Associate Director - Project Manager - Cloud Engineering AWS

Our client is seeking an Associate Director, Cloud Engineering, to be a key player in the Infrastructure Engineering team to manage Cloud and Infrastructure projects for running index applications. This role requires a seasoned Project Manager familiar with Cloud who works effectively, both independently as well as collaboratively, in a team environment.

Responsibilities and Impact:

• Manage technical projects from initiation to delivery, ensuring that they are completed on time, within budget and follow predefined standards.
• Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, and resource allocation plans.
• Coordinate and lead projects teams across multiple specialties.
• Ensure effective communication and collaboration across multiple teams.
• Identify and mitigate project risks, dependencies, and other issues.
• Manage project scope and budget.
• Develop technical documentation and specification.
• Create and maintain Project Status Reports.
• Track Infrastructure project tasks.
• Track Service Delivery.
• Liaison with client application teams.
• Schedule Meetings with application teams, vendors, and stakeholders.
• Document Meeting Minutes.
• Monitor Project Health.
• Define and track Milestones.
• Review processes and drive improvements.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards, corporate policies, and best practices.
• Liaison with Corporate PMO.

Qualifications:

• 15 years of relevant work experience,
• Strong analytical and technical skills, with ability to understand complex technical issues.
• Good understanding of SDLC, agile methodologies and project management principles.
• Experience handling AWS Cloud related projects.
• Experience with DevOps practices.
• Experience with project management tools and techniques, like Jira, Agile, MS Project.
• Degree in computer science, engineering, or related field.
• Certification in project management.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.