negotiation, and problem-solving skills; ability to manage multiple stakeholders and distributed teams.

· Working knowledge of .NET, SQL, APIs, cloud technologies, and tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, or MS Project.

Preferred Qualifications

· PMP, PRINCE2, CSM, or equivalent project management certification.

· Experience with capital markets applications, equity research, trading, market risk, or related banking platforms.

· Exposure to AI-assisted software development, test automation, CI/CD, and DevOps.

· Experience managing offshore delivery teams and client engagements with commercial and SLA commitments.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

· On-time delivery; scope, estimate, and budget adherence; client satisfaction; SLA compliance and incident resolution; resource utilization, billability, and profitability; release quality and reduced rework; timely risk/escalation closure; and team stability and resource planning.

Desired Candidate Profile

· The candidate should be proactive, accountable, transparent, and execution-focused. They must be comfortable engaging directly with senior client stakeholders, taking ownership of delivery challenges, making data-driven decisions, and ensuring that commitments made to the client are consistently met.

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