As a Project Manager / PMO, you will lead governance, planning, delivery coordination, and stakeholder management activities across strategic consulting and transformation initiatives. You will ensure structured execution, effective reporting, and strong stakeholder alignment while supporting multiple workstreams within a fast paced project environment.
What You’ll Do and How You’ll Succeed
Project Governance and PMO Management
- Establish and maintain project governance frameworks across consulting engagements.
- Create and manage project plans, timelines, RAID logs, dependency trackers, and status reports.
- Track deliverables, milestones, risks, issues, and action items across multiple workstreams.
- Ensure project execution aligns with agreed objectives, scope, timelines, and quality standards.
- Monitor resource allocation and utilisation across projects and workstreams.
- Coordinate governance reviews, steering committee meetings, and project status sessions.
- Support planning and monitoring of project budgets, timelines, and delivery commitments.
- Develop and maintain project dashboards and reporting mechanisms for leadership and stakeholder visibility.
Delivery Management
- Support the execution of consulting initiatives across portfolio optimisation, campaign management, credit risk, customer lifecycle management, and digital transformation programmes.
- Coordinate activities between consulting teams, business stakeholders, suppliers, and external partners.
- Ensure project deliverables are completed on time and meet agreed quality standards.
- Manage project documentation, meeting minutes, action trackers, and decision logs.
- Track dependencies and proactively identify and mitigate delivery risks.
- Support implementation planning, execution monitoring, and post implementation reviews.
Stakeholder Management
- Manage day to day communication with stakeholders and cross functional teams.
- Prepare executive presentations, governance packs, and project updates for leadership teams.
- Build strong working relationships with key stakeholders to drive alignment and successful outcomes.
- Facilitate workshops, governance forums, and project review meetings.
- Escalate risks, issues, and decisions appropriately to project sponsors and leadership teams.
Reporting and Analytics
- Develop project reporting frameworks and performance dashboards.
- Analyse project data to identify trends, risks, bottlenecks, and improvement opportunities.
- Support leadership reporting through regular project health assessments.
- Track and report project KPIs, milestones, and business outcomes.
Client and Delivery Leadership
- Own project governance processes and reporting requirements.
- Independently manage project discussions and stakeholder interactions.
- Influence project outcomes through effective communication, coordination, and execution management.
- Support multiple concurrent projects while managing competing priorities effectively.
We’d Love to Hear From You If…
Experience
- You have 7 to 9 years of experience in Project Management, PMO, Programme Management, Consulting, or Banking Project Delivery.
- You have experience within banking, cards, payments, financial services, or consulting environments.
- Experience supporting portfolio optimisation, risk management, customer lifecycle management, campaign management, or digital transformation initiatives is an advantage.
- Experience working in consulting firms or managed services environments is preferred.
Technical Expertise
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration, engineering, technology, finance, or a related field.
- Strong understanding of project governance, risk management, stakeholder management, and delivery frameworks.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project, Jira, Confluence, and reporting tools.
- PMP, PRINCE2, Agile, or equivalent project management certification is preferred.
- Familiarity with project reporting, governance frameworks, and delivery controls.
Ways of Working
- Strong stakeholder management and relationship building capabilities.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and problem solving skills.
- Strong analytical, organisational, and planning abilities.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and stakeholders simultaneously.
- Comfortable working with senior stakeholders and cross functional teams.
Assignment Details
- Location: Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Employment Type: Contract